Happy Sat-urday Stackers,

Have a great weekend!

Top PostsTop Posts

1. This Is Not What Adoption Looks Luke
   • @siggy47 reminds us that ETFs are to bitcoin what mortgage backed securities are to homeownership.
   • 20.2k sats \ 101 comments \ @siggy47
2. The part of Bitcoin you have to trust
   • Bitcoin is premised on networked systems being able to resist state control which is not something that can be proven.
   • 3.7k sats \ 56 comments \ @Scoresby
3. My trip to Tokyo Bitcoin Base
   • @SimpleStacker shares his experience visiting Tokyo Bitcoin Base.
   • 12.4k sats \ 23 comments \ @SimpleStacker
4. My second shop to pay with lightning in Hawaii
   • @south_korea_ln found another merchant in Hawaii, this time a Ukulele shop, that accepts lightning payments.
   • 1.2k sats \ 18 comments \ @south_korea_ln
5. How 250 Students, 40 Schools Turned an LNbits Hackathon into a Movement
   • After earning bitcoin diplomas, high school students in El Salvador engaged in a 7-week LNbits hackathon. @DarthCoin shares an AI-generated summary of the event.
   • 1.6k sats \ 6 comments \ @DarthCoin

Don't missDon't miss

• Bitcoin treasuries part deux!
• The Shape of The Game We Play
• The Bear Case for 2026 (FT, Robert Armstrong)
• Financial Engineering: Sell Gold...Just Don't Mine It! (Money Stuff,Matt Levine)
• Testing the claim: users can pay any CashApp username from Strike and vice versa
• How NOT to Run a Treasury Company (Blockspace Media, Colin Harper)
• The end of the MSTR party?
• Generation C: The Confused and Economically Illiterate Ones (WSJ, Andy Kessler)
• The double empathy problem
• The real poverty line in the US isn't $31,200: it's $140,000 - Michael Green
• What are you thankful for?
• The problem with AI generated contributions to open source projects
• Crypto's Year Turned Into Crazy Crash (WSJ, Kevin Dugan & Vicky Huang)
• The Dumbest Trade of 2025 (Bloomberg, Money Stuff, Matt Levine)

all of this week's top posts

Top metaTop meta

• 🍁 Happy Thanksgiving from Stacker News Zine 🍁
• What Level of ClickBait are SNL ThumbNail Images?
• Should get kicked out of the saloon hall of fame?
• This Day on SN: November 23
• Where did the referrals page go to?

all of this week's meta

Top Monday memeTop Monday meme

all monday memes

Top StackersTop Stackers

1. @grayruby: 76k sats stacked
2. @Undisciplined: 64.7k sats stacked
3. @Scoresby: 43k sats stacked
4. @0xbitcoiner: 35.2k sats stacked
5. @BlokchainB: 35.2k sats stacked

Top SpendersTop Spenders

1. @grayruby: 2.5m sats spent
2. @Undisciplined: 88.6k sats spent
3. @optimism: 71.5k sats spent
4. @MaxAWebster: 60.1k sats spent
5. @BlokchainB: 58.2k sats spent

Top CowboysTop Cowboys

1. @Undisciplined: 795 days
2. @BlokchainB: 774 days
3. @grayruby: 738 days
4. @WeAreAllSatoshi: 366 days
5. @cryotosensei: 212 days

Top BoostsTop Boosts

1. I orange-pilled my mom. Now her paintings are Lightning-only and we're on Nostr.
2. How to use Supermoons
3. "I orange pilled my mom" sequel! The shop that runs her art is now open-sourced
4. A Black Hole Node Can Trigger Hyperbitcoinization
5. Fatal Attraction: How a Parasite Rewires Rodents to Love Cat Odors

all active boosts

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