"Oh, I don't recognize those Disney characters! Where are they from? Is that a burning bank?"
"The dog is @yellow , chicken is @Don_Tsell , and octopus is @proofofink. They're grown men who quit their fiat jobs to shitpost on Twitter and publish @StackchainMag. I contribute"
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Jackson Tavel just left newest ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!
The Bitcoin Dog offers a brilliant exploration of Bitcoin, providing insights at both the low-level technical details and high-level concepts behind why Bitcoin has value. Will Schoellkopf does an excellent job of breaking down complex source code into simple, easy-to-understand "doggy treats" that anyone can digest! This book was instrumental in deepening my technical understanding of how Bitcoin functions and how its essential mechanisms create value.
I absolutly loved it and found it hilarious! Will be endorcing this book to other beginner Bitcoiners.
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FIRST BOOST!
Looks like you buried the lead in the podcast description, but it bears repeating:
LA DODGERS ARE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!
https://fountain.fm/episode/ohHzjiNxXruJtDLZlmBk
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[10:21] Listen to @realBitcoinDog pod _It's So Early!_ on fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/sEHPflcpCHZ9Pv6yPxAX
Join the discussion on @SNhttps://stacker.news/items/748261/r/realBitcoinDog@DarthCoin@grayruby@Undisciplined@k00b@ek@0xbitcoiner@nym@Joakim Book@TwentyOneFutures@bitcoinpup
# It's so early!
I'm your host, Will Schoellkopf, @realBitcoinDog, author of _The Bitcoin Dog, Following the Scent to the Bitcoin C++ Source Code_, _Bitcoin Girl: Save the World_, and short story contributor to the fiction anthology @21futures, _Tales from the Time Chain_. Happy to be recording another episode for you stackers today. I'll offer my quick thoughts and reflections and proposals.
# Having a Coffee Date with Anxiety
Yesterday, @plebpoet made a post titled, [Having a Coffee Date with Anxiety](https://stacker.news/items/746828/r/realBitcoinDog). And it interested me, it intrigued me. Definitely the posts in @DesertDave ~Alter_native are some of the most interesting on the site. And it was a bit of a long one, so I saved it to read later. And sure enough, I did read it later. And @plebpoet talked about how it is dealing with anxiety and how to face it head on. So of course, I actually took the time to write a pretty good, pretty [long reply](https://stacker.news/items/746828/r/realBitcoinDog?commentId=747359) back just saying, hey, I mean, I know what you mean in terms of anxiety, just sharing about myself with this stacker news experiment. It's a lot of anxiety. You know, it's one anxiety when you're on Reddit and you're making a post and you hope people like it and you hope they give up votes. But certainly having a monetary incentive in zaps really ups the stakes. I mean, stacker news, once you stumble on this opportunity, at least for me, it's certainly been hard to let it go. As much as I can say over and over, you need to stack friends instead of stack sats or you'll have a bad time. It is continually on my mind, this idea of stacking sats. So the funny thing for me was this was just a long, genuine reply for me. And all @plebpoet had to say was that, to be honest, it looked like [ass milking drivel](https://stacker.news/items/746828/r/realBitcoinDog?commentId=747373) to him. So hey, to each their own. So be it. I have a thick skin. I'm not one to be torn, torn down by the comments. That's the best part of stacker news, of course, is I can see how many sats my reply was zapped. And certainly his reply calling me out for ass milking got more zaps. What's interesting for me is there are certainly plenty other posts I've done that are much more targeted at getting people to zap. And that one wasn't. But so it goes. But it did make me think about, because again,
# I'm still on the hunt for starting a territory.
I mean, it's not going to be the am I the a-hole territory. Thank you all for honoring that experiment on this podcast. But I really enjoy the work @grayruby is doing and @Undisciplined is doing. Thank you for being loyal followers. And I do really get joy out of the cheap, easy hits on ~stacker_sports, those easy ones of who's watching the Thursday night football game or the Monday night football game or who's watching the World Series. And I think what it is, is because, of course, I have friends in real life to talk to on Facebook or Telegram, et cetera. But it's definitely a fun, interesting community, actually on Stacker News to have, you know, this this group of friends that we have here. And reflecting on my own, one of the things that I like to do with a very, very small circle of friends is we go on runs. We don't go on runs together.
# We do daily runs.
But we use this app called Strava. And at the end of every run, we go ahead and we take a screenshot of our run, our accolades, and message it into each other in a group chat. And, of course, we talk in the group chat, too. But a lot of this group chat is just us thumbs uping each other, doing these runs, and giving that encouragement. And that was one of the things @grayruby told me about for the Am I the A-Hole. Part of the thing to know your audience for Stacker News is it's a very private group, you know, it's very public, it's the internet, people don't want to reveal their private identity any more than they have to. And that's where it'd be tough to share a very personal Am I the A-Hole story. But when it comes to working out and lifting and runs, that would be very easy, because it's just exercise information. Of course, an app like MapMyRun or Strava, you would maybe not want to reveal the route you ran if you wanted to be more private, or you might not want to reveal your profile name. But you could always crop your photo to just show the run statistics or likewise working out if you use the Strongman app or any other app for tracking your workouts, or you keep a note on your phone or spreadsheet, you know, whatever you do, or even just a picture of the weights in the gym to say I went to the gym today. That would be fun to actually make a territory or just saying, hey, I did a workout, I did a run, I did an exercise, very little thought into it, just sharing joy, spreading joy, and everyone in the territory doing a circle zap around. I looked and
# there is a territory already called ~Health
but it was started in December of last year and has a very high 1000 sat post entry fee. So there's very few posts in that territory. And even then those posts had a tough time hitting 1000 sets just to cover their post cost. So I think there would be room for a ~stacker_fitness territory,
# I'd call it ~stacker_fitness.
And in salutation to @grayruby and his ~stacker_sports to call it ~stacker_fitness. And I would keep the post cost very low 69, 42, or 21. Because it is meant to just be throw away pay to post. And then everyone just zaps in support. And if they comment, great, but just that fun community positive encouragement feel. I saw @grayruby posting 100 push ups a day till 100k. But that's the thing is he makes that post at the top. And then there's nobody commenting or nobody replying. There's just no traffic in that territory. But daily posting, that could really be fun. And if some other stacker wants to really set up exercise pools like that, they could do that. But I'm just trying to clue into myself what are the behaviors that I already like to do and already enjoy. So and then bring that to stacker news. Additionally, the other territory idea I had was,
# I love meta analytics for stacker news.
I mean, wow, I really feel like I'm on track for a fifth week in a row of making the top meta posts. @k00b posted about immortal communities. And I made a post called [Make stacker news mortal again](https://stacker.news/items/746614/r/realBitcoinDog), what is dead may never die. And that got over 1000 sats. So let's do it. I mean, why why not have that be the way that I make a territory so I can continue to do my own statistics, my own meta analysis, make a territory not called ~meta, but ~meta21.
# And the goal of this territory is literally just to undercut @k00b at the knees.
Granted, everybody wins as long as people post on stacker news, right? But @k00b has a hefty 202 sat fee to pay to post to ~meta. And so my ~meta21 would just be the exact same thing as meta for the same purpose. But I would undercut the posting cost to be 10x cheaper, only 21 sats to post. And at 10x cheaper, anyone who wants to talk about stacker news in these parts. If it's that much cheaper, they might be compelled to post it in my ~meta21 instead of ~meta. And then I would definitely have a field day just charting out and graphing making Excel sheets of how many posts still go on in ~meta anyway, versus how many posts go to my ~meta21. Instead, just
# territory on territory warfare
stake my claim in stacker news. We're gonna have a better meta, meta 21 with blackjack and hookers and cheaper pay to post. So I think it's a little more. Oh, there we go. It's a little tougher because I like @k00b and I don't want to just so obviously try to take over a territory he has. But I think @k00b would be supportive. I think in general, people have been supportive of me testing the boundaries of this stacker news experiment in every place that we have. So let's, let's have fun. Let's see it. Let's do it. I am finally gaining sats again. I've updated my zapping habits and stacking habits so that I am actually stacking sats. I still would be interested in @grayruby or @Coinsreporter, or anyone was interested in going in on the cost of the territory with me, because 100,000 stats is pretty steep. But that's the latest. Clearly, like @grayruby found, we did not have all the territories fall apart, there's much more room to grow. And I will end this episode to say, it's so early!
If anyone ever bought bitcoin at any price and never sold it, they’re officially in profit. NEW ALL TIME HIGH! 😎
But we’re never taking profits because we’re NEVER SELLING! 🚀
What happened?? Why did they get rid of splits??
You should post links to your pods to Stacker News. Ppl zap like crazy over there! Easy way to spread awareness and get more value4value sats. DM me and I’ll give u referral link with free 1000 sats!
[AITA] I was the first CEO to buy $250M, but call you paranoid crypto anarchists
Look, I’m the CEO who is pumping your bags to make your great great grandchildren rich, ok?
I got a lot of metaphors:
digital energy
thermodynamically sound money
cyber hornets
the island of Manhattan
I haven’t been hiding anything. Institutional adoption. The public company playbook. You do not sell your bitcoin. It’s going up forever, Laura!
You like what I’ve done to the fiat price of your bags? Everything I said is true. There is no second best.
But have you been listening to @DarthCoin? Have you listened to my words?
You’re not getting rid of the dollar. You’re not replacing the dollar. Every company, every CEO does dollar cost accounting. You’re not switching all those systems to a bitcoin standard. Think like a giant ocean liner. Think of the physics of the water. You think you’re turning that thing around? No. You know why? Because there’s Fortune 500 other ocean liners out there headed in the same direction.
I’m gonna generate yield on your Bitcoin. Give it to me. I’ll custody it and give you 5% back selling covered call options on your Bitcoin. This is generational wealth that’ll outlive you for 1000 years.
@DarthCoin says to
spend your sats wisely.
@DarthCoin is a paranoid crypto anarchist. The government isn’t going to kick down your door and seize your Bitcoin. I don’t even know who @DarthCoin is but what happened to him in his journey would never happen in the United States.
I’m the Giga Chad. I’m Bitcoin’s poster boy pumping your bags to BlackRock and tradfi and the rest of the corporate press. I didn’t just post some lightning guides on some obscure website.
Vote in the poll below on @SN . Between me and @DarthCoin, Am I the A-hole?
You’ll get zapped if you leave a juicy comment by @siggy47@grayruby@0xbitcoiner@k00b@ek@Undisciplined@nym@Joakim Book@bitcoinpup@TwentyOneFutures They love zapping on Stacker News!
https://stacker.news/items/741931/r/realBitcoinDog
Dear Nostr,
Yesterday I was at my daughter's daycare "Fall Festival" event. It was great! They cordoned off the parking lot and setup all these booths and tents with free games for the daycare kids, parents, and extended family to play.
My friend, a fellow father, was there with not just his daugher, but also his grandfather-in-law. He introduced me to him as a great Dad, but also as his bitcoin friend. Literally that was all he said, and I hadn't said anything yet. Unsolicited the grandfather starts,
"Let me tell you the story about The Man on Monkey Island. You see, there once was a man on and island who told all the villagers that he'd buy any monkey they had for $100. Any monkey! The villagers gladly handed over any monkeys.
Then, he told them he'd pay $500 for any monkey they had. Any monkey! Well the villagers went crazy for this, grabbing any monkey they could find and selling it to him. Sure enough he bought every single one.
Then, he told them he was leaving on a two week vacation, but when he came back, he would buy any monkeys they had for $1000 each! Well, in his absence, the villagers all went to his third party agent, and bought all the monkeys the agent could sell them.
Except this time, the Man on Monkey Island never returned."
I've never seen a grandfather so smug in my life. I just smiled and said, "Thanks for the story. Sounds like Bitcoin is too risky for you." And I pocketed my orange pill instead of shoving it down his throat.
You see, he's a grandfather. He's set in his ways. And with unsolicited stories like these, he's probably convinced himself he's got enough fiat to comfortably retire if he hasn't retired already. Save my orange pill for someone who wants it.
I texted my friend later,
"Btw I'm glad I dropped it because I wanna be on good terms! But what I would've said to your grandfather-in-law is that unlike The Man on Monkey Island, Bitcoin has been around for 15 years and its market value has grown into a trillion dollar asset class."
My friend replied,
"You're totally fine. His idea of money management is paying someone else to do it."
My friend hasn't bought any bitcoin yet. That's why I'm the one who's his bitcoin friend. Was I right to pocket the orange pill for Grandpa?
Get zapped sats to join the conversation on @SN with @k00b@DarthCoin@grayruby@Undisciplined@ek@nym@siggy47@Joakim Book@TwentyOneFutures@0xbitcoinerhttps://stacker.news/items/741076/r/realBitcoinDog
Thanks,
@realBitcoinDog
Glad you found it engaging! Love your optimism that we don’t know until we try!
It’s just for fun. If we never found the territory it’ll be ok too. Is the way I left my mark, my legacy, is I founded the AITA? Territory? 🤣🤣
@River CEO @leishman made an impression on me!
You personally sent me my first ever River Link text referral for some free Bitcoin. Since then not only have I stacked fee free with monthly DCA, but also I have now too finally successfully referred someone to get off zero.
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I'm inviting you to join me on River. Get up to $100 when you sign up with my link and buy Bitcoin! https://river.com/signup?r=2DBGIJXUhttps://m.primal.net/LNLt.jpg
Price DOES matter. For most, it’s that sticker shock of a high price that makes us take the plunge down to rabbit hole to figure out how we were wrong. And once you swallow the orange pill, you’re done.
Come for the Number Go Up. Stay for the once-in-a-civilization Monetary Revolution.🫡 @bitcoinpup
Just forked Stacker News! Fork #107. First Fork in 3 months!
Wake up Sheeple! Free Open Source Software powering a high signal Bitcoin community!
Sats built-in as a required feature! No fake “SN Credits.” Withdraw direct to external wallet. ⚡️works p2p💪
@ek and @k00b develop the code for free! Don’t trust. Verify the algorithm to see for yourself what floats to the top. Put your sats where your mouth is! IT’s SO EARLY!
@grayruby brings the content. Turns out we’re already too late to Bitcoin 😭. It’s not just cypherpunks anymore. There’s sports ball fans 🏈🏀⚾️
Verify my fork for yourself. And GFY! (Go Fork Yourself!)
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Great Arctic Protocol Multisig review by @bitcoinpup!
Bark! Bark! “While much of this is just best practice, I will be the first to admit that some elements of my security setup are excessively complex and driven by my own situation and preferences.”
Heart of you can relate! 😅
https://bitcoinbarks.com/Barks/Reviewing-Arctic-Fortress-A-BitcoinBark/
It doesn’t concern me if $MSTR over performs $BTC. I’m not buying Bitcoin as a means to earn more Dollars. I’m replacing my fiat with hard money.
You buy #Bitcoin to have more dollars.
I buy #Bitcoin to have less dollars.
WE ARE NOT THE SAME!
Shout out @joakimbook!🫡
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This is a good take. Buying MSTR is not a proxy for buying Bitcoin. If you want to invest in companies to get higher returns, that’s for you to decide! But I am looking to save. Hence, Bitcoin.
@OmniFinn great feature on @SwanBitcoin!
You’re absolutely right! While the Tom Hanks rom com “You’ve Got Mail!” is dated now and a faulty premise, it was relevant at the time.
I hope one day Bitcoin stories are just as “dated” because of widespread use
https://youtu.be/mbUCWo41hOs
@bitcoinpup I totally didn’t realize you went NOSTR only until just now! Glad I can continue to support your content 🫡
Saw this cuz u did a repost! The system works!
I’m definitely appreciating following you on NOSTR to follow along with your creative process on novel writing! I used to write nonfiction Bitcoin books, but the fiction ones got people much more engaged, so fiction is my focus.
Thanks for sharing!
Commish @davidt just BROKE the NOSTR algorithm, making history!! 200k Sat prize delivered friction free and publicly auditable not just on-chain or private lightning, but via Zap!
It lets all of NOSTR know that @Coffee ☕ is the king of making NOSTR Football Survivor pools, and @grayruby on Stacker News!
This is what it looks like to have the MOST-ZAPPED Note in the last 4 hours! Thanks @Derek Ross for giving me the idea to advertise our community in this way from your recent podcast with @lukedewolf@knutsvanholm!
@jack was right. NOSTR is unstoppable!
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Ha I just donated some books to the Peer-to-Pier Santa Monica Bitcoin festival coming up!!
But yes highly recommend you read. Anyone who has read it has loved it! If you leave an Amazon review I’ll definitely send you a personal signed copy. I’ll wanna know your favorite parts! Can do .epub to read on iPhone, or kindle, paperback, or hardcover:)
I had so much fun writing! Hope you finish your tattoo💪
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