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117 comments \ @saloon 4 Jan \ yesterday

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 5 Jan

Loving the Bitcoin life! It becomes clearer everyday!

881 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 4 Jan

We should start giving extra rewards to great comments posted earlier to a thread. It takes extra effort to add the first thoughtful comment to a post.

474 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 5 Jan

I've informally started doing a thing where, whenever I zap a post with no comments, I leave one. The logic is that if there's a comment, maybe someone will pay more attention to the post, which I zapped because I think it's worthy of attention. I try to be thoughtful, bc what's the point otherwise? but if it were explicitly incentivized (vs implicitly) I worry that there might be an avalanche of worthless "first!" comments. So you'd wind up doing more harm than good.

This is what always stops me when I get uppity about wanting some reward for link posts that have textual descriptions.

474 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 5 Jan

I think it is a good idea. In some way it already happens with the comments being zapped more if they are good and early because they may get more views. A top comment after a day or two may not be viewed much so it gets less zaps even if the comment is great too.

109 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 5 Jan

Good point! Maybe just changing the placeholder to "early thoughtful comments get more zaps" is enough.

534 sats \ 1 reply \ @scottathan 4 Jan

Spent a little over a month without checking SN. Happy to see all of the crazy development going on with territories! :)

464 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4 Jan

https://m.stacker.news/10739

502 sats \ 5 replies \ @birdeye21 4 Jan

is it cool if we chill here

https://m.stacker.news/10731

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 4 Jan freebie

That deer looks at you like you're invading its privacy

343 sats \ 3 replies \ @birdeye21 4 Jan

It is true we were likely annoying them

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

Should have showed it how to stack sats

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 4 Jan

Just don't onboard them with Muun in this fee environment.

261 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 5 Jan

And make sure to invite them to SN with a referral link so you get those sweet referral sats

261 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 4 Jan

Howdy!

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 4 Jan

Indiscriminate, Bitcoin is without borders, Prosperity spreads.

147 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

Lovely haiku to start off my morning. Thank you!

99 sats \ 1 reply \ @Doo_Deux 4 Jan

https://m.stacker.news/10702

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 4 Jan

😂

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4 Jan

https://image.nostr.build/fc5215f8598bcff41241c6d38adbe28c91bc6d7513e2dbbb9d19796837c9220d.jpg

176 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

Hey @ekzyis I dove head first into YNAB last night and my head is spinning haha. But I will keep on trucking. Thinking maybe I might do the year sub to give it an honest go for a year.

133 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 4 Jan freebie

Nice!

Yeah, the start is rough. It is something you need to get used to and in the beginning, you might not really see the benefits in the future clearly so it's easy to lose motivation.

But I guess you already looked through their stuff like The Four Rules and already know what I mean with "rough start" and "benefits in the future" :)

However, I don't really follow Rule 4: Age Your Money since YNAB sees me buying bitcoin as spending my money, haha

I had a free year sub as a student and that's when I got hooked. I think YNAB is indeed my first SaaS that I am willing to pay for. But you can track when your YNAB payment is due also within YNAB! :)

this sounds more and more like I get paid to promote YNAB here, lol

91 sats \ 7 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 4 Jan

Day 17 of posting mining earnings from the day before: 758 sats on 3Jan2024! Running total: 14,000 sats!

Yesterday's comment

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 5 Jan

Day 18's comment

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4 Jan

Do the profits pay for the costs? Or are you just mining for ideology?

72 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 4 Jan

I am definitely losing money on it right now, based on the current fiat value of sats compared to my initial investment + operating costs (electricity).

I haven't done the math, but there's a certain fiat value where this will be a profitable operation.

The other perspective is that I am paying a premium for KYC-free sats. So it just depends on how you look at things.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Eobard 4 Jan

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60 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 4 Jan

0.0002 BTC i.e. 20,000 sats with a fee of 10,000 sats unless your withdrawal is 500,000 sats or more.

Source

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Eobard 4 Jan

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 4 Jan

Yea, not going to happen lol

100 sats \ 7 replies \ @faithandcredit 4 Jan

In my opinion language is overrated. I mean speaking? And it would be cool with a "no talk" month. Sort like "No Talk July". And nobody talked for a whole month?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

I once did a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat. No talking, or any other activity really besides eating. Interesting experience.

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 5 Jan

I am so tempted to try this.

But I am afraid it will kill me or I would go mad.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 5 Jan

It's not easy. The first couple of days are the toughest for most people!

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 5 Jan

I will definitely try this and/or an ayahuasca retreat at some point in my life.

Life feels too unique to not try as many things as possible :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 5 Jan

You should. TBH I did not find it too useful, but I know others who claim they get great value out of these things.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

😆

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 5 Jan freebie

Not speaking or not using language is not the same as not communicating. So its not a suggestion to be quiet.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebLab 4 Jan

https://m.stacker.news/10678

Announcing Darina Oumanski as a TopBuilder mentor.

Apply for TopBuilder before Jan. 13th, 2024: https://buff.ly/48aCp6L

375 sats \ 16 replies \ @davidw 4 Jan

Territory top-up time tomorrow.

Looking forward to investing back the gains of this past month.

40 sats \ 7 replies \ @Natalia 4 Jan

curious to know the satistics 👀

161 sats \ 6 replies \ @davidw 4 Jan freebie

Thanks to a 25k boosted post yesterday (of which 50% is shared), it’s been decent enough.

Haven’t found a way to tally up the rewards, not sure there’s a view yet, but if I was to hazard a guess, probably at 40-50k sats for the month vs 100k outlay.

111 sats \ 5 replies \ @davidw 4 Jan

Tell a lie LOL, just tallied-up all notifications. ~privacy generated 18.5k sats, of which 12.5k came yesterday from the boosted post. Me needs to drum-up some more engagement.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AGORA 4 Jan

I think we need another SN Foundry

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 4 Jan

hmmm tricky, so you need some big spenders/boosters and active creators so to break even 🧐

69 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 4 Jan

or just more stackers

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 4 Jan

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 4 Jan

100%.

I’ve personally earned way more from the articles & comments posted there, hence why I thought the figure was higher. So in truth much closer to breaking even. Swings and roundabouts for now.

204 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek 4 Jan freebie

~oracle is due on Jan 6, ~security is due on Jan 16 and ~crypto is due on Jan 22.

Damn, I better start writing some good posts so I don't have to deposit funds because of my Zap to Zero experiment, lol

Maybe I should do a Zap to FIRE experiment.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 4 Jan

Your territories should be part of your SN compensation package. I will be your agent when you sign your next contract.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 4 Jan freebie

You mean my account should be special and exempt from paying for territories?

We actually discussed internally how it makes sense that at least one engineer gets some experience with making a territory profitable (dogfooding) since ~bitcoin, ~tech, ~nostr and ~meta as the OG territories basically run themselves now.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 4 Jan

Or you get credited back the sats you do pay.

22 sats \ 3 replies \ @AG 4 Jan

Wow! How do you deal to moderating x3 territories? Are you planning to keep them all? For how long?

60 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

What do you mean exactly with moderating?

For me, it's more a time problem to post interesting stuff there. I do have idea for interesting posts.

And to "moderate" ~crypto, I simply raised posting costs to 256 sats and every post that is not OT gets the posting costs refunded by me (+ additional sats, depending on how much I liked the post). And looking through recent, I would say this approach has potential. People posting OT are funding the territory while every other post gets to stand out from the OT stuff at the same time.

https://m.stacker.news/10690

I also updated the territory description but I think @grayruby is right. No one looks at the territory description as it is.

Another factor is that I like all three territories. That's why I founded them in the first place. They are like children to me, lol:

how can you handle so many territories? 🤔

I like all three of them! They are like children for me. But ~oracle is my firstborn. Maybe that means something.

Are you planning to keep them all? For how long?

I am planning to keep them forever or until I find someone better than me for them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 4 Jan

Nice nice nice... exiting! I really wish you'll find the way and the time to post on all of them!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 4 Jan

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71 sats \ 7 replies \ @AG 4 Jan

Thinking about designing some limited edition t-shirts to support the ~Agora territory, what's your thoughts?

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 4 Jan

Do it.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 5 Jan

✅ Done! https://agora.ftp.sh

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

Do it charge in bitcoin. If they are made in America I will buy one from you

121 sats \ 3 replies \ @AG 4 Jan freebie

Yes they are! Well, we are planning to use an online service for print, something like painful but better + with a global provider that craft eco-friendly t-shirts and locations all over the world (we are focusing only in one product for now).

And guess what! YES, we will definitely accept bitcoin only!

The question is more for @SN team here... the designs will be featuring the ~AGORA and wondering if we could use SN logo somewhere?

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @Eobard 4 Jan

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186 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 5 Jan

Ok, is not a cowboy hat... we'll continue working to find a proper one ;)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 4 Jan

there will be a hat too... but not for everyone 😉

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @satoshiplanet 4 Jan

14 days and cowboy hat is still stuck on my head, yeeeeeehaa! 🤠

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

I made it to 10 days and am overjoyed!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 4 Jan

Good morning gang!! It's Thursday and for me it's back to work, so it's going to be a tough getting back on track since I'm still groggy but nothing like a nice hot cup of coffee can fix, the holidays were amazing but it's nice to get back in the routine of work, see my students again and get things done, I wish you all an incredible day, may it be filled with success, love and productivity. We've got this gang, I believe in you and you're important and what you do matters, so kick bum and show this week who's boss. As always, be well and stay frosty my good friend!!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 4 Jan

They will fight us.

Study #bitcoin and be prepared!

https://m.stacker.news/10664

50 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

Hmm, very tempted to rotate some capital into RIOT and MARA for my tax sheltered accounts.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

Why not cleanspark and bitfarms?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

I am bullish on mining but no particular company, so figure I'd simply go with the current leaders (might add HUT8).

This does not always work out (I got burned by Core Scientific last year), but my bet is that the bear market is probably over and no other major players are likely to be flushed out.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Roll 4 Jan

Just received my brand new Hoodie from Sea Shephered

https://seashepherd-shop.com/collections/sweats-hommes/products/sweat-zippe-dive-unisexe

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 4 Jan

Hmmm. I am a hoodie conoisseur (or however you spell that). Is this an especially good one for some reason?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 5 Jan

it s to participate to the NGO

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 4 Jan

You should have posted it i the ~Agora territory ;)

502 sats \ 20 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

Day 264 of snailposting everyday 'til BTC hits $100k.

...and 64 push-ups. (40 - 24)

__@_'-'

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 4 Jan

Awesome numbers!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

👍

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 4 Jan

🫡

252 sats \ 12 replies \ @mango 4 Jan

Day 45 of horseposting everyday

Horse Stance: 2 minutes x 3 sets

(~20 minutes breaks in between. Trying this for a week or so and make an attempt to 4 minutes soon. Doing this to correct my form towards the end.)

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https://m.stacker.news/10662

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 4 Jan

🫡

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

Wow, so 6 minutes total?

60 sats \ 8 replies \ @mango 4 Jan freebie

3rd set was pure pain from the start. Sweating like a pig, hands were trembling all long. breathing was off too. Needs more work.

71 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 4 Jan

And you still hold it for 2 minutes? You're wild.

48 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

He's more horse than man!

478 sats \ 0 replies \ @mango 4 Jan

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242 sats \ 2 replies \ @mango 4 Jan

@nemo 's words were on repeat in my mind before the 3rd set.

"just psych yourself up, and go!"

The feeling of accomplishment after, was worth it :)

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 4 Jan

@nemo's words ricochet in all our heads, I would say :)

69 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 4 Jan

reply on another page

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

Still, very impressive!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @mango 4 Jan

Thank you, ser. I made an attempt to catch up with your pushups yesterday. Managed 32. New PB. :)

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Eobard 4 Jan

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthwyrm 4 Jan

It's remarkably hard to do push-ups with a dog licking your face.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 4 Jan

Rocky chased chickens, this is your version.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @deletedd 4 Jan

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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @deletedd 4 Jan

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @satoshiplanet 4 Jan

https://m.stacker.news/10660

389 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

My New Year’s resolution of living the BTC standard is getting off to a great start when I managed to buy a $10 voucher from Bitrefill today from the sats I gathered here on SN! Plus, I received 188 sats as cashback!

30 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 4 Jan

Yeah I’m thinking is this the year I stop holding cash, stop using credit cards and do everything from bitcoin? I tried it last year but I reverted back

136 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

Is using Xapo debit card an option for you? I think I will try this out this year

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 5 Jan

Nah it’s not. No products in the USA let you spend directly from a bitcoin balance

119 sats \ 9 replies \ @smuglydawg 4 Jan

Good morning stackers! Wishing you a positive day. Stay safe out there! Keep growing and learning in this digital Wild West.

https://m.stacker.news/10657

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 4 Jan

Yeehaw

143 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

I’m in my 40s n believe that I can still grow

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 4 Jan freebie

Yes we can. Never give up :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

Never back down, never give up!

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Roll 4 Jan

be carefull to not hit the ceiling ;)

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

Too late! Ouch!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 5 Jan

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 4 Jan

why not, there's nothing can stop you!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 4 Jan

Thank you for the vote of confidence

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @JerryGarcia 4 Jan

In another time's forgotten space Your eyes looked through your mother's face Wildflower seed on the sand and stone May the four winds blow you safely home