cryotosensei

Any person can get paid in Bitcoin, regardless of who they work for.
Airbnb, Youtube ads, 9-5 job, remote work, government check, Upwork, Fiverr, etc.
Who you work for or who is paying you, does not matter.
No permissions need as they do payments normally, while you get any percentage as Bitcoin, and the rest is sent to a banking account as a local deposit. 
You set your own distribution.


So why us, why Bitwage?!

== INDIVIDUALS ==
-We are global
-Accepting USD, EUR, GBP & CAD as inputs
-No limits on the number/size of the tx
-Fully non-custodial
-We send it to any wallet
-No miner fees to get the funds
-Focused exclusively on the payroll since 2014.
-Funds in multiple wallets sent at once
-We are not a bank
-More private than custodial systems
-Unable to do fractional reserve or make money off your balances
-Your employer does not have to be registered

== COMPANIES ==
-Use us to pay salaries internally based on everyone's distribution
-Invoice other companies
-Fund salaries with Bitcoin, or a mix of BTC, stablecoins, and fiat
-Run payroll without having bank accounts at all
-Automation
-No overhead
-Reporting tools
-Easier salary accounting 
-Payroll Integrations With 23 US Payroll Providers
-If your employer is onboarded, you do not have to do KYC

I bet you did not know these things about Bitwage

bitwage

# Macro Background

Despite being the 3rd largest economy in the world, the Bitcoin only scene in Japan is pretty small. Even the wider “crypto” scene is small, with only around 4M Japanese having accounts on “crypto exchanges”, out of a population of 120M. The reasons often put forward are: 1) the language barrier makes it harder for Japanese plebs to get information. 2) Scandals such as Mt. Gox, which was based in Japan, gave Bitcoin a bad image, and 3) in general, people have higher trust in institutions and higher trust in the integrity of the Japanese yen compared to other advanced economies. 

Regardless of the reasons, it’s pretty obvious Japan is in dire need of Bitcoin. The debt to GDP is the highest in the world at 263% and with an ongoing deficit of 1/3 of the annual government budget, as well as increasing pressure on the weakening JPY, the debt and currency situation is likely only going to get worse. 

Years of Keynesian loose money policies have largely funneled printed money into cantilionare giants , which suck up and largely squander all of the productive assets of the country. Meanwhile the demographic trend will see 40% of the population being over 65 by 2050. Finally, the geopolitical risks of energy dependence on the middle east, and dependence on China as the largest trading partner, leave the wealth and prosperity of Japan is hanging by a thin thread. 

# Some history

### The bitcoin heyday—2017 and the blocksize wars. 

Japan has a strange connection to Bitcoin. Satoshi chose a Japanese name for his nym, many prominent Bitcoiners live or have lived out here, and the first exchange--Mt. Gox--was founded here. The meetup scene in Japan was also fairly active pre blocksize war. With the likes of Roger Ver based out here, quite a lot of effort was made to promote base layer bitcoin as a means of trade, and several businesses around Japan began accepting bitcoin as payments. The subsequent 2018/19 bear market led to the enthusiasm dwindling, merchants one-by-one gave up on bitcoin (or worst—persisted with bcash) and the Covid pandemic took its toll on what there was remaining of a meetup scene in Japan. 

### Recent Developments post covid

Thankfully there has been a resurgence of late, and the point of this post is to make people aware of the active groups in Japan, to encourage stackers who are either based in Japan, or who plan to visit Japan, to reach out and get involved. With Nostrasia coming up in November in Tokyo, it is hoped that we can make connections and grow the bitcoin only scene here around that event. 

One great thing about this bear market is that there is non of the 2017 era speculative mania around the bitcoin. The suits, scammers, and the stupid have all migrated to Web 3.0. Meanwhile the Web 3.0 events have almost zero to say about Bitcoin. Meaning that we have an almost perfect split of Bitcoin vs "crypto" occurring in Japan. Meaning also that the bitcoin-only groups are very high-signal.

# The Groups

### Tokyo Citadel

This is the group I co-founded back in early 2022. It is primarily ex-pat and English language, and was born as a Telegram group after the founding members met at a Bitcoin pizza party in spring that year. The focus of the group is privacy, bitcoin, freedom tech, citadel building and circular economy. We have  regular meetups, a Podcast, and we are launching a new format of event later this month called **“Honeybadger Hiroba”** where we will be renting a physical space and combing presentations along with a casual meetup format. The group is run by the plebs for the plebs, is very punk with zero corporate sponsorship. If you would like to get involved, please reach out to the group via the following channels:

[Website](https://tokyocitadel.com/)
[Meetup.com](https://www.meetup.com/tokyo-citadel-meetup-group/)
[Honeybadger Hiroba event](https://www.meetup.com/tokyo-citadel-meetup-group/events/295937721/)
[Podcast](https://fountain.fm/show/NK6TDa05paluyxKjV6lB)
Nostr: npub1cl42c2k2j7zw2upef2c2qjpd7sz7ks0r5nkvjag7k86q8zev8l0qwmgf39
[Telegram](https://t.me/+PXysoJ18WGdmMThl)
[Marketplace (Amazon gift cards, books, courses, coffee for sats. Japan only)](https://tokyocafe21.com/)

### Diamond Hands/ Bitcoiner Hanseikai

Diamond hands is primarily Japanese language and focused on the technical aspects of the Lightning Network, particularity routing nodes. They are also highly professional and technically competent and even have corporate sponsorship and a popular swap services available to the public, among other projects. 

Co-founded by Koji Higashi, who also runs the Japanese language YouTube channel “Bitcoiner Hanseikai” (Bitcoin focussed, but does discuss the wider “crypto space”) and the Diamond Hands substack newsletter, which is Bitcoin focused, and has recently launched a paid subscription with the mission of furthering Bitcoin adoption in Japan, by raising the quality of the discussion of a Bitcoin focused mindset. 

[Diamond Hands Website (English/Japanese)](https://www.diamondhands.community/)
[Diamond Hands newsletter (Japanese)](https://diamondhandscommunity.substack.com/)
[Diamond Hands Telegram (Primarily Japanese/English speakers available)](https://www.diamondhands.community/)
[Diamond Hands Boltz-based swap service (English)](https://swap.diamondhands.technology/)
[Koji’s website (English)](https://medium.com/@coin_and_peace)
[Koji’s YouTube “Bitcoiner Hanseikai” (Japanese)](https://www.youtube.com/@user-wv4pc4kj9i/videos)

### Lostinbitcoin.jp / Tokyo Bitcoin Hackers

Lostinbitcoin was founded by Teruko Neriki, who translated the Bitcoin Standard and the Bullish Case for Bitcoin into Japanese, and is a regular attendee of Bitcoin conferences all over the world. The site aims to provide high-signal Bitcoin content to a Japanese native audience. The website is high-signal and should probably be the first thing you share with any normie Japanese in your life who you think may benefit from learning more about Bitcoin. 

Teruko is also very involved in the Meetup scene in Japan and she co-hosts events along with Mempool Wiz at the OG Meetup “Tokyo Bitcoin Hackers” which hosts high-signal events with many high quality bitcoin builders. The events tends to feature prominent speakers (who are often visiting Japan) but are relatively infrequent as a result. (maybe once every couple of months). 

[Website: (Japanese)](https://lostinbitcoin.jp/)
[Tokyo Bitcoin Hackers meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Tokyo-Bitcoin-Hackers/)
[Interview with Teruko (English)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcKG86G55Wo)
[The Bitcoin Standard Japanese translation](https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B09G2779P5/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0)

# KYC free scene in Japan

KYC free is not great in Japan, in my experience. Activity on Bisq is low with non existent in-person or cash by mail. ATMs are here but completely KYC-cucked. Incidentally, Japan is the KYC Kingdom and it’s impossible to get a phone number here without KYC and you very often need KYC to stay at individual Airbnb locations.  Mining is also expensive with some of the most expensive electricity in the world, and small houses/apartments making noise from miners a real problem. With that said, it is possible to get Azteco vouchers here if you know where to look. There is also some robosats use from what I hear and sometimes people visiting will be looking to sell some sats into the local JPY fiat so it is worth attending meetups regularly for that sort of chance to come up. 

# Summary:

The bitcoin only scene is small but high signal and growing. People are pulling their sleeves up and putting in the PoW to promote bitcoin adoption in Japan. We need more plebs to join the mission. If you are in Japan at any point, please join in as many of the groups listed above as possible. If you know people in Japan or have Japanese friends interested in Bitcoin, please send them our way. If you have any questions please post them below and I will do my best to answer within the Japanese time zone. Thank you!

Introduction to the Bitcoin only scene in Japan. 

Dash_1971

Here a list of the best possibilities to earn Bitcoin KYC free! Payout proofed & guaranteed for all Apps & Services!
(In most lucrative order. Will be updated regularly)

- EARNING APPS -

1. EMBER FUND

Download the App via the given link and register with an Email to earn 120 Sats or even more daily, with one click only. Just come back once a day to turn back on the „miner“. No deposit or purchase necessary! (Payout proofed via BTC On-chain)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://emberfund.onelink.me/ljTI/bce33290/?mining_referrer_id=101564

2. BITCOIN LIBRE

Download the App and use the code "anaclara“ when asked to get daily free Sats by spinning a wheel every day. (Payout proofed via BTC Lightning)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Download the wallet for IOS or Android here:

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/bitcoin-libre/id1590680702 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.bitcoinlibre.app 


- SIGNUPS -

"21 DAYS OF BITCOIN“

Signup with an email for this great course and get a guaranteed 2100 Sats reward and a chance to win additional 1000000 Sats after the 21 days! (Payout proofed via BTC Lightning)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://sparklp.co/03478cc6


- TASK APPS & SITES -

1. MICROLANCER

Go to the website and do other users tasks or offer yourself tasks to earn Bitcoin directly. (Payout proofed via BTC Lightning)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://microlancer.io/

2. SMILES (IOS,Android)

Download the App and earn Bitcoin for walking, shopping or playing games! (Payout proofed via BTC Lightning)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://join.smilesbitcoin.com/Satinator452

3. EARN CARROT (IOS, Android)

Go to the website or download the App and get Bitcoin by clicking on the articles or redeeming codes!
—> This App is needed to get the 2100 Sats reward from the "21 days of Bitcoin“ course.
(Payout proofed via BTC Lightning)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://www.earncarrot.com/

4. CRYPTO WIN (Android)

Download the Android App and enter the referral code "KqGvVF“ to get some bonus coins.
Earn coins which you can later payout in Sats for simple tasks like watching videos, click on links, download apps or filling surveys.
(Payout proofed via BTC On-chain)

5. FREE BITCOIN (Android)

Download the Android App and enter the referral code "QLBIZO“ to get some bonus coins.
Earn coins which you can later payout in Sats for simple tasks like watching videos, click on links, download apps or filling surveys.
(Payout proofed via BTC On-chain)

6. COINTIPLY (Android, Desktop)

Go to the website or download the App to earn coins, which you can later payout in Sats from a faucet or simple tasks like click on links, download apps or filling surveys. 
(Payout proofed via BTC On-chain)

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
http://cointiply.com/r/RE8xj
(Android App available)


- FAUCETS -

Claim instants free Bitcoin here!

1. LIGHTNINGNETWORKSTORES

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https://lightningnetworkstores.com/faucet

2. BOLTCOINER

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
www.boltcoiner.io 
(Twitter account necessary)


- GAMES - 

1. WHEEL OF TRIVIA 
(IOS,Android)

Earn Bitcoin directly within the game by playing, spinning a wheel or downloading other Apps!

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
https://applinks.viker.co.uk/triviawheel?ref=uIjCp4SA

2. SARUTOBI (IOS, Android)

Earn Bitcoin directly within the game!

3. LIGHTNING CRUSH (Android)

Earn Bitcoin directly within the game!

4. WHEEL OF CRYPTO (IOS,Android)

Earn Bitcoin directly within the game!

5. BALLS KING (IOS,Android)

Earn Bitcoin directly within the game!

6. BITCOIN BOUNCE (Android)

Collect as many tickets as possible to win Bitcoin in the daily draw!

7. TURBO '84

Collect as many tickets as possible to win Bitcoin in the daily draw!

8. THNDR BAY

Collect as many tickets as possible to win Bitcoin in the daily draw!

Tips to earn SATS daily

alvaraaltopelti

⚡️**SATS APPS AND SITES**⚡️
=
*Below Are A List of applications, games, websites where you do everything from playing games to learning to even posting cool pictures that you design to earn Satoshi's*

```
🌟100,000,000 Satoshi's = 1 Bitcoin 🌟
``` 
To Download :
❗️CLICK THE APP NAME ❗️

__**Viker Games**__:
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(Daily Withdrawal limit 500 per game)
 1. [Solitaire](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/solitaire-card-game-2023/id1622560807)
 2. [Bitcoin Scratch](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-scratch/id1640298978)
 3. [Bitcoin Chess](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-chess/id6443791477)
 4. [Color Streak](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-streak-earn-bitcoin/id1643915088)
 5. [Sudoku](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sudoku-daily-win/id1622411105)
 6. [Wheel of Trivia](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wheel-of-trivia/id1573741491)
 7. [Wordle! - Missing Letters](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordle-missing-letters/id1558439918)
 8. [Balls King](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balls-king/id1536951813)

__**Thndr Games**__:
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(ticket jackpot based system)
 1. [Club Bitcoin](https://solitaire.thndr.games/r/HYEj)
 2. [Tetro Tiles](https://blocks.thndr.games/r/Ws7U)
 3. [Bitcoin Bay](https://bitcoinbay.thndr.games/r/NVpe)
 4. [Bitcoin Bounce](https://bitcoinbounce.thndr.games/r/nWx8)
 5. [Turbo '84](https://turbo84.thndr.games/r/rwo1)
 6. [Bitcoin Snake](https://bitcoinsnake.thndr.games/r/XVdF)

__**OTHERS**__:
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(app-some limited to Android/Iphone)

 1. [Bitcoin Magazine](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcoin-magazine-app/id1561003545) - a daily bitcoin news app that gives you sats for learning whats going on in the bitcoin world!

 2. [Simple Bitcoin](https://simplebitcoin.page.link/ZTTpvC98FZQ9iJZp8) - do you think your knowledge on bitcoin is excellent? This app tells you everything about bitcoin and you earn while doing it.

 3. [Chicken Crash](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chicken-or-crash-win-bitcoin/id1670106558) - much like the familiar casino game called crash where are you test to see how high you can go without crashing.

 4. [Alien Run](https://bitcoinaliens.com/?btcref=9307018&game=5&pf=3) - a simple but challenging game, dodging obstacles while earning.

 5. [Satoshi Millions](https://aflink.redpocket.gg/CZon/smreferral/?affiliateUserld=jP0d1jMSdcbNRfaizrTtvKHdPE92) - a casino app which includes mines, towers, and a few different slots. You earn while playing and can do time rewarded apps (ANDROID)

 6. [ZBD](https://zbd.gg/waitlist/1C3UISY82) - the social app that pays you! Get in line for the party, bring the vibes and get ready to win some great prizes! 

MORE WILL BE ADDED!!

ZAPS APPS ⚡️

4Foursak3n

In your personal education journey, who in particular had the greatest impact on your education?

Was it a popular online persona or someone you’re close to?

Funny enough, my father was the one who orange pilled me. 

He worked in finance his entire life. Once discovering bitcoin, he taught me 60% of what I needed to know, and I’ve taken it from there since.

Bitcoin serves as a hedge against his own business — he actually hopes that bitcoin puts him out of a job.


Which bitcoiner taught you the most?

birdeye21

Personally, I’ve bought some t-shirts, maple syrup, and artwork with BTC. Feels 100x more satisfying supporting bitcoiners’ work with bitcoin.

What have you bought with BTC?

What items have you spent satoshis on?

I'm building a sort of lightning faucet where users vote for content and receive sats as rewards. The idea is to go from a no-coiner to your first sat(held in your own wallet) in under a minute.

Here is a super early mvp, https://litstak.com

PS: I'm looking for feedback, reply if you would be interested in doing so. I'll send 1k sats to the first 100 people :)

New way to earn Sats

chris42

For those unfamiliar, Mirror.xyz is a blogging platform that has no paywalls but gives readers the option to mint your post as an NFT if they want to tip you.

As a platform I love it, but it runs on an Ethereum L2 and I've been returning to BTC only. I have many, many, many issues with Ethereum, both practical and ethical.

Although I only keep dust in my ETH wallet now, obviously I'd rather use a Bitcoin native platform than an Ethereum native one.

I did find one project like this but it's built around paywalls. As [the top comment here](https://stacker.news/items/23679) says, V4V is much better. I write content like introductions to new tech and privacy and security tutorials. I want that to be open to the world. I also want readers to have the *option* to tip me if they want to show support for my work.

This seems like an obvious use case for Lightning, especially given its ubiquity on Nostr, but aside from the paywall project above I couldn't find anything else when looking up Bitcoin Lightning blogging services.

Self-hosting is preferred of course. So a plugin for another blogging platform that adds zaps is good too as long as it's not WordPress.

Open to suggestions.

Thank you in advance everyone.

Is there a Bitcoin Lightning equivalent of Mirror.xyz?

xanny

What excites you about Bitcoin right now?

BitcoinIsTheFuture

A lot what I'm excited about makes Bitcoin more accessible and practical to use:

- Greenlight
- Chaumian Ecash
- Splicing for lightning channels
- Privacy improvements on Lightning
- Companies making full nodes that are easy to use

Majjin

I only have money for paying rent, bills and food until the next month. I don't have a job yet and I already spent my savings. I'm looking for a job but if I don't get one or any income by the en of the next month I will have to move and find a way to survive. This made me wonder about the financial situation of the people in this forum.

For how long could you keep your lifestyle without any income?

Emblematiz

Calling all Bitcoin builders!

Leave a comment below to let the SN community know what you're working on this week. It doesn't matter how big or small your project is, or how much progress you've made.

Just share what you're up to, and let the community know if you want any feedback or help.

If you missed last week's thread, [here](https://stacker.news/items/152436) are the updates SN users shared from all their latest work projects.

What are you working on this week?

I talked to 21 whole coiners for advice about accumulating 1 full BTC ... 

Here are 21 lessons i leared:

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# 1. Self custody

Always. Send your BTC to cold storage. Don't hesitate because of high network fees when mempool activity is high. Rather pay 10% or more to secure your coins than risk loosing 100% of a cosiderable amount.

# 2. Back up well

Restore a wallet at least once. Make sure you know how to get back your coins in a worst case scenario. (Also make sure your heirs are able to do it when time comes.)

# 3. Never try to time the market

DCA. Set it and forget it. Monthly, weekly, by-weekly or daily doesn't matter. Choose what best suits you. Do this for the majority of your BTC allocation. You can not time the bottom. Period. (But you can have a little pile of FIAT to buy dips when they occur.)

# 4. You can not time the top either

Never sell the majority of your Stack. Take a little profit if things go parabolic to reward yourself but always keep your main stack intact. It can be hard to get it back. And it will only go up with time. HODL and understand what you own.

# 5. Keep emotions out

Greed and fear are the main factors for people to get wrecked. Slow steady purchases, even tiny ones, all go to building a stack.

# 6. Never use leverage

Just don't. No, not even if BTC is below 10k. Make sure every sat you own truely belongs to you.

# 7. Every sat counts

Even if it's small amounts, just keep dca-ing and stacking sats. Little pieces add up. 0.001 BTC = $25 at the time of this writing. Do this 100 times and you have a tenth of a BTC.
If you have very little FIAT, stack free sats. You can:

- use faucets (like [Heads or Tails Game](https://www.claimbitcoin.fr/))
- do tasks (like [microlancer.io](https://microlancer.io/))
- play games (like [Bitcoin Miner](https://blog.zebedee.io/bitcoin-miner-game/))
- shop with services like [lolli.com](https://www.lolli.com/) or [foldapp.com](https://foldapp.com/)
- listen to podcasts (with [fountain.fm](https://www.fountain.fm/))
- or be active and provide value in communities like [nostr](https://nostr.com/) or [stacker.news](https://stacker.news)

Remember: Faucets used to give hundreds of Bitcoin per day. Now it's 5-250 sats 10 years later. In 10 years it may be 1-5 sats.

# 8. Don't go all in

Keep FIAT to survive hard times without being forced to sell BTC. (for example 6 months of monthly spending)

# 9. Enjoy life while stacking

There is only one thing that is more precious than Bitcoin. **It is lifetime**. Stack sats, but also stack moments. Be present and enjoy life. Every day. No amount of BTC can ever buy back lifetime. Remind yourself of this often.

# 10. Don't forget yourself

Always have a little fun money to maintain hobbys, traveling and to treat yourself. Otherwise you might burn out quickly.

# 11. Involve your significant other

Make sure he/she knows the reason why you do what you do. Otherwise you risk burnig out him/her too.

# 12. Automate and relax

When you check you portfolio ten times a day or more think of automating things. Don't trade lifetime and serenity for small gains.

# 13. Don't do shitcoins

Most altcoins never reach their ATH again. BTC and BTC only.

# 14. Stay humble

Never get lured by offers that promise yield in exchange for holding your BTC. FTX was a recent example of how that can end.

# 15. You lost your keys in a boating accident

Never share how much Bitcoin you own. Better yet, don't share that you own any at all (exception: rule #11). The less is known about you having BTC, the less risk. Also consider buying non KYC. For example with [robosats](https://learn.robosats.com/). 

# 16. Don't rush. Be patient

It is a marathon, not a sprint. Time is on your side. You already own Bitcoin. **You won**. It isn't a race like with FIAT where you have to fight inflation. You preserve wealth.

# 17. Increase your FIAT earnings

Learn profitable skills to increase your buying power and generally grow as a person. Even if you loose all your wealth, nobody can take away your skills to accumulate it again.

# 18. Don't compare

Every stack of BTC is better than no stack of BTC. And even if you are a whale: there will always be a bigger fish somewhere in the sea ...

# 19. You don't need 1 full BTC

This was huge for me! The urge to have one full BTC is very FIAT minded thinking. Goals are cool but: 

**21 million BTC / 8 billion humans in the world =0,00262500 BTC**

And not even that is possible because of the 1,1 m BTC wallet of Satoshi Nakamoto and lost coins. You can find out the exact amount every individual on earth could possibly own at [satoshisperperson.com](https://satoshisperperson.com/).

Not everyone needs a whole coin. About 225.000 sats = your little block of Bitcoin. ... That's roughly $55 at the time of this writing. Got that? Congratulations! 99% of people are still on zero. Safe your share and then slowly add more every pay check.

# 20. Change perspective

You can change settings in your wallet to display value in sats rather than BTC. This liberates from the feeling of shortage and the urge to fill that full BTC. It opens up the feeling of gratitude and abundance.

# 21. Always learn

Keep educating yourself about Bitcoin. The rabbit hole is deep ...

---

### Thank you!

Thank you wonderfull people who helped me gather those tips. I chose conciously to not give personell credit in this post because of rule #15 =)

### Check out Nostr

Huge shout out to the [Nostr](https://nostr.com/) protocoll and all the devs involved. Without an anonymous network like this it would have been extremely hard if not impossible to gather that much information from real whole coiners in that short amount of time. If you haven't tried Nostr yet, consider giving it a try. It's an extremely positive community where value flows like Bitcoin in the early days.

### What have i missed?

Do you agree with these tips? Did i miss any? Please let me know and help refine this set of rules so we can breed more an more whole coiners over time ... or let's rather call it 'satoshi millionaires' (see rule #19 ;-)

*P.S. Feel free to tip me some sats or share this post if you find it helpful. Working on my own little stack too ;-)*
