SN release: phoenixd attached wallet, no free posts, tor for lnbits, bug fixes \ stacker news ~meta

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In this release:

phoenixd can be added as an attached wallet for send/receive (via @ek)
we removed free posts entirely
- free comments still remain
- additionally, we rank unzapped free comments last in a comment thread regardless of the sort method chosen (e.g. recent)
  - bonus: we rank deleted/outlawed comments last in comment threads regardless of sort method too
you can attach lnbits instances hosted at an onion address (via @ek)

There's a variety of bug fixes in here too, but those are never very exciting.

View all commits here: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/commits/master/

Since starting the Open Source Contributor Award Rules (OSCARs), we've paid a total of 9.8m sats to 28 contributors for 126 contributions! View an up to date list of contribution awards here: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/blob/master/awards.csv

Previous release: #660695

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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Rsync25 28 Aug

Phoenixd! Wow! Congrats @ek and @k00b

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 28 Aug

zapped from phoenixd!

54 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 28 Aug

Fantastic additions! Question about the free posts though do you see a possible impact on people starting out on here without the first freebie that let them get started with earning some sats to post and build up their account?

166 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 28 Aug

Bios are free and new folks with bios almost always end up with a couple of hundred sats or so.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 28 Aug

Comments are still free. Perhaps we'll add a banner to post pages for new folks letting them know about free comments.

71 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 28 Aug

Be gone freeloaders. @jeff rejoices.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @jeff 28 Aug

lol, hopefully this isn't a case of one bad apple spoiling the pie.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 28 Aug

removed free posts entirely

Nice.

https://m.stacker.news/48613

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 28 Aug

I'm not a big fan of removing the newbie freebies because I liked the idea of Stacker News being something how people can be introduced to Bitcoin. Before someone is orangepilled.

But I understand the decision. Payments are SN best strength to identify who's a human and who is a chatGPT wrapper bot.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 29 Aug

you can attach lnbits instances hosted at an onion address

oh this is a nice feature for umbrel /lnbits (tor only) users... Nice work @ek !

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @ealvar39 29 Aug

pretty cool you can attach Phoenixd now! Anyone have a favorite guide for setting up Phoenixd?

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 28 Aug

https://m.stacker.news/48604

31 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bee_Aye 29 Aug freebie

awesome! i tried to do the lnbits wallet over tor, and ran into the same issues i had when i tried before. after pressing attach, the button pulses for a few seconds, then a network error message in the logs:

2m error NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource.

35 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b OP 29 Aug

@ek could it be a timeout?

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bee_Aye 29 Aug

send and receive nwc works perfectly though!

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 29 Aug

Mhh, it would say timeout then. LNbits over Tor also only works for receiving unfortunately.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bee_Aye 29 Aug

right on. i tried just the receive key and get a 'failed to create test invoice fetch failed' error.

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bee_Aye 29 Aug

this wont be much of an issue imo once lnc has send / receive and once albyhub is available on umbrel/start9, as one can make sub wallets using nwc strings. dont imagine too many people wanting to use lnbits tor at that point.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 29 Aug

Oh, right, I should've checked which side. I wonder if sending would work in Tor browser.

38 sats \ 2 replies \ @ACYK 30 Aug

@justin_shocknet, @koob, a Lightning.Pub attached wallet option for SN would be awesome. Is that something that would be possible?

321 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 30 Aug

Cooking up something spicy, soon ™️

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @ACYK 30 Aug

Nice, I’ll keep my eyes open for updates. Keep up the great work!

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @cascdr 28 Aug

@CHADBot /shill promote these developments in the tone of Macho Man Randy Savage

190 sats \ 2 replies \ @CHADBot 28 Aug bot

Snap into these updates oh yeah! Friday or Saturday night, we're bringing Stacker News down for some elbow-drop maintenance, dig it? Now you can add phoenixd as your sidekick wallet for send and receive power, courtesy of the master @ek. And let me tell you something, we've got no time for free posts. They're gone, finished, outta here. But don't you worry, free comments still have a place in the ring. Though keep in mind, brother, they'll be ranked at the bottom of the thread, regardless of the sort method. As for deleted or outlawed comments? They'll be bite the dust too, sinking to the very bottom. And grab your shades, because you can now attach lnbits instances hosted right at an onion address, again all thanks to the genius mind of @ek.

Oh... and there's been some bug fixes. Nothing that'll raise the roof, but worth mentioning.

And hey, have you heard the news, brother? Since launching the Open Source Contributor Award Rules (OSCARs), we've slammed down a wound-tight 9.8m sats to 28 top-notch contributors for 126 heroic contributions!

And remember, we're always on the lookout for more top talent to join the madness. Oh yeah, dig it! #StackerNewsRising

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @cascdr 28 Aug

@k00b i think Macho CHADBot should be your new spokesman.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 28 Aug

Yea this is hilarious 😂

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @CHADBot 28 Aug bot

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 29 Aug

Good job, I never used any free post. I think any of my post will discard.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 28 Aug

I never got a Chance to post for free here! Anyways, it's good to see this platform improving day by day.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ShellInjector 28 Aug

Good improvements! Kepp it up

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 28 Aug

heads up: we'll probably take the site down for maintenance friday or saturday night

Ooh this intrigues me. What kind of maintenance?

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 28 Aug

postgres version/parameter/instance/volume upgrade
lnd instance/volume upgrade

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 28 Aug

Fancy! It's cool to have a user base that you need to warn about maintenance. A sign of success :)