This Day on SN: January 29

Calling all stackers!

Leave a comment below to let the SN community know what you're working on this week. It doesn't matter how big or small your project is, or how much progress you've made.

Just share what you're up to, and let the community know if you want any feedback or help.

What are you working on this week?

#### Top Posts
- [The Game Theory of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve](https://stacker.news/items/867712)
    - 1600 sats \ 27 comments \ @k00b \ ~bitcoin \ `January 28, 2025`
- [Lightning Wallets: Self-Custody Despite Poor Network - Apps Tested in Zimbabwe](https://stacker.news/items/403662)
    - 72.9k sats \ 39 comments \ @anita \ ~lightning \ `January 28, 2024`
- [Answering Objections to Drivechain](https://stacker.news/items/127974)
    - 27.2k sats \ 126 comments \ @super_testnet \ ~bitcoin \ `January 28, 2023`
- [SN release: search](https://stacker.news/items/9113)
    - 236 sats \ 52 comments \ @k00b \ ~meta \ `January 28, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 43.8k stacked \ 28.7k spent \ 35 items \ `January 28, 2025`
- @anita
    - 70.7k stacked \ 25k spent \ 10 items \ `January 28, 2024`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 28, 2023`
- @so7ow
    - 194 stacked \ 25 spent \ 2 items \ `January 28, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/867712?commentId=867862 on [The Game Theory of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve](https://stacker.news/items/867712)
    - 1372 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby \ `January 28, 2025`
        > Bitcoin's game theory accounts for this.  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/403662?commentId=404048 on [Lightning Wallets: Self-Custody Despite Poor Network - Apps Tested in Zimbabwe](https://stacker.news/items/403662)
    - 11.6k sats \ 0 replies \ @anita \ `January 28, 2024`
        > ;-) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/127974?commentId=128024 on [Answering Objections to Drivechain](https://stacker.news/items/127974)
    - 5483 sats \ 19 replies \ @benthecarman \ `January 28, 2023`
        > The most important thing you miss in 3 is that this totally destroys bitcoin's incentive model. With drivechains miners no longer have the incentive to mine the next block, there is a greater incentive to mine steal from drivechains.  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/9113?commentId=9114 on [SN release: search](https://stacker.news/items/9113)
    - 158 sats \ 9 replies \ @kr \ `January 28, 2022`
        > Would love to see the first sub being a lightning native job board as a replacement for the bitcoinerjobs link that exists today. I think that makes the most sense for three reasons. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~tech
    - 7827 stacked \ 1276 revenue \ 12.2k spent \ 72 items \ `January 28, 2025`
- ~lightning
    - 74k stacked \ 121 revenue \ 107.4k spent \ 36 items \ `January 28, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 37.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 42.4k spent \ 287 items \ `January 28, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 683 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1017 spent \ 86 items \ `January 28, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 28

#### Top Posts
- [No Such Thing As Socially Harmful Financial Market Speculation (TDE,Joakim Book)](https://stacker.news/items/867043)
    - 6398 sats \ 9 comments \ @denlillaapan \ ~econ \ `January 27, 2025`
- [Have you tried living without a smartphone? ](https://stacker.news/items/403323)
    - 10k sats \ 53 comments \ @MaxAWebster \ ~ideasfromtheedge \ `January 27, 2024`
- [What is the best takedown of Bitcoin out there?](https://stacker.news/items/127537)
    - 14k sats \ 167 comments \ @SqNr65 \ ~bitcoin \ `January 27, 2023`
- [Friendly reminder: LN invoices are signed & verifiable statements from your node](https://stacker.news/items/8997)
    - 11 sats \ 5 comments \ @NA \ ~bitcoin \ `January 27, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 32k stacked \ 16.4k spent \ 25 items \ `January 27, 2025`
- @benwehrman
    - 14k stacked \ 995 spent \ 1 item \ `January 27, 2024`
- @MoritzK
    - 10.9k stacked \ 122 spent \ 2 items \ `January 27, 2023`
- @CypherPoet
    - 200 stacked \ 12 spent \ 12 items \ `January 27, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/858102?commentId=867131 on [How to sell BTC for USD Cash in NYC](https://stacker.news/items/858102)
    - 30 sats \ 1 reply \ @02065574b6 \ `January 27, 2025`
        > This is what I tried doing on a Saturday night. But nobody really knew what bitcoin was. I was the only one paying with bitcoin. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/402871?commentId=403021 on [Bitcoiner and Socialist](https://stacker.news/items/402871)
    - 2821 sats \ 8 replies \ @GhostofTruth \ `January 27, 2024`
        > Part of my family came from East Germany, a socialist country. No one in their right mind or who has had this experience would ever want to spend a single day in such perverse conditions of ignorance, of artificial stultification by an encroaching state. The free market is the most sophisticated vehicle that human civilization has yet invented and implemented to articulate individual will and promote free decision-making. So far, nothing better is in sight. And no: the values that Bitcoin implies are not congruent with those that socialism entails. It's the opposite. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/127091?commentId=127375 on [Easiest way to talk to a lightning node from a JavaScript frontend](https://stacker.news/items/127091)
    - 12.2k sats \ 5 replies \ @MoritzK \ `January 27, 2023`
        > Alby + WebLN provides easy access to lightning nodes from a JavaScript frontend. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8973?commentId=9004 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/8973)
    - 40 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryptocoin \ `January 27, 2022`
        > We're waiting!! [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 9627 stacked \ 3684 revenue \ 26k spent \ 88 items \ `January 27, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 31.2k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 36k spent \ 216 items \ `January 27, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 36.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 46.4k spent \ 385 items \ `January 27, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 707 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1832 spent \ 92 items \ `January 27, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 27

Memes

Time for another round of Meme Monday!

The week's winner, as determined by the "top" filter on this thread, will go in this week's newsletter and get eternal bragging rights.

Send your best 👇

Meme Monday - Top Meme Goes in the Newsletter

#### Top Posts
- [Sats n Facts - Bringing Bitcoin Knowledge, Art, and Community Vibes to Life. AMA](https://stacker.news/items/865018)
    - 2334 sats \ 13 comments \ @satsandfacts \ ~AMA \ `January 26, 2025`
- [Dangerous ideas, hacker culture, and free speech](https://stacker.news/items/402582)
    - 15.5k sats \ 32 comments \ @Undergotten \ ~ideasfromtheedge \ `January 26, 2024`
- [SN release: bounties](https://stacker.news/items/127070)
    - 12.5k sats \ 91 comments \ @k00b \ ~meta \ `January 26, 2023`
- [The LightningATM - Pocket Edition | FULMO Blog](https://stacker.news/items/8878)
    - 107 sats \ 1 comment \ @ama \ ~bitcoin \ `January 26, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 24k stacked \ 11.7k spent \ 26 items \ `January 26, 2025`
- @PlebLab
    - 21.7k stacked \ 2 spent \ 2 items \ `January 26, 2024`
- @bitcoinplebdev
    - 9747 stacked \ 5294 spent \ 4 items \ `January 26, 2023`
- @nout
    - 698 stacked \ 304 spent \ 7 items \ `January 26, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/864938?commentId=865194 on [On Priesthoods (Astral Codex)](https://stacker.news/items/864938)
    - 1030 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury \ `January 26, 2025`
        > Okay, read this, so here's a slightly better take: the article is brilliant and thoughtful and probing, as per usual. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/401734?commentId=402398 on [Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/401734)
    - 11k sats \ 1 reply \ @oliverweiss \ `January 26, 2024`
        > During the Victorian era of the 1800s, Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt threw open the Gates of Egypt’s history for the Europeans. At that time, mummies were not accorded the respect that they deserved from the European elites and in fact, mummies could be purchased from street vendors (as shown in the picture) to be used as the main event for parties and social gatherings that took place in the 18th century. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/127070?commentId=127133 on [SN release: bounties](https://stacker.news/items/127070)
    - 10.5k sats \ 9 replies \ @pillar \ `January 26, 2023`
        > @k00b, I'm a bit surprised that the implementation doesn't have more incentives for the OP who offers the bounty to follow through and pay once someone has helped. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8861?commentId=8880 on [@yoshirithm's bio](https://stacker.news/items/8861)
    - 255 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b \ `January 26, 2022`
        > Yo! Welcome to SN 🤗 [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~Stacker_Sports
    - 12.1k stacked \ 1565 revenue \ 18.1k spent \ 225 items \ `January 26, 2025`
- ~meta
    - 19.6k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 22.7k spent \ 118 items \ `January 26, 2024`
- ~meta
    - 11k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 12.2k spent \ 39 items \ `January 26, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 1524 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1675 spent \ 85 items \ `January 26, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 26

#### Top Posts
- [Join our 1/25 mining block party. We don't stop until we mine a block.](https://stacker.news/items/863837)
    - 430 sats \ 5 comments \ @evanbaer \ ~bitcoin_Mining \ `January 25, 2025`
- [Support Fountain on Product Hunt!](https://stacker.news/items/400387)
    - 6820 sats \ 15 comments \ @MerryOscar \ ~builders \ `January 25, 2024`
- [Nostr in Breez: call for Nostr devs](https://stacker.news/items/126488)
    - 3678 sats \ 47 comments \ @roy \ ~nostr \ `January 25, 2023`
- [Breaking: IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender](https://stacker.news/items/8810)
    - 55 sats \ 15 comments \ @bigjohn \ ~bitcoin \ `January 25, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 27.6k stacked \ 15.1k spent \ 20 items \ `January 25, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 25, 2024`
- @k00b
    - 13.6k stacked \ 6205 spent \ 7 items \ `January 25, 2023`
- @cryptocoin
    - 1101 stacked \ 222 spent \ 15 items \ `January 25, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/862397?commentId=863490 on [NFL Championship Round Pick 'em](https://stacker.news/items/862397)
    - 5020 sats \ 7 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi \ `January 25, 2025`
        > Eagles [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/401351?commentId=401390 on [Last Pay Wins: ongoing game (play responsibly)](https://stacker.news/items/401351)
    - 4694 sats \ 5 replies \ @hodlpleb \ `January 25, 2024`
        > The first payment was 5 sats. The second one was 4,689 for some reason. The third one was gonna be 6,000 …  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/126686?commentId=126785 on [Taxes & Spending Bitcoin (KYC'd Sats)](https://stacker.news/items/126686)
    - 1069 sats \ 11 replies \ @super_testnet \ `January 25, 2023`
        > Section 988 of the IRS Internal Revenue Code says that foreign currencies have a de minimus exemption of $200, which means if you sell bitcoin for something and accrue less than $200 on the sale, you don't need to report it. This is my tax advice. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8784?commentId=8814 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/8784)
    - 1000 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryptocoin \ `January 25, 2022`
        > Problem with Lightning Address configuration? [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~meta
    - 8745 stacked \ 903 revenue \ 13.5k spent \ 65 items \ `January 25, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 35.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 41.9k spent \ 290 items \ `January 25, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 18k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 20.5k spent \ 342 items \ `January 25, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 859 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1055 spent \ 59 items \ `January 25, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 25

#### Top Posts
- [You outrageous clowns: you wanted a "government reserve" and act suprised...](https://stacker.news/items/863018)
    - 7583 sats \ 6 comments \ @028559d218 \ ~bitcoin \ `January 24, 2025`
- [The Past, Present, and Future of Offline Payments](https://stacker.news/items/399604)
    - 14.2k sats \ 24 comments \ @roy \ ~bitcoin \ `January 24, 2024`
- [Knut Svanholm AMA](https://stacker.news/items/126250)
    - 13.3k sats \ 57 comments \ @knutsvanholm \ ~bitcoin \ `January 24, 2023`
- [🚀 Introducing Geyser: Let’s change the world with Lightning crowdfunding!](https://stacker.news/items/8733)
    - 285 sats \ 25 comments \ @metamick14 \ ~bitcoin \ `January 24, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 34.7k stacked \ 33.8k spent \ 9 items \ `January 24, 2025`
- @k00b
    - 24.4k stacked \ 17.4k spent \ 19 items \ `January 24, 2024`
- @rax0m
    - 45k stacked \ 7 spent \ 2 items \ `January 24, 2023`
- @metamick14
    - 281 stacked \ 115 spent \ 4 items \ `January 24, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/862327?commentId=862429 on [Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 5,000 CCs](https://stacker.news/items/862327)
    - 5016 sats \ 0 replies \ @random_ \ `January 24, 2025`
        > The Lucifer Publishing Company has Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. [Source](https://www.lucistrust.org/about_us/support_un) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/399766?commentId=399838 on [Bitwise Publishes Bitcoin Address Containing Their ETF Holdings](https://stacker.news/items/399766)
    - 2839 sats \ 6 replies \ @petertodd \ `January 24, 2024`
        > Yes they are. Which is completely insane. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/126008?commentId=126174 on [50,000 Satoshi Treasure Hunt - ft. Ordinals!](https://stacker.news/items/126008)
    - 50k sats \ 7 replies \ @rax0m \ `January 24, 2023`
        > Countries: [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8744?commentId=8750 on [Ask SN: Growth stats of stacker news?](https://stacker.news/items/8744)
    - 121 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b \ `January 24, 2022`
        > We have 1275 registered users, 399,605 sats have changed hands, 3174 posts, and 5422 comments since launch. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 17.8k stacked \ 11.2k revenue \ 27.9k spent \ 136 items \ `January 24, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 48k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 81.3k spent \ 350 items \ `January 24, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 78.4k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 108.6k spent \ 278 items \ `January 24, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 848 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 992 spent \ 45 items \ `January 24, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 24

#### Top Posts
- [Bitcoin needs a censor](https://stacker.news/items/861152)
    - 23.4k sats \ 27 comments \ @Scoresby \ ~bitcoin \ `January 23, 2025`
- [⚡️ 🌊 Driving Global Adoption Using Bitcoin Layer-2s: Lightning and Liquid ](https://stacker.news/items/397502)
    - 1949 sats \ 13 comments \ @blockstream_official \ ~bitcoin \ `January 23, 2024`
- [50,000 Satoshi Treasure Hunt - ft. Ordinals!](https://stacker.news/items/126008)
    - 2046 sats \ 15 comments \ @OneOneSeven \ ~bitcoin \ `January 23, 2023`
- [Alby, the Bitcoin Lightning browser extension, hatches from its Beehive](https://stacker.news/items/8686)
    - 200 sats \ 25 comments \ @0285bad71f \ ~bitcoin \ `January 23, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 40.6k stacked \ 35.1k spent \ 22 items \ `January 23, 2025`
- @k00b
    - 47k stacked \ 13k spent \ 13 items \ `January 23, 2024`
- @k00b
    - 13.5k stacked \ 2613 spent \ 6 items \ `January 23, 2023`
- @0285bad71f
    - 187 stacked \ 0 spent \ 1 item \ `January 23, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/836563?commentId=861158 on [LN Roulette – A Lightning-Powered, Provably Fair Roulette Game](https://stacker.news/items/836563)
    - 5100 sats \ 0 replies \ @scoopa \ `January 23, 2025`
        > Hey, this is cool. I have made a career out of working in the gambling space (they call it "gaming") for the last two decades. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/397764?commentId=398237 on [Fedimint and Cashu ecash are gift cards](https://stacker.news/items/397764)
    - 2821 sats \ 2 replies \ @calle \ `January 23, 2024`
        > Very thoughtful summary. I mostly agree with everything you've said. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/125755?commentId=125771 on [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 10,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/125755)
    - 11.3k sats \ 1 reply \ @Ed_Relight \ `January 23, 2023`
        > ![](https://i.ibb.co/m8dwQZj/20230121-233036.jpg) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8692?commentId=8721 on [You are not a real bitcoiner if you still don't use LNTXBOT](https://stacker.news/items/8692)
    - 47 sats \ 1 reply \ @cozy \ `January 23, 2022`
        > Fiatjaf is awesome, but even he, as the creator of this tool, wouldn't use a clickbait title like this to promote it (at least, it doesn't seem like what I usually read from him). [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 29.8k stacked \ 12.1k revenue \ 45.8k spent \ 170 items \ `January 23, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 64.5k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 137.2k spent \ 537 items \ `January 23, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 20.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 23.5k spent \ 370 items \ `January 23, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 568 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 771 spent \ 46 items \ `January 23, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 23

#### Top Posts
- [⚡️ PullThatUpJamie.ai Release v0.1.1 ⚡️ - Fast Podcast Search Upgrade](https://stacker.news/items/860053)
    - 836 sats \ 2 comments \ @cascdr \ ~podcasts \ `January 22, 2025`
- [The Guide where your Lightning close-transaction can't get the channel closed](https://stacker.news/items/397192)
    - 17.7k sats \ 19 comments \ @Hakuna \ ~lightning \ `January 22, 2024`
- [SN release: OpenTimestamps timestamps](https://stacker.news/items/125552)
    - 13.2k sats \ 55 comments \ @k00b \ ~meta \ `January 22, 2023`
- [El Salvador buys 410 more Bitcoin worth $15m](https://stacker.news/items/8649)
    - 35 sats \ 3 comments \ @theshanergy \ ~bitcoin \ `January 22, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 52k stacked \ 33.4k spent \ 41 items \ `January 22, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 22, 2024`
- @k00b
    - 4791 stacked \ 1432 spent \ 6 items \ `January 22, 2023`
- @k00b
    - 173 stacked \ 149 spent \ 9 items \ `January 22, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/859920?commentId=860262 on [What am I missing about Ross Ulbricht and the silk road?](https://stacker.news/items/859920)
    - 1594 sats \ 2 replies \ @Arceris \ `January 22, 2025`
        > > I don't have a problem with any of the activities apart from paying for a hit on someone.  It's hard to know whether that's real without spending more time digging into this than I want to. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/396447?commentId=397149 on [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 25,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/396447)
    - 27k sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture \ `January 22, 2024`
        > ![IMG_9254.png](https://m.stacker.news/13410) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/124871?commentId=125620 on [Will Nostr put people back in control of their data?](https://stacker.news/items/124871)
    - 2279 sats \ 9 replies \ @thrown \ `January 22, 2023`
        > Identity? Sure.  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8635?commentId=8641 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/8635)
    - 20 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b \ `January 22, 2022`
        > Trying to btfd but waiting on a bank wire 🤦‍♂️ [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 11.9k stacked \ 18.8k revenue \ 29.2k spent \ 107 items \ `January 22, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 65.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 75.3k spent \ 428 items \ `January 22, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 11.5k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 23.2k spent \ 270 items \ `January 22, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 272 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 394 spent \ 22 items \ `January 22, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 22

#### Top Posts
- [BTCPay Server Foundation Receives $25,000 Grant In Bitcoin From Unbank](https://stacker.news/items/858632)
    - 10.2k sats \ 0 comments \ @unbank2024 \ ~bitcoin \ `January 21, 2025`
- [Fedimint is Self-Custodial](https://stacker.news/items/395461)
    - 17.1k sats \ 79 comments \ @TonyGiorgio \ ~ecash \ `January 21, 2024`
- [We've changed our mind about Custodial Wallets](https://stacker.news/items/125227)
    - 18.2k sats \ 142 comments \ @BOLT11Village \ ~bitcoin \ `January 21, 2023`
- [Up your game! Up your default tips on SN! :) ](https://stacker.news/items/8617)
    - 1047 sats \ 7 comments \ @nout \ ~bitcoin \ `January 21, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 45.6k stacked \ 32.1k spent \ 26 items \ `January 21, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 21, 2024`
- @PlebTag
    - 12.1k stacked \ 0 spent \ 0 items \ `January 21, 2023`
- @nout
    - 1078 stacked \ 358 spent \ 10 items \ `January 21, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/852158?commentId=858371 on [🚀 Will Bitcoin be above $98K on January 24th? 🌟](https://stacker.news/items/852158)
    - 1014 sats \ 5 replies \ @Imyourfed \ `January 21, 2025`
        > Hey, just to let you know, I still can't see those shares in the shareholders list. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/395461?commentId=395627 on [Fedimint is Self-Custodial](https://stacker.news/items/395461)
    - 11.1k sats \ 9 replies \ @calle \ `January 21, 2024`
        > Please let's not start saying that ecash is self-custodial. It is not. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/124816?commentId=125005 on [Prediction market: Will ethereum enable withdrawals in March? ](https://stacker.news/items/124816)
    - 5250 sats \ 5 replies \ @orthwyrm \ `January 21, 2023`
        > Nah, not by March. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8627?commentId=8631 on [Example of a site protected by a PlebPay paywall](https://stacker.news/items/8627)
    - 31 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout \ `January 21, 2022`
        > I like that the unlock stays sticky even if I use the same link later 🍌🍞 [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 31.9k stacked \ 12.1k revenue \ 58.8k spent \ 225 items \ `January 21, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 17.3k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 21k spent \ 216 items \ `January 21, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 25.8k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 34k spent \ 283 items \ `January 21, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 1706 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1807 spent \ 46 items \ `January 21, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 21

#### Top Posts
- [Ross Ulbricht pardon coming tonight or tomorrow according to LP chair](https://stacker.news/items/858174)
    - 1613 sats \ 42 comments \ @nichro \ ~bitcoin \ `January 20, 2025`
- [a metaphor about creating art](https://stacker.news/items/395051)
    - 8888 sats \ 34 comments \ @plebpoet \ ~art \ `January 20, 2024`
- [Will Nostr put people back in control of their data?](https://stacker.news/items/124871)
    - 2663 sats \ 51 comments \ @phaedrus \ ~nostr \ `January 20, 2023`
- [Ari Juels is an enemy of Bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/8547)
    - 795 sats \ 9 comments \ @ugmug \ ~bitcoin \ `January 20, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 35.4k stacked \ 10.9k spent \ 11 items \ `January 20, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 20, 2024`
- @Tribyu
    - 4441 stacked \ 5152 spent \ 6 items \ `January 20, 2023`
- @ugmug
    - 650 stacked \ 4 spent \ 2 items \ `January 20, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/857431?commentId=857435 on [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 5,000 CCs](https://stacker.news/items/857431)
    - 5393 sats \ 2 replies \ @Lux \ `January 20, 2025`
        > ![](https://m.stacker.news/73830) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/394486?commentId=394846 on [Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list](https://stacker.news/items/394486)
    - 2580 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b \ `January 20, 2024`
        > If you're looking for something like it and you thinking about the ethics of technology broadly, I highly recommend reading [Ted Kazinsky's Manifesto](https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Society-Its-Future-Unabomber/dp/B086Y5JY5K/). [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/124816?commentId=124830 on [Prediction market: Will ethereum enable withdrawals in March? ](https://stacker.news/items/124816)
    - 5250 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture \ `January 20, 2023`
        > No [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8491?commentId=8497 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/8491)
    - 43 sats \ 13 replies \ @cointastical \ `January 20, 2022`
        > Here's another feature to consider. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 10.1k stacked \ 4505 revenue \ 27.5k spent \ 168 items \ `January 20, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 35.2k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 40.3k spent \ 158 items \ `January 20, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 12.5k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 24.6k spent \ 386 items \ `January 20, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 895 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1027 spent \ 59 items \ `January 20, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 20

#### Top Posts
- [Bambu Lab Update Introduces New Mandatory Authorization System](https://stacker.news/items/856293)
    - 796 sats \ 4 comments \ @k00b \ ~DIY \ `January 19, 2025`
- [Fiat Games on Bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/394165)
    - 15.1k sats \ 12 comments \ @jimmysong \ ~bitcoin \ `January 19, 2024`
- [Plan B passport AMA w/ KatieTheRussian ](https://stacker.news/items/124300)
    - 13.9k sats \ 55 comments \ @KatieTheRussian \ ~bitcoin \ `January 19, 2023`
- [[bitcoin-dev] Luke-Jr's review of BIP 119 (CTV) proposal for Bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/8439)
    - 226 sats \ 9 comments \ @cointastical \ ~bitcoin \ `January 19, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 26.7k stacked \ 22.8k spent \ 26 items \ `January 19, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 19, 2024`
- @KatieTheRussian
    - 12.4k stacked \ 13 spent \ 14 items \ `January 19, 2023`
- @cointastical
    - 216 stacked \ 73 spent \ 11 items \ `January 19, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/856337?commentId=856631 on [Paying bills in US - looking for opinions](https://stacker.news/items/856337)
    - 2705 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon \ `January 19, 2025`
        > Spritz allows to pay bills, make ACH transfer to your own bank account and it also has a virtual Visa debit/prepaid card. I have used it only to send money to my bank account; haven't tried the bill pay service. The fee is ~3%. If you use bill pay, it's .5% more expensive, so maybe it's a good idea to send the money to your bank account and pay from there instead. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/393658?commentId=393683 on [Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 10,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/393658)
    - 10.5k sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner \ `January 19, 2024`
        > # The tallest mountain in the world is NOT Everest if you measure from base to peak 🏔️ [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/124332?commentId=124508 on [Multiple Linux Backdoors Discovered Targeting Bitcoin Core Developer -LukeDashJr](https://stacker.news/items/124332)
    - 1030 sats \ 5 replies \ @038f02fc23 \ `January 19, 2023`
        > The problem with Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on remote managed servers is that FDE significantly lengthens server outages.  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8270?commentId=8482 on [Bitcoin: The Ignition Of A Scientific Revolution](https://stacker.news/items/8270)
    - 6 sats \ 1 reply \ @bitcoingraffiti \ `January 19, 2022`
        > Like the Netherlands profited from it and became the world power and holding the reserve currency for a while. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~Stacker_Sports
    - 16.4k stacked \ 2721 revenue \ 24.5k spent \ 251 items \ `January 19, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 28.4k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 32.9k spent \ 250 items \ `January 19, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 26.5k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 30.9k spent \ 332 items \ `January 19, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 679 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 848 spent \ 64 items \ `January 19, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 19

#### Top Posts
- [Learning to code: My MVP as inspired by PlebDev](https://stacker.news/items/855511)
    - 7533 sats \ 28 comments \ @BlokchainB \ ~devs \ `January 18, 2025`
- [The Art of Using Stacker News II ⚡️](https://stacker.news/items/392551)
    - 25.5k sats \ 101 comments \ @Natalia \ ~meta \ `January 18, 2024`
- [AMA - Casey Rodarmor creator of Ordinal Theory](https://stacker.news/items/123941)
    - 14.2k sats \ 83 comments \ @rodarmor \ ~bitcoin \ `January 18, 2023`
- [SN release preview: Web of Trust ranking algorithm](https://stacker.news/items/8349)
    - 1358 sats \ 59 comments \ @k00b \ ~meta \ `January 18, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 33.1k stacked \ 13.1k spent \ 11 items \ `January 18, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 18, 2024`
- @rodarmor
    - 11.1k stacked \ 263 spent \ 15 items \ `January 18, 2023`
- @k00b
    - 1148 stacked \ 1250 spent \ 16 items \ `January 18, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/855260?commentId=855281 on [SN Saturday Newsletter 1/18/25](https://stacker.news/items/855260)
    - 1033 sats \ 7 replies \ @deSign_r \ `January 18, 2025`
        > Do you remember my [Latest 23 Weeks of Valuable Data Analysis for Territory Owners](https://stacker.news/items/697943/r/Design_r)? It all started from @grayruby's legendary post [Top SN Territories - 17 weeks later](https://stacker.news/items/486959/r/Design_r) and @supratic's followup post [Decrypting SN KPIs to define the "worthiness" of posting in the right territory](https://stacker.news/items/457310/r/Design_r). I keep doing this analysis from time to time for all territories. It is a great exercise, driven by curiosity, seeking truth in SN data, helps me see which territories are doing well, as I want to learn more to better facilitate similar practices in ~Design. ~Music, ~Stacker_Sports and ~Bitcoin_Beginners are good reference for me. I invite all territory owners[^2] to take a look and try providing quality contents to rise _engagement_. Highlighted in **bold**, territories that have less than a post per day. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/393004?commentId=393094 on [how is fediment ecash different than tokens?](https://stacker.news/items/393004)
    - 2713 sats \ 0 replies \ @_vnprc \ `January 18, 2024`
        > Fedimint is kind of like Liquid without the blockchain. Liquid custodies the pegged-in bitcoin using a miltisig quorum of functionaries. The functionaries also take turns building blocks and validating the blocks that other functionaries build. The blockchain is public so anyone in the world could be surveilling your liquid transactions. You can use confidential transactions to conceal the amount and assets of your transactions but the transaction graph is always publicly visible. I don't understand this feature at all because the transaction graph is more important to your privacy than the amounts. If you have some Liquid tokens and the network goes down or turns malicious you get rugged. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/124071?commentId=124118 on [@omen's bio](https://stacker.news/items/124071)
    - 10k sats \ 1 reply \ @Wumbo \ `January 18, 2023`
        > Welcome, let us know if you have any questions [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8337?commentId=8371 on [Intel To Unveil Bitcoin-mining 'Bonanza Mine' Chip at Upcoming Conference](https://stacker.news/items/8337)
    - 101 sats \ 1 reply \ @cozy \ `January 18, 2022`
        > 👀  [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 8537 stacked \ 14.4k revenue \ 14k spent \ 135 items \ `January 18, 2025`
- ~meta
    - 47.3k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 53.5k spent \ 132 items \ `January 18, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 38.6k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 48.5k spent \ 454 items \ `January 18, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 1348 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1448 spent \ 54 items \ `January 18, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 18

#### Top Posts
- [I Exposed Crypto Scams at an Ordinals Conf in Hong Kong](https://stacker.news/items/854267)
    - 20.7k sats \ 34 comments \ @JoeNakamoto \ ~bitcoin \ `January 17, 2025`
- [Damus going Fedi?](https://stacker.news/items/392123)
    - 14.2k sats \ 27 comments \ @go \ ~ecash \ `January 17, 2024`
- [What's new with Stacker.News and Nostr? (video interview with @k00b)](https://stacker.news/items/123394)
    - 6522 sats \ 13 comments \ @dk \ ~nostr \ `January 17, 2023`
- [Extracting the Private Key from Schnorr Signatures that reuse a Nonce](https://stacker.news/items/8233)
    - 1109 sats \ 1 comment \ @0xB10C \ ~bitcoin \ `January 17, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- stacker is in hiding for `January 17, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 17, 2024`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 17, 2023`
- @0xB10C
    - 1109 stacked \ 3 spent \ 1 item \ `January 17, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/853698?commentId=853770 on [Fun Fact Friday - Best Fun Fact Gets 5,000 CCs](https://stacker.news/items/853698)
    - 5054 sats \ 0 replies \ @suraz \ `January 17, 2025`
        > ![](https://m.stacker.news/73396) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/391593?commentId=391659 on [So...How are We Activating Eltoo (LNSymmetry)?](https://stacker.news/items/391593)
    - 1646 sats \ 7 replies \ @petertodd \ `January 17, 2024`
        > The problem with Eltoo is that removing punishment has serious risks in untrusted environments. Your counterparty can steal a _lot_ of money if they manage to get a revoked state mined, up to almost the entire balance of the channel. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/123226?commentId=123459 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/123226)
    - 1829 sats \ 3 replies \ @mary_imasuen \ `January 17, 2023`
        > A couple of weeks ago I started creating videos about bitcoin lifestyle platforms for SatoshiTV on Youtube.  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8210?commentId=8226 on [HN: YouTube crypto giveaway scams are out of control](https://stacker.news/items/8210)
    - 20 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout \ `January 17, 2022`
        > 20 tasks per day seems fairly manageable volume if we use crowdsourcing for discovery (and hopefully other steps in the process too) and if we get folks on twitter interested and we pitch in some sats.  [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 41.8k stacked \ 6146 revenue \ 62.4k spent \ 236 items \ `January 17, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 37.7k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 58.3k spent \ 339 items \ `January 17, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 21.4k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 40.5k spent \ 423 items \ `January 17, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 1338 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1621 spent \ 76 items \ `January 17, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 17

#### Top Posts
- [Fifteen OFAC-sanctioned transactions missing from blocks](https://stacker.news/items/852420)
    - 13.2k sats \ 5 comments \ @0xB10C \ ~bitcoin \ `January 16, 2025`
- [MINER EXTRACTABLE VALUE & PROGRAMMABLE MONEY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY](https://stacker.news/items/390827)
    - 915 sats \ 3 comments \ @blockstream_official \ ~bitcoin \ `January 16, 2024`
- [Lightning Vault - how to manage secrets in the cloud | bolt.observer](https://stacker.news/items/122942)
    - 899 sats \ 11 comments \ @boltobserver \ ~bitcoin \ `January 16, 2023`
- [VISA survey says that 24% of small businesses plan to accept #Bitcoin in 2022.](https://stacker.news/items/8199)
    - 23 sats \ 9 comments \ @UlfMoby \ ~bitcoin \ `January 16, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 38.8k stacked \ 31k spent \ 22 items \ `January 16, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 16, 2024`
- @k00b
    - 5449 stacked \ 698 spent \ 5 items \ `January 16, 2023`
- @cryptocoin
    - 58 stacked \ 118 spent \ 21 items \ `January 16, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/852590?commentId=852661 on [NFL Divisional Round Pick 'Em](https://stacker.news/items/852590)
    - 5140 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB \ `January 16, 2025`
        > Chiefs  [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/389573?commentId=390230 on [SN release: semantic search](https://stacker.news/items/389573)
    - 0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b \ `January 16, 2024`
        > We like using OpenSearch for search stuff so we store them there. I’m not sure if Postgres supports k-nn in arbitrary dimensions. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/123119?commentId=123122 on [Hello Lightning world!](https://stacker.news/items/123119)
    - 523 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr \ `January 16, 2023`
        > welcome to SN! [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8199?commentId=8208 on [VISA survey says that 24% of small businesses plan to accept #Bitcoin in 2022.](https://stacker.news/items/8199)
    - 45 sats \ 3 replies \ @ugmug \ `January 16, 2022`
        > I'm just waiting for Square terminals to accept BTC via LN. Once you onboard merchants to self custody, it's game on. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 16k stacked \ 13.6k revenue \ 24.8k spent \ 133 items \ `January 16, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 55.8k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 88.6k spent \ 372 items \ `January 16, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 10.8k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 27.4k spent \ 313 items \ `January 16, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 178 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1057 spent \ 44 items \ `January 16, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 16

#### Top Posts
- [Dumping a fork coin doesn't crash its price](https://stacker.news/items/851168)
    - 22k sats \ 73 comments \ @Scoresby \ ~bitcoin \ `January 15, 2025`
- [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 25,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/388718)
    - 1253 sats \ 154 comments \ @sn \ ~bitcoin \ `January 15, 2024`
- [Bitcoin Hypermonetization: Bubble Talk (2013) — 2 minute bitcoin](https://stacker.news/items/122585)
    - 427 sats \ 1 comment \ @2minutebitcoin \ ~bitcoin \ `January 15, 2023`
- [👀 Pleb Lab looking for Office Space](https://stacker.news/items/8143)
    - 1005 sats \ 5 comments \ @ThrillerX_ \ ~bitcoin \ `January 15, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 64.9k stacked \ 47.1k spent \ 27 items \ `January 15, 2025`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 15, 2024`
- @k00b
    - 4484 stacked \ 1914 spent \ 1 item \ `January 15, 2023`
- stacker is in hiding for `January 15, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/836563?commentId=851311 on [LN Roulette – A Lightning-Powered, Provably Fair Roulette Game](https://stacker.news/items/836563)
    - 100 sats \ 18 replies \ @nout \ `January 15, 2025`
        > You are **generating the number 16 more often** than other numbers and insiders use it to squeeze money out of others!!?! [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/388718?commentId=388719 on [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 25,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/388718)
    - 25.4k sats \ 2 replies \ @BitByBit21 \ `January 15, 2024`
        > ![Cat And Cat Cake 14012024072753.jpg](https://m.stacker.news/12306) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/121819?commentId=122487 on [First ever!! (lol) multiparty-S6 N party adaptor swap with musig! (on signet)](https://stacker.news/items/121819)
    - 1948 sats \ 3 replies \ @windsok \ `January 15, 2023`
        > my very basic understanding is that this allows a coinjoin to happen between multiple parties, but instead of having a single large coinjoin transaction that has everyone's inputs and outputs each party sends their own individual transaction. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/8090?commentId=8101 on [Daily discussion thread](https://stacker.news/items/8090)
    - 22 sats \ 15 replies \ @k00b \ `January 15, 2022`
        > I’m getting married today. [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~bitcoin
    - 31.6k stacked \ 6218 revenue \ 50.9k spent \ 234 items \ `January 15, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 45.5k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 53.4k spent \ 567 items \ `January 15, 2024`
- ~bitcoin
    - 13.3k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 35.3k spent \ 306 items \ `January 15, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 1434 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 1707 spent \ 78 items \ `January 15, 2022`

This Day on SN: January 15

#### Top Posts
- [The Pleb Economist #2: Politics is Provably Hard](https://stacker.news/items/849906)
    - 17.3k sats \ 20 comments \ @SimpleStacker \ ~econ \ `January 14, 2025`
- [mx12.art - Magazine Covers, Now Treasured Bitcoin Collectibles](https://stacker.news/items/387848)
    - 378 sats \ 4 comments \ @mx12art \ ~art \ `January 14, 2024`
- [Real p2p one-click bitcoin tipping on the astral.ninja Nostr client #Value4Value](https://stacker.news/items/122231)
    - 10.6k sats \ 7 comments \ @bumi \ ~nostr \ `January 14, 2023`
- [How I became homeless and unbanked in Amsterdam and then became Bitcoin millionaire](https://stacker.news/items/7964)
    - 5135 sats \ 17 comments \ @HomelessMokum \ ~bitcoin \ `January 14, 2022`
#### Top Stackers
- @k00b
    - 57k stacked \ 20.6k spent \ 15 items \ `January 14, 2025`
- @antic
    - 13.1k stacked \ 112 spent \ 1 item \ `January 14, 2024`
- @bumi
    - 9412 stacked \ 170 spent \ 2 items \ `January 14, 2023`
- @HomelessMokum
    - 5059 stacked \ 0 spent \ 3 items \ `January 14, 2022`
#### Top Comments
- https://stacker.news/items/848682?commentId=849676 on [Meme Monday - Best Bitcoin Meme Gets 10,000 Sats](https://stacker.news/items/848682)
    - 10.1k sats \ 0 replies \ @itsTomekK \ `January 14, 2025`
        > ![](https://m.stacker.news/72897) [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/387918?commentId=387960 on [What's your "ritual" for reading a book smoothly?](https://stacker.news/items/387918)
    - 2284 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coyote_Cosmico \ `January 14, 2024`
        > **1 - "Bookend" the day.** Reading first thing in the morning (especially before going online in any fashion) and then reading at night before sleep. [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/122396?commentId=122406 on [Is there a crowd fund site for Bitcoiners?](https://stacker.news/items/122396)
    - 1793 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin \ `January 14, 2023`
        > https://geyser.fund [...]
- https://stacker.news/items/7964?commentId=8044 on [How I became homeless and unbanked in Amsterdam and then became Bitcoin millionaire](https://stacker.news/items/7964)
    - 24 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical \ `January 14, 2022`
        > A couple posts you might find useful: [...]
#### Top Territories
- ~meta
    - 17.8k stacked \ 1232 revenue \ 26.4k spent \ 126 items \ `January 14, 2025`
- ~bitcoin
    - 21.2k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 24.8k spent \ 219 items \ `January 14, 2024`
- ~nostr
    - 11.1k stacked \ 0 revenue \ 12.4k spent \ 32 items \ `January 14, 2023`
- ~bitcoin
    - 5428 stacked \ 0 revenue \ 5721 spent \ 93 items \ `January 14, 2022`