Oddbean new post about login | logout I completely forgot about chain letters. Got a few in the mail in the 80s. A few emails in the early 90s. Did the Nigerian Prince kill the chain letters? Will we have to promise great luck and fortune or threaten disaster if not compiled within 24hrs?
The modern day age is send me one bitcoin and I'll send you two back.
So much focus on fixing money’s problems, but minority reporters are gonna be the apex of this world. 🕷️ By design and stuff on designs side of things 🍎
A precision that makes those wild western shootouts a primitive predatory practice.
Human scum if to semper fi.
But that's missing the chain aspect. Should be "send 1k sats to the 5 people below, add your name to the top of the list, take the bottom name off, and forward to 5 people" or something like that, no?
The starter of the chain is always the most profitable. The killer of the chain is the risk. The spamming of the audience is the work. The profit potential is 3.9M sats at 1k sats per chain name for each chain that goes 5 deep without interruption. But I don't think anyone is dumb enough to do it. nostr:nevent1qqs80qknr9q04ew24g85y0k4ghn3v4q5kanghm64letyah2prpvrcvgpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0qgs9mlevh95n35gtrrj98205xk4jx3w0fsrddkthqjax7rcyagr76csrqsqqqqqpde7mm7
To clarify the math: Add your name to the top, take the 5th name off the bottom. Each forwards to 5 people and with the same instructions Would end up: 5 5x5 5x25 5x125 5x625 = Potential 3,905,000 Now, in reality, the same people would likely get spammed the same message and the we'd track down who the asshole is that started this mess and insta block.