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I built a Bitcoin chatbot that refuses to give quick answers — feedback wanted

I'm adding a way for it to receive sats as support from those that try/use it, however, it's not quite there yet when it comes to being able to spend those sats and be self-sufficient.

The LLM is Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet but the system prompt instructs the chatbot how to act and react.

I’ve been working on a small experiment called Satoshi Sentinel:

👉 [https://sats-sentinel.lovable.app]

The goal isn’t to answer Bitcoin questions as fast as possible, but to answer them in a way that sparks thinking.

Most Bitcoin chatbots (and honestly, most Bitcoin content) optimise for:

* speed
* certainty
* “what should I do?”

This one does the opposite.

Satoshi Sentinel is meant to be a private, low-pressure space where someone can:

* ask “basic” or embarrassing questions without group dynamics
* slow down and actually understand trade-offs
* be nudged toward responsibility *without* being told what to do

It avoids:

* financial or investment advice
* wallet or product recommendations
* hype, urgency, or slogans

Every response tries to do three things:

1. Increase clarity
2. Reframe the question in plain language
3. End with a gentle question that keeps thinking alive

I’m sharing it here because I’d really value feedback from people who care about Bitcoin as a system, not just an asset.

Questions I’d love input on:

* Does the tone feel respectful, or too philosophical?
* Does it actually help you think more clearly?
* Where does it feel helpful vs. frustrating?
* What kinds of Bitcoin questions does this approach *not* work well for?

This is very much an early version.
No monetisation, no funnel — just seeing if this way of teaching Bitcoin is useful.

Curious what this crowd thinks.

Sats & Survival: A Playable Bitcoin & Money Simulation (Feedback Wanted)

Thanks for the tip. Still learning. I'm new to Stacker News.

I’ve been working on a small project called Sats & Survival — a playable game that simulates real-world financial decision-making with a strong Bitcoin lens.

The idea is simple:
Most people never get to feel the long-term impact of their money decisions. This game tries to compress that learning curve into something interactive, uncomfortable, and honest.

You manage income, expenses, time, and risk.
Short-term comfort often clashes with long-term resilience.
Bitcoin is treated as a tool for sovereignty — not a number-go-up mechanic.
This is early, rough around the edges, and very much a work in progress.
That’s why I’m posting here.

What I’d love feedback on:
- Does the core idea make sense?
- Does it teach something meaningful, or just feel gamey?
- What feels confusing, boring, or unnecessary?
- What would make you want to come back for another run?
If you find value in the idea or the work already done, feel free to stack some sats — it helps me justify spending more time improving it.

Playable here:
👉 https://sats-survival.lovable.app

Appreciate any thoughtful feedback — harsh is fine, honest is better.

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I’ve been working on a small project called Sats & Survival — a playable game that simulates real-world financial decision-making with a strong Bitcoin lens.

The idea is simple:
Most people never get to feel the long-term impact of their money decisions. This game tries to compress that learning curve into something interactive, uncomfortable, and honest.

You manage income, expenses, time, and risk.
Short-term comfort often clashes with long-term resilience.
Bitcoin is treated as a tool for sovereignty — not a number-go-up mechanic.

This is early, rough around the edges, and very much a work in progress.
That’s why I’m posting here.

What I’d love feedback on:
- Does the core idea make sense?
- Does it teach something meaningful, or just feel gamey?
- What feels confusing, boring, or unnecessary?
- What would make you want to come back for another run?
If you find value in the idea or the work already done, feel free to stack some sats — it helps me justify spending more time improving it.

Playable here:
👉 https://sats-survival.lovable.app

Appreciate any thoughtful feedback — harsh is fine, honest is better.

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Layer Zero Studios is a lens for stripping away the everyday lies and quiet deceptions surrounding money and its reach.

It builds systems-first simulations and tools that explore money, inflation, incentives, and survival inside broken financial environments. 
The goal isn’t entertainment for its own sake, but clarity: exposing how debt, fiat dilution, taxation, and time preference shape human behaviour — and why hard money changes the game.

Projects from Layer Zero are deliberately transparent, auditable, and often uncomfortable. There are no “win conditions,” only trade-offs. No narratives to hide behind. No abstractions to soften reality.

Built for people who want to understand how the system actually works before deciding whether to endure it, escape it, or rebuild something better.