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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @lightwalker 4 Sep 2023

Why does Satoshi Nakamoto remain anonymous? Does it have anything to do with privacy and security concerns? What would have happened to him/her/them if their identity was publicly known?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 4 Sep 2023

At the very least their life is less complicated being unknown. How would they benefit from being known?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lightwalker 4 Sep 2023

I think their life would be at risk, if they were known.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 3 Sep 2023

What's with the literal nazis in the US these days?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

When people get upset they do weird things

10 sats \ 9 replies \ @bitcointerest 3 Sep 2023

I have a feature request @k00b Would it be possible to have a progress bar type feature to achieve the 100 sats per day for the cowboy hat? For example, if you hover over the hat, a progress bar appear that shows how many sats you zapped out of 100 for the day.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 3 Sep 2023

That would make it less fun in my view.

It's supposed to be an "easter egg", and in theory it should reward people that zap/tip, but not being a thing in itself.

If it's an "achievement" then it's more of the same crap that every other website is doing

Maybe even better would be to add a random number so that you never know when you're getting the hat.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 3 Sep 2023

I just view my wallet history, filter on spent only, and add it up for the day if I’m concerned I’m close

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

You can also view your last 24 hours of spending in /top/stackers/day?by=spent ... but you have to find yourself.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @fredosha 3 Sep 2023

How about we let them lose the hat only when their phone is in a rushing wind.😆

529 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

Cool enhancement but cowboy hat rules are more fun if they are learned.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @bitcointerest 3 Sep 2023

Counter argument: this feature only triggers once a user discovers their cowboy hat?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

Hmm yeah maybe after they’ve held it for a week

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @bitcointerest 3 Sep 2023

Yes. I just think this feature would make it easier for existing cowboys to keep their hats.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 3 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 3 Sep 2023

resisting the urge to shitpost

460 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

the dark side tempts us all

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 3 Sep 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 3 Sep 2023

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142 sats \ 7 replies \ @random_ 3 Sep 2023

The cost to post should be increased significantly.

10 sats \ 6 replies \ @AR0w 3 Sep 2023

100 sats to post for a 1 day experiment

110 sats \ 5 replies \ @skreep_ 3 Sep 2023

the posts get increasingly expensive to post throughout the day I think? (I think this would be better served as a weekly timer)

first post 1 sat, second post 100 sat, third post 1000 sat or something like this? Similar to how replies get increasingly expensive in a thread.

Maybe one day the cost of a post here might work similarly to how space on the blockchain works... more demand for the limited daily space available, the more prohibitive the cost becomes.

I guess I'm thinking of the bitcoin fee market + difficulty adjustment style system determining the costs of making a post. This way I can't just have alt account obfuscating the increasing cost to post as all users would be paying the same adjusted fee to post.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @fredosha 3 Sep 2023

I like your mind. Using scarcity to raise value.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

Maybe one day the cost of a post here might work similarly to how space on the blockchain works... more demand for the limited daily space available, the more prohibitive the cost becomes.

That's a really neat variation on fee escalation. Every ten minutes it drops globally.

Another variation is the fee dropping only when something high quality is posted.

I think we're still missing high quality stories pretty regularly but once we aren't this kind of thing becomes worthwhile.

529 sats \ 0 replies \ @skreep_ 3 Sep 2023

Yeah I was thinking like determining a target amount of posts, and having the fees adjust to hit the target. Gonna use some simple numbers for sake of ease.

Imagine 100 posts under 'bitcoin' sub being the goal per day. Base fee to post today is 100sat but we get 250 posts instead (no post limit per day). The adjustment basically being base fee x (actual posts/desired posts). 100sat x 2.5 = 250sat to post.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 3 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3 Sep 2023

I think @skreep_ understands how it works and is suggesting this should be a global escalation (not an account one).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 3 Sep 2023

Happy Sunday funday everyone!!! Hope the weekend is treating you good and that you are recharging energy for the week, for me, it will be a busy Sunday but once I'm done drinking my hot cup of java it's go time, may your day be blessed with love and purpose. Have a phenomenal day everyone!! Remember that you are incredible and you absolutely matter, be well and stay frosty my good friend!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @premitive1 3 Sep 2023

Bitcoin Brunch #119 today! (or 118? i forgot)

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @nemo 3 Sep 2023

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121 sats \ 0 replies \ @premitive1 3 Sep 2023

I'm a decoupler myself, so it's not about NGU for me, it's about number go away

719 sats \ 6 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 3 Sep 2023

Taking my boys swimming in the lake. Hot in the Midwest. Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @brianh 3 Sep 2023

One of the biggest things I miss about living in the Midwest was swimming in the lakes. Lake Michigan on a summer day was a blast, way better than going to an actual ocean imo.

Enjoy the day!

5 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 3 Sep 2023

Yup we are off to Lake Michigan! Where are you now?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @brianh 3 Sep 2023

Moved down to Virginia, where I'm from. I was up in Michigan for school (go blue) and stayed briefly for work, but I ended up missing home too much lol