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2300 sats \ 1,571 comments \ @ek 19 Apr meta

There is a bet on Predyx about SN reaching 1.4M items in 2025 or not:

Stacker News hit 1.4M items in 2025?

@denlillaapan is creating regular posts about how bad this bet is going for me:

This is the latest chart:

I agree, it doesn't look good. But It 's So Early, right?!

But it won't be so early forever. Therefore, I have decided that I can't sit back anymore and pretend like I don't feel like this:

But on the other hand, I haven't even started to do something about it. But today we will reclaim our homeworld like in this opening cinematic of Legacy of the Void:

Let's make @denlillaapan cry and the next chart look like this!

But @ek, you have just posted a bunch of memes and haven't explained at all what the bounty is about???

You are right! I got carried away. But the title already explains most of it:

whoever has the most comments in this post wins
deadline is on Monday, April 28, 0:00 UTC (timezone converter)

But wait! This isn't a winner takes all:

🥇 1st place gets 25k sats 🥈 2nd place gets 12.5k sats 🥉 3rd place gets 7.5k sats 4th place gets 5k sats 5th place gets 2.5k sats

everyone above 100 comments gets 1k sats

btw, we're also engaged since today, see #948336.

25,000 sats bounty

ek's bounties

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101 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

ADDENDUM

Freebie comments don't count
New accounts that look like bots that have been created to only win this bounty also don't count so save your sats

68 sats \ 56 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Apr

What about bot posts by real users 👀

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

If you use your API key and your comments are marked as bot, it won't count

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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 5h

THE ADDENDUM IS CLEAR @grayruby YOU SHALL BE DIVORCED

But @ek and @Aardvark are engaged 😘

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 5h

Definitely a possibility by the end of the contest.

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Current leaderboard:

name	nreplies
@Aardvark	233
@realBitcoinDog	127
@grayruby	121
@denlillaapan	105
@Coinsreporter	83
@Undisciplined	63
@OT	61
~~@ek~~	51
@Roll	51
@WeAreAllSatoshi	38
@cryotosensei	19
@unschooled	10
@StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears	9
@j7hB75	6
@jasonb	5
@BlokchainB	4
@NovaRift	4
@Dkryptoenth	4
@mega_dreamer	3
@jakoyoh629	3
@DarthCoin	2
@Lazy_AMA	2
@SimpleStacker	2
@k00b	2
@supratic	2
@Turdinthepunchbowl	2
@BitcoinIsTheFuture	1
@030e0dca83	1
@longlifelearner20	1
@MANI	1
@dingding541	1
@Scoresby	1
@Car	1
@Cappy_SC	1
@flat24	1

How to verify: https://github.com/ekzyis/most-comments-wins

20 sats \ 114 replies \ @grayruby 9h

@Aardvark has had a busy morning. @realBitcoinDog just posted the words shit over and over. Love RBD but he should be disqualified from winning.

30 sats \ 88 replies \ @Aardvark 9h

I'm about to take a break. Too much screen time and I need to go to easter.

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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 3h

I got this

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 2h

I got it

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56 sats \ 6 replies \ @OT 2h

I think @siggy47 is showing some wisdom here.

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 1h

Typical

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 1h

Or he's got too many sats. Maybe if the prize were 100k he might be enticed

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100 sats \ 215 replies \ @denlillaapan 16h

@mega_dreamer totally happy with all this Predyx bet activity (#944412)

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @mega_dreamer 33m

Yes very happy, thanks for spreading the word.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 25m

SN loves Predyx.

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0 sats \ 210 replies \ @Aardvark 13h

I'm not positive how predyx works, but if I'm looking correctly, it's cheaper to bet on "no" right now?

0 sats \ 209 replies \ @denlillaapan 13h

muuuuch

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79 sats \ 9 replies \ @denlillaapan 4h

THE SCOOP!

@Undisciplined is piling in...

I almost became the biggest holder of No contracts... but alas, no.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 3h

Predyx is loving this

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 3h

Good for them. It’s a great bitcoin integrated project.

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 4h

He never believed in us.

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @denlillaapan 4h

uh-hu... he's a sneaky lil expert gambler. No faith, only stats

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30 sats \ 26 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6h

Is there anyone who can catch @Aardvark?

I'm not good at running.

CC: @denlillaapan @grayruby @Undisciplined

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h

I think Aardvarks sleep, someone will catch him then.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 6h

Good idea

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0 sats \ 16 replies \ @Aardvark 6h

Someone will catch me.

20 sats \ 14 replies \ @NovaRift 6h

Yeah, but please go to sleep now!

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390 sats \ 98 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

This is a rigged game.

40 sats \ 52 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

Mhh, good point, but let's see.

Our API is not that easy to understand and they still need to pay for each comment. If it's a really naive bot, it's going to run into spam fees and/or comment way more than needed.

40 sats \ 27 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Apr

100 comments for 1 sat each guarantees 900 sats profit

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30 sats \ 38 replies \ @Aardvark 19 Apr

Rigged games are the most fun games there are.

131 sats \ 26 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

If they are rigged in your favour.

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41 sats \ 38 replies \ @Coinsreporter 10h

Damn! @Aardvark @grayruby @Undisciplined and @denlillaapan are ~~talking~~ chirping like ~~parrots~~ love birds.

20 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 1h

Shameless self-promotion: #950585

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 1h

I can’t believe you liked my trades. I worked hard on those.

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 2h

This

I need memes

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82 sats \ 82 replies \ @ek OP 21h

Current leaderboard:

name	nreplies
@grayruby	92
~~@ek~~	44
@Aardvark	44
@WeAreAllSatoshi	37
@denlillaapan	30
@Undisciplined	20
@Roll	13
@Coinsreporter	7
@jasonb	4
@Dkryptoenth	4
@BlokchainB	3
@supratic	2
@Turdinthepunchbowl	2
@Lazy_AMA	2
@k00b	2
@unschooled	1
@jakoyoh629	1
@BitcoinIsTheFuture	1
@030e0dca83	1
@Cappy_SC	1
@Scoresby	1
@SimpleStacker	1

How to verify: https://github.com/ekzyis/most-comments-wins

64 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 13h

I was thinking the script would just fetch all comments on the post and reduce to calculate the leaderboard, instead of having to specify a nym manually

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 10h

I wanted to do that, but I realized the API makes this hard because of all the nested replies. I would have to assume some upper limit of how deeply nested replies are and then it might ~~kill the server~~ unnecessarily increase server load if everybody runs that script all the time.

So I decided to just use this simple SQL query for the leaderboard:

SELECT users.name, count("Item".id) AS nreplies
FROM "Item"
JOIN users ON users.id = "Item"."userId"
WHERE "rootId" = 948515 AND freebie = 'f'
GROUP BY users.name
ORDER BY nreplies DESC;

and give everyone a way to verify their own number by fetching all their own comments from last week (the items you can see in someone's profile) and then only counting the replies to this post.

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1020 sats \ 26 replies \ @Undisciplined 21h

What a terrible showing

10 sats \ 17 replies \ @grayruby 21h

@coinsreporter is trying to move up the board. You guys can battle it out for 2nd.

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 51m

Someone is going to write a script that will post a reply on every comment.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 50m

Wouldn’t that fall under the bot category that is prohibited?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 32m

I guess it would get scrutiny and probably fail.

Unless you can make it look real like random amounts of reply times with sleeping hours etc

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 3h

If you can post the most does it show determination or someone lack of a life?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2h

Both

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 2h

Opportunity cost

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 3h

@ek will regrek

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 2h

Who would zap this?

120 sats \ 11 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6h

Hey @mega_dreamer, there's something off in the NBA market. The orderbook for Memphis Grizzles says that I have 10k yes share on them but when I try to sell them they don't reflect. They aren't also there under the share holder.

CC: @grayruby: you also have 5k shares there?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @mega_dreamer 3h

Yes, something is definitely not right. We'll look into it. Thanks for reporting it. The shareholders tab should show your and @grayruby's share.

11 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 6h

Maybe the payout is below a minimum threshold?

30 sats \ 8 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6h

I don't think so. I think there's some bug causing it. Because I can't find my buy in for Grizzles in the notifications.

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 1h

#950750

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40 sats \ 46 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Apr

I think I also wagered in favor of SN breaking 1.4M items in 2025

40 sats \ 26 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr

Weak! I wagered on Stacker News breaking 1.5M.

28 sats \ 14 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

We will get there by next week.

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13 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

I was originally on YES but moved over to NO after seeing @denlillaapan's doom posting.

40 sats \ 8 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

leeeeesgooooe, we die together

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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @NovaRift 5h

Are ya winning?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 5h

always

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 5h

All barks no bites..

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 5h

Haha. Winning but dying.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 5h

Trust your thumb and your art of typing, and you'll win!

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 6h

Is this also a secret stress test for SN? I know there's no concern about pages loading with too many nests (since nested comments get thrown to another page), but wasn't sure if there was a thread limit of any sort, or how SN's backend database just handles a post with a ton of comments.

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 6h

I like this line of thinking

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @NovaRift 6h

That's how conspiracy theories are made..

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 4h

Nice nice nice.

A little coping but ok

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 2h

What does rediscover mean?

a) not finding out

b) reveal again

c) full of exploration

120 sats \ 71 replies \ @supratic 19 Apr

How you gonna count comments for each user under this post?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Post

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 14h

Reply guy

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0 sats \ 57 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

I wanted to mention that everybody should reply exclusively to their own replies so SN will count them for me (and if somebody else replies in their thread, it counts as a reply for them), but I will probably just use the API or read the database.

0 sats \ 52 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

I want to reply to everything.

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40 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 6h

Let's load up on some No contracts. THIS AIN'T SCARING ANYONE!

From the time you guys started talking, Bear Stearns stock has fallen more than 38 percent. Would you buy more now? Bruce Miller: [unsure] Sure. Yeah. I'd buy more. Why not? Mark Baum: BOOM.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 3h

I considered it, but decided against it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 5h freebie

badaboom :(

33 sats \ 39 replies \ @Aardvark 19 Apr

Holy shit, this is going to be wild.

1062 sats \ 30 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

Yeah, buckle up buttercup. We're taken for a riiiiiide

20 sats \ 27 replies \ @Aardvark 19 Apr

So... how's the weather? It's pretty nice here. Like mid 50s and breezy.

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 17h

More of Sensei’s comments is a great thingy

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 16h

I couldn't agree more.

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100 sats \ 23 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

HAHAHAHA what a cheap(!) way to turn the tides of an honest bet. Ah, man. Resorting not just to shit posting, but bribing the stackers to shitpost on your behalf.

well played, sir; weeeell played.

13 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr

I warned you that @ek is fully capable of determining the outcome of that event.

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

I know, I know. Just never thought he actually would/there would come much from it

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7 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 19 Apr

I at least don't feel good about it haha. I have lost the battle but I haven't lost the war so far!

And we need to keep the bet interesting!

64 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

True. It got boring for me to report a steady run towards inevitable victory

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24 sats \ 46 replies \ @grayruby 20 Apr

Should I have pizza for dinner or something healthy? I had a salad with roasted chicken last night.

20 sats \ 30 replies \ @Aardvark 20 Apr

I just ate BBQ chicken pizza. Was really good.

21 sats \ 27 replies \ @grayruby 20 Apr

Tasty. This is 4 meat. I am not sure what the 4th meat is. Looks like pepperoni, ham and beef to me but maybe some of the ham is bacon.

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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14h

Since I'm seeing this in the morning, a note that leftover pizza is the breakfast of champions.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 11h

Never had it for breakfast. But for lunch many times.

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85 sats \ 26 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

How did you say It’s so Early! and mention @Car podcast and not mine?! You TROLLING

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Roll 8h

also

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 5h

Bitcoin

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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Post

24 sats \ 4 replies \ @Car 20h

haven’t seen @ek in two days and I see this post like…

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 5h

I'm too far behind

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 5h

Never too far behind. Still 7 days to go.

100 sats \ 24 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

my god, that comment count is making me nervous

0 sats \ 14 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Shit

10 sats \ 10 replies \ @NovaRift 7h

Poster

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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

I'm scared too!

I already have to pay out at least 52.5k sats for the top 5.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

plus the value at risk in the bet itself... oooh lord, what have we gotten ourselves into?!

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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift 6h

Breakthrough Prize Winner Gerard ’t Hooft Says Quantum Mechanics Is ‘Nonsense’. Source

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 6h

Wow that’s surprising.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 6h

Absolutely!

100 sats \ 21 replies \ @Roll 19 Apr

What a challenge...100 posts in 8 days.. so 10 per day at least let s see how far i go

21 sats \ 9 replies \ @Roll 19 Apr

so i ve to talk to myself to make it counts quiet weird but why not ..ahaahha

7 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

the things we do for ~~love~~ sats

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7 sats \ 7 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

let's go, you're my man!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

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82 sats \ 15 replies \ @grayruby 20 Apr

@BlokchainB are you watching the Knicks game?

30 sats \ 11 replies \ @BlokchainB 20 Apr

Nah am I missing anything? 👀

92 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Shit

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8h freebie

knicks game ? it s a waht ?

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33 sats \ 6 replies \ @Scoresby 19 Apr

I was waiting for someone to mention how valuable making a lot of comments could be in the context of the bet...

17 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

Well, not really. I'll do some numbers in the morning, but ek has to keep up this charade (and more!) not for a day or a week like now, but for 260 goddamn days.

Phat chance

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Shit

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8h freebie

bet and you will find out

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21 sats \ 21 replies \ @jasonb 19 Apr

Is that thing @ken started still going? That’s gotta pad your stats a bit. I keep forgetting about it, but still have high hopes I’ll win it in the end.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 11h

How's home mining going?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb 9h

Good! How about you? Did you get that s9?

51 sats \ 9 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

Yes, #661571 is still going

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @jasonb 19 Apr

…and now I’m back in the running over there!

So just so I understand your bounty properly, does your comment on my comment apply towards my total?

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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 18h

LOL another crap MSM? Why?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 5h

@ek is trying to pump up the numbers so he can make his bonus. Haha

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 5h

bc SN sucks

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24 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 1h

@cryotosensei has a real job. Therefore he will lose

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 14m

I love the way you try to stir up shit haha

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20 sats \ 16 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22h

🚨Spoiler Alert🚨 1st place: @grayruby 2nd place: @Aardvark 3rd place: ? 4th place: @denlillaapan 5th place: ?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 18h

I got this, bro. No worries

14 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 16h

I know you're right but I also knew that something rigged like this would come into play.

Still a long way to go. 1800 comments daily for 250+ days would require them to double up their efforts.

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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 21h

I was hoping to get to 100 before recording this week's podcast but didn't quite make it. Things really slowed down in the thread.

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21h

I've decided to reply all of your comments so as to see myself on the winners' list. Haha

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24 sats \ 19 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr

Crap! I'm a half hour behind.

36 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek OP 19 Apr

just skip some sleep

every hour you skip you can post 6 comments for 1 sat!

200 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Apr

That's for vertical posting. I can reply way more than that horizontally.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 20h

This is what happens when you are building your media empire

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 13h

You never know what tradeoffs you'll have to make

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31 sats \ 22 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Apr

Can we get a leaderboard?

I'm sure you don't have enough real work to do.

51 sats \ 8 replies \ @Coinsreporter 20 Apr

No leaderboard. No Rewards. No bounty. No zapping. No comments. No posts. No, Nothing, Noone except I.

— Darth, the influencer.

44 sats \ 6 replies \ @Aardvark 20 Apr

You have not read my guides!

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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @Aardvark 20 Apr

He's going to have a fun time counting.

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Apr

Or we will, since there's no other way to know he counted correctly.

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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @OT 15h

Need more CC's...

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 3h

Moar

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Roll 8h

and DD's...

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 3h

What ate DD's?

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20 sats \ 33 replies \ @Coinsreporter 23h

Anyone watching WrestleMania??

@grayruby?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 22h

We were recording the pod. I watched a bit of it earlier. I want to watch the main event.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

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0 sats \ 27 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 21h

Shit

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40 sats \ 13 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Apr

This sounds like fun

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 19 Apr

I decided to let out my inner Darth. Maybe because I own a lot of NO shares.

#948519

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 19 Apr

This is what market makers feel like every day

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8h freebie

or foune

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20 sats \ 8 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

Oh well, Stackers.

I just gotta snatch third place here to have ek bail out my 7.5k sats placed on the bet.

Thanks for covering my buy-in, pal!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8h freebie

pal

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 15h

Will you get 3rd?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 14h

Probably 1.

I am the kiiiing.

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24 sats \ 16 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22h

We need 1800ish comments per day to reach 1.4M by 31 Dec 2025.

It's not looking achievable even with this because we've been constantly falling short of daily target by 800 to 1000 items.

Undoubtedly this competition will increase the daily comments counts but I'm not so sure that it'll help break even 1800 items/day.

We need more people and more stackers and more engaging content to see it happen.

11 sats \ 10 replies \ @cryotosensei 20h

I heard you call Sensei

64 sats \ 9 replies \ @Coinsreporter 20h

We really need you. I need you for moral support. @grayruby has @realBitcoinDog to talk to for no reason. I have many reminisce of our PPP talks and it's time we can do that again. For some happy sats...

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