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One year of building SATOSH.EE 🎉
A Bitcoin-native marketplace for gift cards and discounts, built in public — the wins, the mistakes, and the unexpected lessons.
From gift cards, discounts, Open Source Culture and zapvertisement experiments… to a hack, hosting nightmares, slow traction, and literal Proof of Work to keep going.
The recap covers the good, the bad, and the ugly: what worked, what didn’t, and why it’s still worth pursuing.
Read all about it 👇
https://satosh.ee/blog/satosh-ee-1-year-recap/
Original project announcement on SN: #784376
A recap of the first year:
https://satosh.ee/blog/satosh-ee-1-year-recap/
2026 BITCOIN WALL CALENDAR ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Rustypuppy
Rustypuppy submitted one work to the Open Source Culture Creator Contest 2 which ended up receiving the most votes overall! Talk about a slam dunk!
"I love creating things, from writing stories to my art passion, mixed media, which is all about the layers and using whatever art supplies will transform the blank canvas into something unique." — Rustypuppy
- Mainly dealing with offering my book and the Bitcoin Wall Calendar to prospective resellers. Dropped off 5 books to a parcel machine yesterday, which will, at least to my knowledge, be the first copies of this particular book to be available at a physical bookstore. Pretty cool. It is a consignment deal though so unless they actually sell I won't get paid :) One of the larger Estonian bookstore chains actually made a request for 100 copies (!), but: also a consignment deal and if they don't sell in 3 months, they'll start charging me a warehouse fee. Now I have no idea how likely it is to sell 100+ copies of any book in Estonia, not to mention a book about Stoicism, in English. I'm also not sure whether they think it is possible to sell 100 copies or if ordering a large amount of books from naive unknown authors and then charge them for warehousing is a part of their business model or not. At least I know another Estonian bitcoiner who's sold his books through large chains so I'll message him for advice. Now if this deal does go through, that would be pretty darn awesome not only because of getting exposure on the bookshelves, but also because they might be able to accommodate a book presentation - but I'll have to double check on this as well. Earlier today I made a stupid mistake though - I was sending out emails to Bitcoin based bookstores and Stoic bookstores (only found 2!). One of the Stoic ones was Ryan Holiday's The Painted Porch bookshop. Unfortunately, I left a portion of the "Bitcoiner" approach to the intro to my book in, so in one section, out of the blue, Bitcoin comes in, in a big way: "It is a philosophical book, first and foremost, but the longest chapter in it ("On Economics & Entrepreneurship") goes deep into Bitcoin and its intersection with philosophy. I believe it would be an interesting read for your audience. Think Marcus Aurelius meets Saifedean Ammous & Jeff Booth type of thing..." Now I'm cringing as I type this because I won't expect Mr Holiday to be a bitcoiner, so he's probably like "What does Bitcoin have to do with Stoicism and who the hell are Ammous and Booth???" I would have preferred that he got there by going through the book and getting to know my thought process first, but oh well... besides, maybe he is a bitcoiner (or a precoiner) and has been waiting (unknowingly) for someone to make that connection for ages??
- Related to last point I also did something for the first time in my life and am actually really happy about how they turned out: product sheets for the book and the calendar
- Also related to the first point, writing an essay about the parallels between Stoicism and Bitcoin (I read most of the current draft out aloud in the Bitcoin Art Podcast Ep 8 last Sunday)
- A 1 year recap of Satoshee
- A tutorial video for Zap Work
- A bunch of small changes and things to do on both Satoshee and Kontext Store
- If I have time, then I also want to post one of my older essays and/or the first chapter of A Stoic Resurrection audiobook as a podcast episode
A business run by a proper Bitcoiner will give you a bigger discount for using BTC than any cashback or loyalty system ever will.
Also, @justin_shocknet is right. Lead the way.
Man if I were to ever find a place and financial means to start a brick-and-mortar business, it would be a cafe/bookstore/coworking area with book signings, meet-and-greets, live music in the evenings, vinyls playing during the day, open mics, workshops... the possibilities! And what's crazy (to me) is that there are so many cafes out there that close super early (in Australia and New Zealand especially, try to get a decent cuppa there after 3 PM!) and then just sit there... empty and deserted in the evenings. Why not host Bitcoin meetups? Why not a book club? Why not host nights of local poetry or debates or even board game nights FFS?!
“Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.”
― Epictetus
Looks cool! Might have a play around with it some time soon when I get a chance. Do you have any further introductory content i.e. videos or something which shows the backend and how all the major features work?
Pretty cool to have some competition in the Bitcoin Calendars market! They don't seem to have historic Bitcoin dates nor Satoshi quotes though, like the Satoshee / Open Source Culture calendar has :) #1290747
Nice! The first step is always the most difficult to make.
@k00b gave some solid advice, I'd also add that you can divide book into tiny goals - i.e.:
Today I will write a paragraph (or two) on subject X.
On the weekend, I will play around with some ideas for the cover.
Next week, I will work on chapter Y.
A book as a goal in and of itself can be too daunting and put you off from doing it due to its perceived scope and complexity. It can also make you drift from actually relaying a message to publishing a book for the sake of publishing a book. I remember browsing some writing related subreddits some time ago and I was always irked by how writers were concerned about their word count. It's like with body count, IMO - the less, the better, but make sure they're meaningful!
Pretty basic advice, I know, but hey, perhaps it helps!
Bitcoin Art Podcast Ep. 8 w/ @asanoha & yours truly in 1h đź‘€
Fiat money is not just a means of payment. It is a political institution that has been used to plunder the wealth of the low- and middle-class for centuries, and it must be allowed to die in order for a better solution to emerge. In the current political and geopolitical moment, you have to know how to choose your side. Mine is that of the peoples of the world, Bitcoin and freedom. Long live the timechain.
"The Stoic philosopher is the man who has liberated himself from fear. He’s not afraid of death, he’s not afraid of pain, he’s not afraid of other people’s dismissal as a fool. The only thing he cares about is that he should meet his moral obligations.”
― Michael Sugrue
A great quote from an even greater lecture: