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2363 sats \ 1,656 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

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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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130 sats \ 13 replies \ @cryotosensei 20 Apr

Challenge accepted

I’m not here to fuck spiders

24 sats \ 5 replies \ @denlillaapan 23h

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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 \ 115 replies \ @grayruby 15h

@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 \ 89 replies \ @Aardvark 15h

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

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 2h

Why?

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100 sats \ 220 replies \ @denlillaapan 21h

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

20 sats \ 4 replies \ @mega_dreamer 5h

Yes very happy, thanks for spreading the word.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 49m

We are at your service, siiiir

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0 sats \ 213 replies \ @Aardvark 18h

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

0 sats \ 212 replies \ @denlillaapan 18h

muuuuch

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10 sats \ 6 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 2h

So it’s agreed. I’m doing this correctly right @grayruby @Undisciplined @Aardvark @denlillaapan @cryotosensei @Roll you like pain and punishment?

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @cryotosensei 1h

I LIKE SATS!

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 1h

Sats!!

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 50m

Yes

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3h

Comments and zaps both are transferred to this post for now. Amazing times for SN.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 3h

One post to rule them all!

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3h

It was looking good yesterday. Today, you can see it's just a transfer of engagement.

whoever has the most comments in this post wins

It could be: **whoever has the most comments ~~in this post~~ on SN wins.

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56 sats \ 6 replies \ @OT 7h

I think @siggy47 is showing some wisdom here.

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h

Typical

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 6h

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

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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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79 sats \ 23 replies \ @denlillaapan 10h

THE SCOOP!

@Undisciplined is piling in...

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

40 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 8h

Predyx is loving this

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 8h

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

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0 sats \ 18 replies \ @grayruby 10h

He never believed in us.

20 sats \ 17 replies \ @denlillaapan 10h

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

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 1h

LFG

I got this!

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 27m

Zap this!

Thanks!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21m

You’re welcome

30 sats \ 32 replies \ @Coinsreporter 11h

Is there anyone who can catch @Aardvark?

I'm not good at running.

CC: @denlillaapan @grayruby @Undisciplined

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 11h

I think Aardvarks sleep, someone will catch him then.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 11h

Good idea

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0 sats \ 22 replies \ @Aardvark 11h

Someone will catch me.

20 sats \ 16 replies \ @NovaRift 11h

Yeah, but please go to sleep now!

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 29m

Is this arbitrage?

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 19m

It shows you're getting in tbe groove.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21m

Nice.

82 sats \ 82 replies \ @ek OP 20 Apr

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 19h

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 15h

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 20 Apr

What a terrible showing

10 sats \ 17 replies \ @grayruby 20 Apr

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

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41 sats \ 39 replies \ @Coinsreporter 16h

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

20 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h

Shameless self-promotion: #950585

0 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 6h

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

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 7h

This

I need memes

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 45m

If you come to India some say, don't miss to visit Kashmir, the heaven on the Earth.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 37m

That is beautiful. Have you been?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 1h

LFG

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 26m

I feel like I'm sneaking up the leader board

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 17m

I fear I have fallen behind. I was hoping to be in second in the next update but I am not so sure.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 14m

I too. I'm afraid I'm Outta top 5.

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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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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h

dude..... you step away one weekend..... and this happens

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 3h

Lesson learned. You can never step away.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 3h

Never ever forever.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 3h

1597

120 sats \ 72 replies \ @supratic 19 Apr

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

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Apr

Post

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 19h

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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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 6h

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

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 6h

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

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 5h

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

120 sats \ 11 replies \ @Coinsreporter 12h

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?

11 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 12h

Maybe the payout is below a minimum threshold?

30 sats \ 8 replies \ @Coinsreporter 12h

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 \ @mega_dreamer 8h

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.

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 22h

More of Sensei’s comments is a great thingy

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 22h

I couldn't agree more.

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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 8h

@ek will regrek

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 7h

Who would zap this?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 4h

And this...

@ek are you paying out these 100 reply 1k prizes along the way?

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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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20 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei 20 Apr

The real question is, pineapple toppings yay or nay

24 sats \ 2 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 19h

I stand by pineapple as a valid pizza topping. And almost anything else -- trying new pizza combinations is a true joy.

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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 8h

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

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 7h

Both

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 7h

Opportunity cost

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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @NovaRift 10h

Are ya winning?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 10h

always

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift 10h

All barks no bites..

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 10h

Haha. Winning but dying.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 10h

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

85 sats \ 26 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Apr

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

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Roll 13h

also

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @realBitcoinDog 10h

Bitcoin

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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Apr

Post

24 sats \ 4 replies \ @Car 20 Apr

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

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 6h

#950750

40 sats \ 6 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 11h

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 11h

I like this line of thinking

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @NovaRift 11h

That's how conspiracy theories are made..

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 9h

Nice nice nice.

A little coping but ok

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100 sats \ 24 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Apr

my god, that comment count is making me nervous

0 sats \ 14 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 20 Apr

Shit

10 sats \ 10 replies \ @NovaRift 12h

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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40 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan 11h

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 \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 8h

I considered it, but decided against it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 52m

Pussy

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 11h freebie

badaboom :(

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 20 Apr

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10h

I'm too far behind

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 10h

Never too far behind. Still 7 days to go.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @j7hB75 3h

So early

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 20 Apr

Shit

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 13h freebie

knicks game ? it s a waht ?

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24 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 7h

@cryotosensei has a real job. Therefore he will lose

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 5h

I love the way you try to stir up shit haha

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 5h

True though

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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 7h

What does rediscover mean?

a) not finding out

b) reveal again

c) full of exploration

21 sats \ 22 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 \ 2 replies \ @OT 16h

How's home mining going?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 14h

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

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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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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