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 If someone gave you 20btc to never mention bitcoin again on nostr, would you be able to do it? (Making an alt is not allowed). 
 Just the word "bitcoin"? Or am I still able to mention the concepts, hard money, lightning, liquid, main chain, etc ..? 
 No no, nothing. Zero. Not even bitcointwitter in-jokes allowed. 
 Dammit! .. 🤔 .. 

I'll take the 20btc then .. do you need my onchain address, or are you going to #zap me in cumulative small amounts? 👀 
 If you fail you have to pay me 40btc.

Deal? 
 Now you're changing the rules .. 🤔 .. I'll just take stock, move some sats around and see what we can do ..  
 I'd probably fail within the first hour by complaining about bitcoin price tourettes lol 
 I’d probably leave #nostr for that 
 Sure. Then start a movement to create a nostr clone, migrate everyone over, and resume my conversation.  
 Yep, i barely mention it as it is, got far too much going to endlessly prattle on about my weekly DCA... 😂😂 
 Yes

Can still talk bitcoin IRL  
 I think you are onto something here. Inverse zapping. You acquire bitcoin the longer you go without talking about bitcoin.  
 This should be a client! 
 Probably not.  I love bitcoin too much to stop talking about it. 
 200btc? 
 I don't think it would matter the amount.  I think I really like talking about it and wanting others to get some as well.  Plus, if I had that much, I'd be a target for all kinds of nefarious people.  I don't think I'd want to live like that.   
 5000btc 
 Tempting indeed, but I don't know what I'd do with that much bitcoin, especially if I couldn't talk about it anymore.  Nah, I think I'm good.  Thank you for the thought experiment. 
 Yes 
 I would pay the person back the 20btc to never mention it again either