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159 sats \ 20 comments \ @Jon_Hodl 20 Mar meta

Can Cowboy Credits be used to Boost? I boosted a post yesterday but it took from my sats and not my CC.

I had less than 10k CC when I boosted so I was kind of testing to see if it would zero out my CC balance first and then use sats to make up the difference.

I guess that’s not the case but maybe CC cannot be used to boost at all?

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166 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

I think currently you cannot pay with some CC and some sats. Its either all sats or all CC, so if you didn't have enough CC you had to pay with sats.

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Mar

This is it. We can't do multiple payment methods at the same time yet.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 20 Mar

Yeah, that’s basically what I figured but I’ll have to stack some more buffalo chips and boost again.

166 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 20 Mar

I guess that’s not the case but maybe CC cannot be used to boost at all?

You can use CCs for absolutely everything, see FAQ:

What are cowboy credits?

[...] Stacker News will accept CCs instead of sats for any payment on the site at a 1:1 ratio. This means new stackers can use these earned CCs to pay for posts, comments, zaps, jobs, boosts, donations or even territories but cannot withdraw them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 20 Mar

Thanks, man. I did some minor searching but didn’t find that exact excerpt.

14 sats \ 14 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 Mar

YES

but it took from my sats and not my CC.

k00b scammed you... as always :) Everybody want you sats.

10 sats \ 13 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 20 Mar

Thanks, brother.

When I get another 20k+ Buffalo Chips 💩 I will boost a post.

k00b scammed you... as always :)

🤣

101 sats \ 12 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 Mar

Buffalo Chips 💩

Please don't say that. I know you are smart. CCs are NOT shitcoins. I really do not understand why people consider them that. CCs are simply testnet sats inside SN. That's all. They have their own usefulness but do not underestimate them.

I myself I consider them the price of keeping SN alive.

433 sats \ 11 replies \ @Jon_Hodl OP 20 Mar

This is not derogatory or pejorative. I too love CCs. It’s a little joke (and a double entendre) that keeps in line with the Wild West theme on SN. Poker chips are used within as a derivative of money at a casino and that basically what CCs are. Internal test placeholder credits. I’m glad they exists and exist to keep k00b and ek out of trouble for operating an unlicensed MSB.

I have deliberately NOT attached a wallet because I want the CCs and plan on using them to pay for territories and plenty of zapping.

Only stack sats via territories and rewards.

Still one of my favorite SN memes.