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https://m.primal.net/HyjZ.png  
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 🎯 
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 about right https://image.nostr.build/002c9644724801199754d869fa8ef30209ac30088873386f946c1619c8b3eec8.png nostr stats was 800K  - btcatlantis24 was booster event
one week surge ~200K fro sure why 
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 👀👀👀 Indeed. Quite the jump. 
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 Degen halving bots? 
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 i joined on april 11th lol 
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 Probably the Dan "Hello World" Spam Bot ... that would fit the date: https://nostrrr.com/relay/welcome.nostr.wine 
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 Have bots got more sophisticated recently? To include bio details? Addresses? 
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 not much sophistication required with LLMs 
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 But they have ln addresses? 🤔 
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 Are LN addresses a rare commodity?

Although I have to admit that this time I did not get any new phantom followers (but I'm sure two thirds of my followers are bots) 
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 You need: a domain
You get: infinite LN addresses 
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 I was wondering about that. Maybe clients aren't showing follow but follows.

But yeah I probably have about 10 real followers.

I appear to have more followers than the entirety of nostr's active users 
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 yes - generating scripted npub n posting is counted in those 
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 Would they have to be somehow verified actual, rather than hibberish ln addresses? Unique addresses? I'm just thinking how nostrband works with their stats 🤔 
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 There is no verified LN address 
 There is no verified LN address 
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 I meant verified just as working as opposed to simply
 gibberish9574849374@getalby.com