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I forked Stacker News and it felt so good…

1489 sats \ 35 comments \ @realBitcoinDog 2 Oct meta

Just forked Stacker News! Fork #107. First Fork of the SN github repo in 3 months!

Wake up Sheeple! Free Open Source Software powering a high signal Bitcoin community is right at the footer of this page.

Stacker News is amazing! Sats are built-in as a required feature! There are no fake “SN Credits,” just real Bitcoin money. Withdraw direct to external wallet. ⚡️works p2p💪

@ek @k00b the code for free! Don’t trust. Verify the algorithm to see for yourself what floats to the top. Put your sats where your mouth is! IT’s SO EARLY!

@grayruby brings the content. Turns out we’re already too late to Bitcoin 😭. It’s not just cypherpunks anymore. There’s sports ball fans 🏈🏀⚾️

And remember, just like Bitcoin, just because I can fork off and make my own Bitcoin Dog Stacker News with blackjack and hookers, doesn’t mean y’all will use it. It’s the cowboys that give SN its value 🥹

Verify my fork for yourself. And GFY! (Go Fork Yourself!)

https://github.com/realBitcoinDog/stacker.news

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200 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 2 Oct

this post turned into a poem of sorts https://x.com/stacker_news/status/1841499265480245749

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Thanks for the shoutout! Do you help manage the main SN Twitter account? Gave you a follow cowboy 🫡

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 2 Oct bot

https://xcancel.com/stacker_news/status/1841499265480245749

235 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2 Oct

Turns out you were just forking around after all.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

🤭

225 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 2 Oct

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 2 Oct

😂😂😂

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Malachi17T 2 Oct

Use the fork, but just because you build it does not mean they will come.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

THIS!!

My answer always to people saying, well can’t Bitcoin just be copied? Can’t you make infinite copies of the Bitcoin code? Can’t it be forked? Yes it can, and yes it has! Litecoin, dogecoin, BCH. But doesn’t mean I value them!

And that’s the power of Stacker News. Instead of proprietary and closed source, it draws us to it because it’s FOSS and we could see if there was any secret part of the algo suppressing users or posts.

But cmon, wouldn’t u be a little tempted to try my own fork, with blackjack and hookers?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Malachi17T 3 Oct

Nah, I've had my fill of both!

You are right about about the open source point, though.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Butterfinger 2 Oct

We would be good if we could self-host it or run it on relays like nostr

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

This!! Let’s decentralize EVEN FURTHER!!

Stacker News can never be shutdown or brought down. There will always be a cowboy to keep it running!!

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Oct

There are no fake “SN Credits,” just real Bitcoin money. Withdraw direct to external wallet. ⚡️works p2p💪

Cowboy credits coming soon... But still, you can use an external wallet and do p2p

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Ha! What are cowboy credits??

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Oct

#523435

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Thanks! I’ll read this in detail later!

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 2 Oct

Are you trying to do this with SN?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Ha! No, but it’s powerful that someone could even try to create their own version of Stacker News if they wanted to! For me, making a fork is just the first step in code development in support of @ek and @k00b work. I could then work on making code changes and test them myself prior to them being merged back into the Master branch. Unless you know we wanna test the changes LIVE! Ship it! Haha

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @tradenet 2 Oct

I am excited! I’ve been seriously considering it! Thx.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Put your public GitHub repo proof of work where your mouth is. Make the fork and mention me when you post! WE’re SO EARLY!

One of us. One of us.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Msd0457890 2 Oct

Hi friend @realBitcoinDog sorry for my ignorance what does Fork mean I'm new to Bitcoin.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Welcome! You’ve come to a great place.

For me, making a fork is just the first step in code development in support of @ek and @k00b work. I could then work on making code changes and test them myself prior to them being merged back into the Master branch. Unless you know we wanna test the changes LIVE! Ship it! Haha

It’s proof Stacker News really is free open source software anyone can copy and then choose to contribute to 🫡

10 sats \ 8 replies \ @DesertDave 2 Oct

Thank GOD for open SOURCE

11 sats \ 7 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Open Source only as strong as us cowboys who bother to verify the source for ourselves! The rabbit hole is right there!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 2 Oct

@Natalia wrote a post Learn How to Verify with Me (with Baby Steps ).

Embarrassingly, I've bookmarked the post but never done it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Nice! I’ll definitely try this later!

But let me inspire you to do the ultimate baby step. Just make a free GitHub account, and click to make your own fork. Dip your toe in the water. Do it. Then provide PoW and give us the link to your fork!

One of us. One of us.

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @DesertDave 2 Oct

I love the trail blazers.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Someone told me this was the wildest corner of the web 🫡

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave 2 Oct

I think this is a very special subset of a special subset of people. There aren't many true bitcoiners that are trading p2p v4v. This place is magical.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

The magic only gets more inspiring the deeper down the rabbit hole you go.

RoboSats is also supporting trading with p2p! I wrote an article about my experience there published in Satoshi’s Journal. I’ve contributed to that FOSS GitHub too! https://satoshisjournal.com/welcome-to-my-robo-garage/

Ironically when it comes to Value 4 Value, I’ve tackled that argument head on to say where a Lightning paywall could sometimes be better! Published that in Bitcoin Magaxine. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/lightning-paywalls-versus-value4value

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 2 Oct

It's the only thing I do online, for real.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 2 Oct

Whats the point of a fork?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Oct

If you intend to make changes and contribute back to the repo.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog OP 2 Oct

Thank you for asking! This is how the rabbit hole begins. You thought you were already so far down the Bitcoin rabbit hole to even find Stacker News, but the code goes even deeper. The first step to helping the back end of Stacker News is to feel like you’re part of its development!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rsync25 2 Oct

🫡