AGORA

 P2P  Marketplace—a new way to promote, share, and trade peer-to-peer over SN. Our goal was to create a single destination for our community to discover the goods and services needed without intermediaries and paying with Bitcoin, Lighting, and now the build in 

. We launched with a simple idea to replicate the dynamics of the place where people exchanged the social and political

 order of the polis (city/community), the center of the athletic, artistic, business, social, spiritual, and political life in, in our case, the Wild West Web of Stacker News.

 feels like last month, the AGORA territory has continued being powered by a thriving community, tenacious sellers and many brave ₿usinesses and Merchants. We talk (private) ₿usiness, we growth an economy arund bitcoin and most importat, we continue educating and learning about trading good and services peer to peer, withouth intermediaries, with 

Over the past year, the AGORA territory has seen significant activity, with numerous posts, comments, and transactions. Here are the highlights:

Discover the most engaging posts based on stackers interactions. You can see them all 

Sparking the most out of the discussion. You can see them all 

Yes! Those that have earned the most sats from the community. You can see them all 

Learn about the posts that have gained significant attention supporting the territory.

 highlights in our territory pinned post 

Recognize the most successful sellers in the community.

Explore the best service and product offers.

Let's acknowledge the stackers who have contributed the most to the territory.

Outside of the AGORA, we know people was talking about business and markets. Here the most interesting ones:

 for doing the same with much harder conditions in Cuba. Hat off to you man.


We are driven by a desire to create something meaningful and useful for a community that aligns with our interests and values, which for us, is a fulfilling and motivating factor itself. Operating the AGORA provides me and 

 an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and learn from others. The sense of community and the potential for personal and professional growth is our second strong motivator. Moreover, Stacker News is continually improving and expanding with new features that keep us even mre motivated to create new initiative like those that follow:

During this year, we have played, experimented and had much fun launching several initiatives to support and enhance the AGORA territory, some of them have work, others need some more work, but overall we are really proud of the progress done until now. Check out our gems:

If you are still new in the AGORA, we suggest reading our 

, browse the community latest items or, why not, share an Ad-post for products and services you may have to offer?
Click any of the links below to get started:

 for the amazing work done keeping an eye on the territory, running our weekly 

 (man, whish you all teh best for your next venture), new entry 

 contributors for building and maintaining Stacker News the way the community want and need. Your contributions have enabled us to add to our words and actions real value!
Thank you.

If you have suggestions or ideas on how we can improve or expand the AGORA territory, do leave your feedback in the comments below or DM us on #Nostr:


https://iris.to/agora_sn

Thank you, stackers, for making this second year another incredible journey. We hope you enjoyed the ɅGOᏒɅ 🌵🏜️ experience and look forward to see many more successful and joyful done-deals around here.

Two year ago, @mo [released](https://stacker.news/items/363312/r/AGORA) the ~AGORA P2P Marketplace—a new way to promote, share, and trade peer-to-peer over SN. Our goal was to create a single destination for our community to discover the goods and services needed without intermediaries and paying with Bitcoin, Lighting, and now the build in [Cowboy Credits](https://stacker.news/items/841565/r/AGORA). We launched with a simple idea to replicate the dynamics of the place where people exchanged the social and political[^1] order of the polis (city/community), the center of the athletic, artistic, business, social, spiritual, and political life in, in our case, the Wild West Web of Stacker News.


Two year already since its [inception](https://stacker.news/items/363312/r/AGORA), [last year review](https://stacker.news/items/821255/r/AGORA) feels like last month, the AGORA territory has continued being powered by a thriving community, tenacious sellers and many brave ₿usinesses and Merchants. We talk (private) ₿usiness, we growth an economy arund bitcoin and most importat, we continue educating and learning about trading good and services peer to peer, withouth intermediaries, with [trust and honor](https://stacker.news/items/1299312/r/AGORA).

# 2025 Highlights
Over the past year, the AGORA territory has seen significant activity, with numerous posts, comments, and transactions. Here are the highlights:


### 📜 Top 3 posts by **zaprank**
Discover the most engaging posts based on stackers interactions. You can see them all [here](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/top/posts/year/r/AGORA)!
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/~AGORA/top/posts/year My New Project by @siggy47 
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/1299312/r/AGORA Hows & Whys Navigating Business in Commerce with Honor & Integrity by @mo 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/878224/r/AGORA [MAYBE BUY] The Times 03/Jan/2009 by @ek

### 📜 Top 3 posts by **comments**
Sparking the most out of the discussion. You can see them all [here](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/top/posts/year/r/AGORA?by=comments)!
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/items/837469/r/AGORA [BUY] 100 cowboy credits for one satoshi by @ek 
- 🥈Add RSS feed for my guides page by @DarthCoin
- 🥉https://stacker.news/items/1329607/r/AGORA Stacker News Cowboy Credits Market Depth by @AGORA 

### 📜 Top 3 posts by **sats**
Yes! Those that have earned the most sats from the community. You can see them all [here](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/top/posts/year/r/AGORA?by=sats) (excluding internals)!
- 🥇 [⚖️ SELL] Strike is selling Silk Road merch and all profit goes to Ross by @k00b 
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/1235512/r/AGORA [SELL] SNZ Issue 27 #Classifieds, 1 block = 1k sats by @plebpoet 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/837351/r/AGORA PlebBook 📖 - (Update: Jan 2025 - Earn Sats in AGORA) by @PlebLab 

### 📜 Top 3 Boosts
Learn about the posts that have gained significant attention supporting the territory.
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/items/1333912/r/AGORA WAGMI Holiday Gift Basket - An All-Bitcoin & All-Nostr Gift Set by @lowtimer 
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/1050123/r/AGORA WhatsMiner M50(S) - 118Th/s - Free Shipping by @freecritter 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/920555/r/AGORA Easy self-hosting of a basic ecommerce store that accepts bitcoin? by @k00b 


### 📜 Top 3 internal posts
You can see all the ~AGORA highlights in our territory pinned post https://stacker.news/items/942038/r/AGORA
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/items/1349267/r/AGORA ↯ Stacker.News CC/SAT Exchange Order Book 📔 v0.2
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/1248555/r/AGORA AGORA's Escrow Service 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/1277903/r/AGORA TM7: SN Force is Stronger with more services and P2P deals for & from stackers


### ⚖️ Top 3 SELLERS
Recognize the most successful sellers in the community.
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/items/903776/r/AGORA [SELL] Your Tombstone, 1k sats by @jasonb 
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/931308/r/AGORA [SELL] SNZ serialized inaugural issue, 3k sats (shipping to US) by @plebpoet 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/1303411/r/AGORA [Sell] "Better Study Bitcoin!" Coasters - starting at 10,000 sats by @jasonb 

### 🖇 Top 3 OFFERS
Explore the best service and product offers.
- 🥇 [OFFER][120k–6M sats] Fixed-scope BTC installs: custody, LN, privacy by @327c19b153
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/1197267/r/AGORA [OFFER] [60k sats/hr] Custom Graphic Design - Posters, Album Art & Podcasts by @PictureRoom 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/911884/r/AGORA [OFFER] BOLT12 Day: 12K sats for an item from the “Bullish X Alby” collection by @thebullishbitcoiner 

### 🤠 Top 3 Contributors
Let's acknowledge the stackers who have contributed the most to the territory.
- 🥇 @midnightshipper with [24 Ad-posts](https://stacker.news/search/r/AGORA?amount=&q=~AGORA+%40watchmancbiz&what=midnightshipper)
- 🥈 @beejay with [21 posts](https://stacker.news/search/r/AGORA?amount=&q=~AGORA+%beejay&what=posts)
- 🥉 @DarthCoin with [9 Listings](https://stacker.news/search/r/AGORA?amount=&q=~AGORA+%DarthCoin&what=posts)

### 🤠 Top 3 SN Posts about **Business**
Outside of the AGORA, we know people was talking about business and markets. Here the most interesting ones:
- 🥇 https://stacker.news/items/1223737/r/AGORA SN Themed Business cards by @deSign_r 
- 🥈 https://stacker.news/items/889350/r/AGORA Just set up Zaprite for my business by @denlillaapan 
- 🥉 https://stacker.news/items/1256230/r/AGORA I found a business that accepts Bitcoin in Venezuela by @bief57 

Special kudos to, like last year, @OPAGO_PAY for [onboarding so many new businesses](https://stacker.news/search/r/AGORA?amount=&q=%40OPAGO_PAY&what=posts) into #bitcoin and @BTCLNAT for doing the same with much harder conditions in Cuba. Hat off to you man.
 
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# In Summary
- A total of 📜 `386` posts (-53.09%)
- with a total of 💬 `2433` comments (+4.69%)
- stackers spent 🔫 `298.2`k sats (-28.91%)
- we stacked 🐎 `118.6`k sats (-35.19%)
- and a revenue of 🏆 `118.6`k sats (-12.98%)

Overall, positioning the ~AGORA at:
- **`#35`**`/56` by spent (-6 positions)
- **`#36`**`/56` by stacking (-6 positions)
- **`#30`**`/56` by revenue (-8 positions)

**So why keep going at a loss?**
We are driven by a desire to create something meaningful and useful for a community that aligns with our interests and values, which for us, is a fulfilling and motivating factor itself. Operating the AGORA provides me and @AG an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and learn from others. The sense of community and the potential for personal and professional growth is our second strong motivator. Moreover, Stacker News is continually improving and expanding with new features that keep us even mre motivated to create new initiative like those that follow:

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# AGORA initiatives
During this year, we have played, experimented and had much fun launching several initiatives to support and enhance the AGORA territory, some of them have work, others need some more work, but overall we are really proud of the progress done until now. Check out our gems:
- We rebranded the SN merrch shop to ***SWAG*** now available at https://SWAG.btc.pub, with plenty of new and uique SN branded clothing, accessories, extra gadgets and posters
- https://stacker.news/items/1248555/r/AGORA We finally launched an exxclusive Escrow service, you can learn more here 
- https://stacker.news/items/1225577/r/AGORA The first (of hopefully many more to come) SN giveaway [FREE] raffle 
- https://stacker.news/items/1199616/r/AGORA Initiative to better support merchants and businesses providng products and services to stackers 

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# Try the ~AGORA
If you are still new in the AGORA, we suggest reading our [ Tutorials, Guidelines and Tips](https://stacker.news/items/942038/r/AGORA), browse the community latest items or, why not, share an Ad-post for products and services you may have to offer?
 Click any of the links below to get started:
- [[⚖️ SELL]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BSELL%5D%20ItemTitle%2C%2021k%20sats%20(NearestCity%2F2Letters%20COUNTRY)) your stuff (learn [how](https://stacker.news/items/442718/r/AGORA))
- [[🛒 BUY]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BBUY%5D%20%5B21k%20sats%5D) stuff for sats
- [[🧑‍💻 HIRE]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BHIRE%5D%20ItemTitle%2C%2021k%20sats%2Fhour%20(NearestCity%2F2Letters%20COUNTRY)) some stuff or skills
- [[🖇 OFFER]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BOFFER%5D%20ItemTitle%2C%2021M%20sats%2Fday%20(NearestCity%2F2Letters%20COUNTRY)) something (learn [how](https://stacker.news/items/367428/r/AGORA))
- [[🧑‍⚖️ AUCTION]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BAUCTION%5D+ItemTitle%2C+Start+at+X%2CXXX+sats+%28Ends+at+23%3A59UTC%29) anything (learn [how](https://stacker.news/items/933171/r/AG))
- [[🤝 SWAP]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BSWAP%5D%20ItemWanted%2C%2021k%20sats%20(NearestCity%2F2Letters%20COUNTRY)) Peer to Peer
- You could also give it for [[🆓 FREE]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BFREE%5D%20ItemTitle%20(NearestCity%2F2Letters%20COUNTRY)) 
- Learn [how](https://stacker.news/items/942025/r/AGORA) to create your own [[SHOPFRONT]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=[SHOPFRONT]) or simply...
- [[⭐ REVIEW]](https://stacker.news/~AGORA/post/r/AGORA?type=discussion&title=%5BREVIEW%5D%20Product%2FService%20Name%20by%20Maker%2FBrand][REVIEW]) anything (learn [how](https://stacker.news/items/367893/r/AGORA)

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# A Heartfelt Thank You
We are grateful to @mo for initiating this territory, @AG for the amazing work done keeping an eye on the territory, running our weekly [🏷️ Spending Sunday!](https://stacker.news/search/r/AGORA?q=spending+sunday+%40AG&what=posts), the latest [🤝 SN Sellers & ₿usiness Club](https://stacker.news/search?q=%F0%9F%A4%9D+SN+Sellers+%26+Business+Club&what=posts&sort=zaprank) and [The Magnificent Seven](https://stacker.news/AGORA/r/AGORA#the-magnificent-seven---of-all-times) newsletter, and @k00b, @ek (man, whish you all teh best for your next venture), new entry @sox and @Scoresby and all @SN contributors for building and maintaining Stacker News the way the community want and need. Your contributions have enabled us to add to our words and actions real value!
Thank you.

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# Your Feedback Matters

If you have suggestions or ideas on how we can improve or expand the AGORA territory, do leave your feedback in the comments below or DM us on #Nostr:
`npub`: [`npub13kkpytvjcxsqka9pdshw3094urgh8fxwx7ru258lved9wr7f35mspal584`](https://iris.to/agora_sn)
`NIP-05`: [`agora_sn@iris.to`](https://iris.to/agora_sn)
`link`: [`https://iris.to/agora_sn`](https://iris.to/agora_sn)

Thank you, stackers, for making this second year another incredible journey. We hope you enjoyed the ɅGOᏒɅ 🌵🏜️ experience and look forward to see many more successful and joyful done-deals around here.

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## MAY EVERY DEAL ₿RING JOY TO YOUR ~AGORA AD-VENTURES!
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[^1]: No, not the *politics* we understand as it today.