To commemorate the first one-year anniversary of the AGORA territory on Stacker News, here is an introduction that highlights the vibrant and electrifying community where stackers can discover a wide range of items through peer-to-peer transactions, merchants can sell various products, and offer unlimited services globally to receive back valuable sats securely, without intermediaries. A place where entrepreneurs can learn about and build businesses on bitcoin and innovative market practices. It is also the hub for marketers to connect with their audience, advertisers to reach a diverse and engaged community glued together by strong values, and curious visitors to explore new opportunities and ideas in a free and dynamic marketplace.

A place to connect, where individuals from all walks of life, including stackers, cowboys, maxis, and hodlers, come together to exchange, trade, and innovate remotely, privately, and anonymously. The AGORA territory embodies the spirit of a traditional agora, where people gather to exchange goods, services, and ideas, fostering a community that is both socially and economically active.

One year already since its inception, the AGORA territory has become a thriving community where users can post anything they want to sell or buy, advertise their services and skill sets, and engage in various types of discussions about business, free market, value exchange, peer to peer deals, operating in the private and learn how to get rid of uncomfortable third parties. From physical items to digital services, the diversity of offerings is vast, and the community is open to feedback and suggestions to continuously improve and expand its capabilities.

2024 Highlights

Over the past year, the AGORA territory has seen significant activity, with numerous posts, comments, and transactions. Here are the highlights:

📜 Top 3 posts by zaprank

Discover the most engaging posts based on stackers interactions. You can see them all here!

🥇 #597538 How to respond to illicit & immoral Payment Requests & Notices of Prosecution? by @supratic
🥈 #710616 Advice For Bitcoin Online Store? by @siggy47
🥉 #791635 Darknet Market Archives of ~89 darknet markets & forums (2013-2015) by @aljaz

📜 Top 3 posts by comments

Sparking the most out of the discussion. You can see them all here!

🥇 #372065 [OFFER] I will leave a comment on your Bio [500 sats] 😎 by @Eobard
🥈 #723069 [SWAP] SN Cowboy credits by @DarthCoin
🥉 #806578 Buy Kratum With Bitcoin by @siggy47

📜 Top 3 posts by sats

Yes! Those that have earned the most sats from the community. You can see them all here (excluding internals)!

🥇 #509450 I OWN NOTHING, and I'm the happiest I've ever been by @Lux
🥈 #505860 The first contract you did NOT sign and someone stealing you(r) baby at birth by @mo
🥉 #634874 The United States Corporation by @supratic

📜 Top 3 Boosts

Learn about the posts that have gained significant attention supporting the territory.

🥇 #787489 BLACK FRIDAY: Borrow against your Bitcoin for a Virtual Visa - No Fees by @lendasat
🥈 #784376 SATOSH.EE - Gift Cards, Discounts, Loyalty Program by @Kontext
🥉 #750336 [OFFER] IPv4+IPv6 KVM VPS, from 1.75EUR/month (Stockholm/SE SWEDEN) by @skhron

⚖️ Top 3 SELLERS

Recognize the most successful sellers in the community.

🥇 #367235 [SELL] 3 Chairs and 1 Standing Desk by @PlebLab
🥈 #673616 [SELL] 1 Million Products, Travel Agency, Concierge and Cars by @ShopinBit
🥉 #806603 Beeswax Dinner Candles For Sale by @kr

🖇 Top 3 OFFERS

Explore the best service and product offers.

🥇 #813013 [OFFER][Graphic Design] by @gpvansat
🥈 #372801 [OFFER] Photoshoping by @tomlaies
🥉 #650741 [⚖️SELL] Hand-Made Flecktarn Pouch(es) by @Fabs

🤠 Top 3 Contributors

Let's acknowledge the stackers who have contributed the most to the territory.

🤠 Top 3 SN Posts about Business

Outside of the AGORA, we know people was talking about business and markets. Here the most interesting ones:

🥇 #242308 Why are there so few bitcoiner e-commerce businesses??? by @DeltaClimbs
🥈 #320474 What is the best lightning business idea that nobody else is doing? by @piecover
🥉 #363827 Which businesses will pivot to Bitcoin / Lightning / Nostr? by @davidw

Special kudos to @OPAGO_PAY for onboarding so many new businesses into #bitcoin.

In Summary

A total of 📜 823 posts
with a total of 💬 2324 comments
stackers spent 🔫 419.5k sats
we stacked 🐎 183k sats
and a revenue of 🏆 136.3k sats way below the 1.2M sats spent until now!

So why keep going at a loss? We are driven by a desire to create something meaningful and useful for us all. We aim to build a community that aligns with our interests and values, which for us, is a fulfilling and motivating factor itself. Operating the AGORA provides an opportunity for us to connect with like-minded individuals, share ideas, and learn from others. The sense of community and the potential for personal and professional growth is our second strong motivator. Moreover, Stacker News is continually improving and expanding with new features that enable this to happen. Planned features include seamless crossposting, creating sub-territories, and more economic parameters to incentivize a worldwide free market!

AGORA initiatives

During this year, we have played, experimented and had much fun launching several initiatives to support and enhance the AGORA territory, some of them have work, others need some more work, but overall we are really proud of the progress done until now. Check out our gems:

#806159 STACKER NEWS Merch: T-Shirts & Cap [32100 sats + shipping] https://agora.ftp.sh/cat/stacker-news/
#711428 Introducing SN nostr Badges for Legendary Stackers and Honorary Cowboys - you can get some stickers from https://agora.ftp.sh/tag/badge/
#430501 🌵🏜 NEW WILD WEST POSTERS published as one of the OpenDesign Contests @Design_r shared with us https://posters.btc.pub/

Try the ~AGORA

Ifyou are still new in the AGORA, we suggest reading our intro guides, browse the community latest items or, why not, put a sats-value and post products and services you may have to offer? Click any of the links below to get started:

[⚖️ SELL] your stuff
[🛒 BUY] for sats
[🧑‍💻 HIRE] some stuff or skills
[🖇 OFFER] something
[🧑‍⚖️ AUCTION]
[🤝 SWAP] Peer to Peer
You could also give it for [🆓 FREE]
[⭐ REVIEW] anything

A Heartfelt Thank You

We are grateful to @mo for initiating this territory, @AG for the amazing work done keeping an eye on the territory, running our weekly 🏷️ Spending Sunday! and The Magnificent Seven newsletter, and @k00b, @ek, and all @SN contributors for building and maintaining Stacker News the way the community want and need. Your contributions have enabled us to add to our words and actions value, real value!

Your Feedback Matters

If you have suggestions or ideas on how we can improve or expand the AGORA territory, please leave your feedback in the comments below or DM the AGORA team on #Nostr: npub: npub13kkpytvjcxsqka9pdshw3094urgh8fxwx7ru258lved9wr7f35mspal584 NIP-05: agora_sn@iris.to link: https://iris.to/agora_sn

Thank you, stackers, for making this year an incredible journey. We hope you enjoyed the ɅGOᏒɅ 🌵🏜️ experience and look forward to many more successful and joyful done-deals.