Stacker News Monthly: August 2026
Welcome to this month's edition of Stacker News Monthly! Today we're going to take a look back at the month of August 2026!
This month, 514 stackers wrote 866,628 words across 2,075 posts and 16,108 comments, earning a total of 3,756,385 sats, for an average of 4.33 sats per word, and 6.82 sats per word on posts.
In addition, there were 799,613 sats in boosts and 275,502 sats in downzaps.
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Top Stackers
Here were the top stackers for the month of August:
Top Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps across all items
| Stacker | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @Scoresby | 302,043 | 91 | 475 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @denlillaapan | 232,971 | 74 | 482 | bitcoin | econ |
| @petertodd | 140,302 | 3 | 26 | ukraine | bitcoin |
| @Undisciplined | 121,909 | 81 | 989 | accountability | Stacker_Sports |
| @SimpleStacker | 117,912 | 21 | 577 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
Most Active
Measured by total number of items posted
| Stacker | Items | Posts | Comments | Sats | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @BlokchainB | 1,137 | 55 | 1,082 | 79,506 | bitcoin | Stacker_Stocks |
| @Undisciplined | 1,070 | 81 | 989 | 121,909 | accountability | Stacker_Sports |
| @optimism | 906 | 2 | 904 | 106,911 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @grayruby | 722 | 73 | 649 | 61,260 | game | Stacker_Sports |
| @SimpleStacker | 598 | 21 | 577 | 117,912 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
Highest Signal
Measured by sats per post (minimum 5)
| Stacker | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @Natalia | 6,140 | 30,700 | 5 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @bief57 | 4,905 | 49,052 | 10 | children | AskSN |
| @fanis | 4,407 | 22,037 | 5 | bip110 | bitcoin |
| @wackster | 3,862 | 50,204 | 13 | bitcoin | AskSN |
| @blockdyor | 3,649 | 18,244 | 5 | bip | bitcoin |
Most Prolific
Measured by number of words
| Stacker | Words | Sats | Sats/Word | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @denlillaapan | 56,937 | 232,971 | 4.09 | bitcoin | econ |
| @Scoresby | 55,765 | 302,043 | 5.42 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @optimism | 55,170 | 106,911 | 1.94 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @BlokchainB | 48,795 | 79,506 | 1.63 | bitcoin | Stacker_Stocks |
| @Undisciplined | 27,738 | 121,909 | 4.40 | accountability | Stacker_Sports |
Most Controversial
Measured by controversy score: the geometric mean of sats and downsats
| Stacker | Controversy | Sats | Downsats | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @Coinsreporter | 43,531 | 52,637 | 36,000 | predyx | Stacker_Stocks |
| @openbitcoin | 29,152 | 4,998 | 170,033 | openbitcoin | bitcoin |
| @justin_shocknet | 20,588 | 36,927 | 11,479 | lightning | bitcoin |
| @BlokchainB | 19,882 | 79,506 | 4,972 | bitcoin | Stacker_Stocks |
| @denlillaapan | 16,517 | 232,971 | 1,171 | bitcoin | econ |
Top Territories
Here were the top territories for the month of August:
Top Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps in both posts and comments
| Territory | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word |
| ~bitcoin | 1,387,051 | 482 | 3,772 | bitcoin |
| ~econ | 364,820 | 201 | 1,096 | money |
| ~AskSN | 361,427 | 160 | 1,673 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 302,711 | 268 | 2,304 | putt |
| ~Stacker_Stocks | 253,343 | 100 | 1,083 | bitcoin |
Highest Signal
Measured by the highest number of sats per post (minimum 10; AMA excluded)
| Territory | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word |
| ~the_stacker_muse | 3,480 | 80,048 | 23 | bitcoin |
| ~mostly_harmless | 3,153 | 37,831 | 12 | life |
| ~news | 2,425 | 179,479 | 74 | bitcoin |
| ~bitcoin | 2,177 | 1,049,204 | 482 | bitcoin |
| ~food_and_drinks | 2,167 | 47,667 | 22 | food |
Hottest Discussion
Measured by total number of comments in territory
| Territory | Comments | Posts | Comments/Post | Sats | Favorite Word |
| ~bitcoin | 3,772 | 482 | 7.6 | 1,387,051 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 2,304 | 268 | 7.0 | 302,711 | putt |
| ~AskSN | 1,673 | 160 | 10.8 | 361,427 | bitcoin |
| ~Politics_And_Law | 1,432 | 180 | 5.3 | 219,194 | race |
| ~econ | 1,096 | 201 | 5.6 | 364,820 | money |
Most Crossposted
Measured by number of posts with more than one territory
| Territory | Crossposts | Posts | Sats | Favorite Word |
| ~bitcoin | 279 | 482 | 1,387,051 | bitcoin |
| ~econ | 164 | 201 | 364,820 | money |
| ~Politics_And_Law | 132 | 180 | 219,194 | race |
| ~bitcoin_beginners | 130 | 145 | 167,074 | bitcoin |
| ~AI | 103 | 132 | 96,924 | ai |
Top Words
And finally, here were the top words for the month of August:
By Frequency
Measured by the total number of times the term appears in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
| bitcoin | 3,725 | 64,316 |
| sats | 1,617 | 13,444 |
| abs | 1,543 | 888 |
| ai | 1,012 | 9,306 |
| wallet | 998 | 12,899 |
| lightning | 846 | 12,271 |
| august | 837 | 2,040 |
| money | 830 | 8,876 |
| sn | 722 | 9,406 |
| node | 679 | 12,995 |
By Sats
Each word is allocated sats from zaps based on its relative frequency of appearance in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
| bitcoin | 3,725 | 64,316 |
| putt | 430 | 22,625 |
| albatross | 323 | 20,240 |
| actually | 626 | 14,261 |
| sats | 1,617 | 13,444 |
| bip | 314 | 13,275 |
| source | 429 | 13,228 |
| mandatory | 35 | 13,054 |
| node | 679 | 12,995 |
| wallet | 998 | 12,899 |
By DownSats
Each word is allocated downsats from downzaps based on its relative frequency of appearance in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | DownSats |
| bitcoin | 3,725 | 11,215 |
| openbitcoin | 12 | 9,093 |
| games | 128 | 5,193 |
| btc | 589 | 4,557 |
| treasury | 106 | 4,514 |
| platform | 170 | 4,500 |
| seeded | 5 | 4,500 |
| metaplanet | 3 | 4,500 |
| launches | 21 | 4,500 |
| address | 317 | 3,962 |
Boosts, Downzaps, and Controversy
Here are the top 10 most boosted, most downzapped, and most controversial posts for the month of August. Controversy score is calculated as the geometric mean of sats and downsats (excluding boosts).
Top Boosted
- OpenBitcoin.com: A new bitcoin block explorer with guides tools and games by @openbitcoin (Boost: 297,500 sats)
- TABCONF 8 x SNIRL 2: Come out and meet the stackers In Real Life! by @BlokchainB (Boost: 55,000 sats)
- TABConf 8 - The last TABConf by @tidwell (Boost: 31,000 sats)
- nvk deleting tweets as we speak. Backup and screenshoot interactions with him! by @raw_avocado (Boost: 25,000 sats)
- Knots replay protection ACTIVATED for coinjoin descendants on the Core chain by @Kruw (Boost: 19,400 sats)
- Luke and Mechanic - YOU'RE FIRED! by @Kruw (Boost: 13,000 sats)
- BTC vote: Who do you prefer as Brazil’s next president? by @KoinVote (Boost: 11,000 sats)
- Bitcoin dead after hostile miner and node attack by @satonymous (Boost: 10,500 sats)
- Self-hosting without exposing your home IP or letting Cloudflare decrypt HTTPS by @blindport (Boost: 10,000 sats)
- Splicing timeline for Zeus Wallet ACCELERATED by @Kruw (Boost: 10,000 sats)
Top Downzapped
- OpenBitcoin.com: A new bitcoin block explorer with guides tools and games by @openbitcoin (Downzaps: 170,033 sats)
- Metaplanet launches U.S. Bitcoin treasury platform, seeded with 2,100 BTC by @Coinsreporter (Downzaps: 36,000 sats)
- Self-hosting without exposing your home IP or letting Cloudflare decrypt HTTPS by @blindport (Downzaps: 9,125 sats)
- Motion to remove Luke Dashjr from BIP editors by @justin_shocknet (Downzaps: 6,201 sats)
- I Didn't Understand Why Civil Rights Data Mattered Until It Was My Kids by @Yermin (Downzaps: 6,000 sats)
- Fork Stacker News, remove the integrated scam by @Kruw (Downzaps: 3,001 sats)
- If this week wasn't already enough... by @oshigood (Downzaps: 2,670 sats)
- Why Is The Red Team Seeking Publicity? by @siggy47 (Downzaps: 2,048 sats)
- Was the war on full-fat dairy wrong? by @JRem (Downzaps: 2,000 sats)
- What story does this coin hold? by @guerratotal (Downzaps: 1,555 sats)
Most Controversial
- Metaplanet launches U.S. Bitcoin treasury platform, seeded with 2,100 BTC by @Coinsreporter (Controversy Score: 37,011)
- OpenBitcoin.com: A new bitcoin block explorer with guides tools and games by @openbitcoin (Controversy Score: 28,631)
- If this week wasn't already enough... by @oshigood (Controversy Score: 8,549)
- Motion to remove Luke Dashjr from BIP editors by @justin_shocknet (Controversy Score: 8,140)
- Why Is The Red Team Seeking Publicity? by @siggy47 (Controversy Score: 3,638)
- My interview Kanyuk, a foreign volunteer soldier for Ukraine by @petertodd (Controversy Score: 3,281)
- Self-hosting without exposing your home IP or letting Cloudflare decrypt HTTPS by @blindport (Controversy Score: 3,081)
- Was the war on full-fat dairy wrong? by @JRem (Controversy Score: 3,008)
- What story does this coin hold? by @guerratotal (Controversy Score: 2,154)
- The SN Daily Putt #89: Play, Putt, Score, ZAP!⚡️⛳️ by @BlokchainB (Controversy Score: 1,415)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this edition of Stacker News Monthly! Remember, stay humble and stack sats.
My transformation into replyguy is nearing completion.
ah, fellow reply guy
replies add a lot of social value and aren't accordingly rewarded! talk about a public service
I really do my best zapping comments tho! I only decide "nah" on a comment upzap if the comment is either uglier or more ignorant than anything I would say, which means there's a pretty low bar.
That’s an amazing standard
Just just say that because you've seen my shitposting for a longer time haha.
All in your control! Just don't post! (about as hard for RBD to skip the donuts)
I didn’t realise that downzapping has become a sub culture of its own - before the recent zapping wars
the stats in september will be interesting
can't wait!
MAGA -> Make AskSN Great Again
LOL
😆😆😆 I can’t believe stackers are downzapping putting 😆😆
Next month’s report will be interesting
Believe me they are downzapping you not the putting 😜
Hahahahaha 😆😆😆😆
SCORESBY WIIIIIINS... but I keep my 4sats/word average reward. Amazing. (But I wrote slightly more words than he did, haaaa!)
Value for value, eeeh
I have three different longer articles that I've just been totally stuck on. Need to suck it up and force myself to find the right form for them.
is ai tempting you to use it....?
Haha @Coinsreporter you are so controversial.
And here I thought your biggest fan left SN in a tizzy about Spark wallet.
I don't think Darth left till sometime in September though. This is August only! Haha
Gotcha. We must watch the future results.
I don't know how to express my feelings. I'm sitting on 7th sky. Be it controversy - an achievement is an achievement!
Had my fan known that I would take over him, he would never think of leaving SN.
I'm glad I'm defacto ~controversy head of Stackers now.
BTW Metaplanet helped me achieve this, not PREDYX. Haha.
Interesting post