SN Saturday Newsletter 8/26/23 \ stacker news ~meta

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@Michelson_Morley led an NFT launch at Vogue Magazine but quit after realizing he was making supermodel snake oil. Discovering lightning reinvigorated him; "This tech is seriously revolutionary."
- I was a well-paid blockchain / web3 dev for years, but became disillusioned.
  - 15.5k sats \ 5000 boost \ 83 comments
The Human Rights Foundation put a 2 BTC bounty out for self-custodial mobile lightning addresses. Claimant, ZapLocker by @supertestnet, serves self-generated invoices wrapped in hold invoices via lightning address.
- Zaplocker.com: a non-custodial lightning address server (no node needed!)
  - 14.2k sats \ 38 comments
Argentina's inflation is persistent enough that presidential candidate Javier Milei wants to abolish Argentina's central bank. @runningbitcorn, an Argentinian-American relocating to Argentina for Mi Primer Bitcoin, explains what exactly Milei is proposing against Argentina's backdrop of 120% yoy inflation and unrivaled liabilities to the IMF.
- I'm Moving to Argentina to Teach About Bitcoin; Let's Talk About Javier Milei
  - 20.3k sats \ 43 comments
Stackers, subversive as ever, have joined forces to start an NFL Survivor Pool (whatever that is) and zapping this post was payment for entry.
- NFL Survivor Pool 2023
  - 143.1k sats \ 65 comments
In the second Bitcoin makeover of the week, @Natalia shares finding bitcoin and herself after being greeted to the western world with crypto scams.
- How Bitcoin Changed Me 🧡
  - 15.6k sats \ 26 comments

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