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 what do i do once i get sats? #asknostr 
 Hodl and learn about Bitcoin 😅 
 what's a hodl? 
 Holding Bitcoin 
 i thought it was a digital currency  
 It's a mispelling of the word hold that someone had typed in a drunk forum post.

People liked it, it became a bit of a meme and now it is part of culture to say hodl instead of hold when talking about bitcoin. 
 Tell people in the supermarket about them 
 Hodl  
 Zap me when I post memes 
 i tried to zap you and nothing happened 
 Keep 'em long term, sor use them to zap others, causes you support or content you like/appreciate. 
 i see 😊  how much are they worth? 
 Depends on what's your local currency. Where I am 1000 sats equals $4.00 TTD, which is $0.59 USD. But bitcoin doesn't lose value like fiat currencies do so it's a pretty great savings technology  
 wait....1000 sats is only worth 50 cents? 
 I would say it like this: 50 cents are currently worth 1000 sats. And the best part is: While the 50 cent are diluted permanently, your 1000 sats will never be diluted because there always will only be 21 Million Bitcoin. 
 Get more sats. 
 Hold them. Or use it to zap content that you like so you encourage people to post more of it. 
 hold them until when?  
 Hold a big portion, spend a small portion (zaps for example). When you got around $1,000 worth of Sats, ask again. 
 at this rate that will be in 50 years 😂  
 1 sat is 100 millionth of a Bitcoin. Sats are basically bitcoin. You might heard Bitcoin is slow and expensive to transact which in some scenarios is true, but this sats you received are transacting on the lightning netvork which is like a faster side layer next to a Bitcoin Blockchain. The cost of transaction are in dollars term almost nothing. 

Lightning netvork ⚡ is incredible sufficient for micropayments which are not possible with our traditional payment mechanism. With lightning you can transact a fraction of a centbin dollar terms. 

Zaps are like tips when we like or see value in someone's notes (post) they post we se value in that and nostr is probably the best way for V4V (value for value). 

I've made clean and easy (conversion calculator)[https://satoshi.si/converter.html] where you can check the price of sats you received or how much bitcoin you can get for some currency. Drag currencies up down or swipe them away if not needed. 

So in short, If some meme from someone makes you laughed out loud zap ⚡ the shit out of them with a sat or two. 

Or if somehow get caught in the Bitcoin conversation you can say "oh yes Bitcoin I pay my favourite blogger with Bitcoin"

 
 thank you, this is very helpful 
 HODL, zap other people, go to El Salvador and buy pupusas, buy stuff on Bitrefill, convert to fiat if you need money to buy tacos and they don't accept bitcoin...

Download Strike if you don't have it. You can shop on Bitrefill right in the Strike app. Also, you can. convert sats to fiat just by sending them to your Strike cash wallet.

Feel free to use my Strike ref code https://invite.strike.me/SY9S0J
 
 thanks! 😂 i'll definitely check out strike. 
 If you’re in the US, you’ll get $5 after you make your first deposit if you use my ref code. I suggest converting the $5 to bitcoin. 😀