Most of the time I'm on the go, and every week I read more of ~lightning than I can keep up with here on Stacker News — which is exactly the goal this territory was created for. I'm very thankful to all the stackers who tirelessly contribute to it and to the spread of the Lightning Network itself.

Lately there have been plenty of contributions, and I've spent too much time going through the whole feed. I feel the monthly Storm Report is not enough — many good posts get missed, and thoughtful technical discussion gets lost. I need to optimize my time, avoid the noise and get the signal, so I set up this newsletter to point me to the top of the top via email.

The Lightning Gossip is a weekly newsletter of everything happening in the ~lightning territory, delivered every Friday evening. It's free, and it's fresh out of beta. I want your help hammering it into something you actually look forward to receiving in your inbox.

What's inside

Each issue distills the week into six bite-size sections:

• 3 Top Posts by Sats: the posts the ~lightning crowd zapped the most
• 3 Top posts by Comments: the discussions people actually joined
• 6 Don't Miss: the next 3 by sats and 3 by comments that didn't make the cut above
• 3 Top Comments: the sharpest comments of the week
• 3 Hidden Posts by Downzaps: the most controversial posts you may have missed
• 3 Top Contributors: the top authors of the week, rewarded accordingly with sats-forwards.

Why you should sign up

• One read, whole week caught up. No tab-opening, no FOMO, just the good stuff.
• It pays your favorite authors. A share of the sats the weekly post earns is forwarded to the week's top 3 contributors, accordingly 42%, 21% and 14%. Your zaps supporting stackers who make ~lightning worth reading.
• Wherever you are. The weekly issue lands as a post here on Stacker News, as a long-form on Nostr, and in an email from Lightninggossip.substack.com.

Help me test and improve it

It's early days, and I'd love your feedback:

• is the name ok? I'm still undecided. Watchtower Gossip was also an option. SEO won.
• Is the format right? Too long, too short, wrong sections? more sections?
• Did it miss a post that absolutely should have been featured?
• Want a special place in the newsletter? Reach out.

Sign up for the upcoming first edition, read it, and drop your feedback — no matter how harsh: share it below, reply to the email, or send an encrypted nostr DM if you care about privacy. Every signal helps me tune it up.

Sign up at LightningGossip.substack.com and get the first issue this Friday. If it's not for you, it's just one click to unsubscribe.

Stay humble.