This Day in Stacker News: July 21st \ stacker news ~meta

665 sats \ 19 comments \ @Undisciplined 21 Jul meta

zaps forwarded to @k00b (10%) @nerd2ninja (10%) @sha256 (10%)

Yesterday's edition #615090

Great conversation about default zaps two years ago. It seems we're destined to have this conversation with each wave of new stackers.

July 21, 2023 📅

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When was/is/will be the GOLDEN age of Bitcoin?

1818 sats \ 21 comments \ @shadowymartian \ ~bitcoin

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#212309

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HODL contracts and HODL invoices are the same right?

No. "Hodl contracts" is the name of a python app I made that uses hodl invoices to emulate an oracle service on the lightning network. Hodl invoices allow a merchant -- Bob -- to programmatica […]

1384 sats \ 2 replies \ @super_testnet

From Who Wants To Build Sports Betting on Lightning? by @kr in ~bitcoin

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2nd place @nerd2ninja (1st hiding, presumed @siggy47)

1562 stacked \ 1354 spent \ 1 post \ 3 comments \ 0 referrals

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~bitcoin

everything bitcoin related

founded by @k00b on Tue May 02 2023

25.4k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 28.5k spent \ 78 posts \ 119 comments

July 21, 2022 📅

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What's your default tipping rate? Why?

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Mine is 888 - I just changed it from the default 10. I want to grow this ecosystem, and 10 sats won't do a whole lot. I also enjoy the number 8, infinity. […]

1326 sats \ 64 comments \ @mikhael \ ~bitcoin

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#47845

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i go with 99, hoping someone else gets the satisfaction of tipping 1 sat and seeing an even 100. i’ve also been thinking about ways to get more people to tip, or at least to change their default tip amounts to something more significant... thoughts […]

3126 sats \ 10 replies \ @kr

From What's your default tipping rate? Why? by @mikhael in ~bitcoin

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1st place @k00b

39k stacked \ 47.4k spent \ 1 post \ 24 comments \ 0 referrals

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~bitcoin

everything bitcoin related

founded by @k00b on Tue May 02 2023

145.3k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 182.8k spent \ 124 posts \ 335 comments

July 21, 2021 📅

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TheBword starts soon

Link to https://www.thebword.org/c/track-1-demystifying-bitcoin

14 sats \ 10 comments \ @notgeld \ ~bitcoin

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#441

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I sadly do not hack on main chain stuff yet. I've heard its hard to get a whole bitcoin on testnet.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @sha256

From Testnet faucets. Please add yours by @notgeld in ~bitcoin

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1st place @sha256

0 stacked \ 2 spent \ 0 posts \ 1 comment \ 0 referrals

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~bitcoin

everything bitcoin related

founded by @k00b on Tue May 02 2023

96 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 284 spent \ 17 posts \ 36 comments

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56 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 21 Jul

Default tip of 888. Too bad mikhael isn’t around anymore. I would have a new best friend. Haha

64 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Jul

I was surprised this was 2022. I remember these same discussions coming up again after we found SN.

I was doing 420 for posts for a while, and 4200 for great posts, but that was really draining my wallet.

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Jul

Mikael probably ran out of sats after a few months.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 21 Jul

Thanks for your efforts @Undisciplined!

It overwhelms to think that next year at least for one or two times my name is also gonna appear in this post!

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Jul

It'll be fun to see. I think my first mention is coming up soon-ish.

55 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 21 Jul

Can’t recognise many of the names on @mikhael’s thread. Makes me wonder how many of us current Stackers will still be using SN in 2026

56 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21 Jul

That's an interesting thought. Obviously there will be some turnover but SN is much more mature and robust now with territories and varied discussions that retaining stackers is more likely than it was a couple years ago when people would try it out for a month or two and then move on to other things.