As few may know, on Feb 20, 2019 Zeus was born (on Github). Yes this post is on Feb 19th, I know, but only wanted to say in advance "Happy Birthday Zeus !" 😂😂😂
https://m.stacker.news/130956
So today is its 7th birthday and is a special year for Zeus Wallet, for the coming v0.13 that has major changes and new features.
For this, I would like to write this eulogy post on SN. For the continuous unstoppable work of Evan Kaloudis and his team working almost every day, releasing new improved Zeus version relentlessly.
Zeus is one of the oldest, strongest and most complete Bitcoin and Lightning app that exist nowadays. I have no words to describe their amazing work making this LN app, for so many years now.
And I know for sure they will never stop, they will always improve and also stay put on Bitcoin ethos.
Yes, SEVEN is a magical number and I think this year 2026 will be the Zeus year.
Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be written
So it shall be done
For those that don't know, these verses are an excerpt from Iron Maiden song "Seventh Son of the Seventh Son" (1988) and here they are presenting this song in 1988 in Birmingham, pure heavy metal with very important lyrics.
https://m.stacker.news/130958
Why important? Because the meaning of the "Seventh Son" have legendary meanings of healing and getting stronger.
It is also linked to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sages_of_Greece. Was the title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7th–6th centuries BCE who were renowned for their wisdom.
Would be Zeus wallet the Bitcoin cure of the year of 2026 ?
Will have to see, but we will never forget that SEVEN is a magical number. A lucky and healing number.
So no more to say, praise Zeus in its 7th year !
May The Bitcoin Be With You All !
Don't forget to read all my Zeus guides:
- https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/zeus-graduated-wallet-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/getting-started-zeus-wallet-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/zeus-node-advanced-usage-en.html
- https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/private-ln-channels-types-en.html
congrats ZEUS and @evankaloudis!
Yes indeed!!! HBD Zeus And Evan! I use Zeus everyday!!
When I get a smartphone, it'll be my wallet too! Hahaha
What is Stacker News?
It is a social media platform intentionally created to enable a P2P V4V BTC denominated community.
Originally Stacker News (SN) custodyed sats on behalf of participants but the threat of government regulatory prosecution on the pretext of money transmitter forced a move away from the custody of sats by the platform to the platform enabling participants to send sats via their wallets.
To achieve this participants need to attach wallets to both send and receive sats.
Where participants do not or cannot attach LN wallets transactions will often default to Cowboy Credits.
This change was a compromise forced by the threat of government prosecution.
The difficulty of attaching both sending and receiving wallets is moderate- it takes some effort and newbie or non tech people may struggle with it, but most competent Bitcoiners can succeed in attaching wallets and thus enabling sats denominated P2P transactions.
But a number of Stackers have chosen not to attach wallets- in particular sending wallets which enable you to send sats into the SN community.
Very few have attached just a sending wallet- many have attach just a receiving wallet.
Those who only attach a receiving wallet can receive sats from others but cannot send sats into the community. They may feel that as content providers they have no need or obligation to send sats into and within the SN community. I disagree.
Where these receive but not send (horse but no gun) Stackers proclaim to be Bitcoiners but refuse to enable a sending wallet they are demonstrably hypocrits. They claim they want to build and grow the BTC LN MoE network but they cannot be bothered contributing toward that growth by attaching a sending wallet and demonstrating they are not just talking, but are also walking and supporting a sats denominated platform.
If we do not use the LN wherever and whenever we can it will not grow and develop.
Some claim it is too hard to attach wallets- its too hard on their self custody nodes or wallets- this just highlights how much work the LN still needs before it is capable of anything approaching 100% reliable MoE capability.
But the best way to grow and strengthen the LN is it use it – despite its remaining flaws and glitches.
When wallets are supported by people using them they receives transaction fees and can develop liquidity and systems further.
When LN wallets are not used the LN decays- it does not have the usage and fees income to grow.
So when self proclaimed advocates for BTC and LN refuse to attach wallets (especially sending wallets) I see hypocrit.
I will continue to see hypocrit until and unless someone can explain why I should not.
Calling me a Nazi, trolling and making fun of me crudely seeking to avoid the issues I raise will not stop me from asking why are you claiming to be a Bitcoiner but refusing to attach wallets and use the LN here where we can help it grow.
Now some are deliberately concealing their wallet status, as if this is about a right to privacy.
Concealing your wallet status means nobody else can verify whether or not you are serious about using BTC LN, or whether you are just an all talk no walk hypocrit.
Do not trust- verify.
What about this fundamental principle do they not understand?
And then they talk about 'content' being more important than whether or not you have attached wallets - in this context the intentional lack of attached wallets undermines your credibility as your actions do not match your words.
Your submitted content may be great, but you as someone claiming to be a serious Bitcoiner are undermining your credibility and the credibility of your content by being a hypocrit.
Your content, is tainted by your verifiable hypocrisy.
SNs needs both good content providers and those who pay for that content if it is succeed.
I am more in the latter group than the former but both are required overall or the model does not work.
So as a net contributor of sats and thus a net consumer of content I object where content providers refuse to engage in the P2P V4V ethos by refusing to attach both sending and receiving wallets and I will both withhold my contribution of sats and sometimes downvote in response.
V4V needs to work reciprocally or it will not work at all.
The content providers need net sats contributors/content consumers who send sats into the platform, or the entire platform fails.
>7th bday
>2019
Hey that's not even seven y--- Mother of God.
2026 - 2019 = 7
or we are living in parallel universes?
Or you are one of these that can't even read the analog clock?
Math looks sound. Just shocked it's already been 7
It is undoubtedly the best lightning wallet out there ⚡⚡
Had no idea it was so old. This might honestly be the best LN wallet. It's certainly my favorite.
So today is its 7th birthday and is a special year for Zeus Wallet, for the coming v0.13 that has major changes and new features.
For this, I would like to write this eulogy post on SN. For the continuous unstoppable work of Evan Kaloudis and his team working almost every day, releasing new improved Zeus version relentlessly.
Zeus is one of the oldest, strongest and most complete Bitcoin and Lightning app that exist nowadays. I have no words to describe their amazing work making this LN app, for so many years now.
And I know for sure they will never stop, they will always improve and also stay put on Bitcoin ethos.
Yes, SEVEN is a magical number and I think this year 2026 will be the Zeus year.
Today is born the seventh one
Born of woman the seventh son
And he in turn of a seventh son
He has the power to heal
He has the gift of the second sight
He is the chosen one
So it shall be written
So it shall be done
For those that don't know, these verses are an excerpt from Iron Maiden song "Seventh Son of the Seventh Son" (1988) and here they are presenting this song in 1988 in Birmingham, pure heavy metal with very important lyrics.
Why important? Because the meaning of the "Seventh Son" have legendary meanings of healing and getting stronger.
It is also linked to The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men. Was the title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7th–6th centuries BCE who were renowned for their wisdom.
Would be Zeus wallet the Bitcoin cure of the year of 2026 ?
Will have to see, but we will never forget that SEVEN is a magical number. A lucky and healing number.
So no more to say, praise Zeus in its 7th year !
May The Bitcoin Be With You All !
Don't forget to read all my Zeus guides:
https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/zeus-graduated-wallet-en.html
https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/getting-started-zeus-wallet-en.html
https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/zeus-node-advanced-usage-en.html
https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/private-ln-channels-types-en.html
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1222 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 1h
Where is your decency as a bitcoiner?
Dear @Darthcoin
You are frequently posting highly technical BTC/LN adoption content but you have not yourself bothered to attach a LN to your SNs account?
Is this sheer hypocrisy or just negligence?
If you dont have an attached sending wallet and do not manually send a zap via LN then the SNs payment system will tend to send CCs, not sats, much more often because without a sending wallet SNs will automatically prioritise sending CCs.
If however you attach a sending wallet then your use of LN and sats will be maximised automatically and importantly all other SNs users and content consumers will have verification that you have set up to maximise your use of LN and sats.
With you not showing either sending or receiving LN wallet attached it is impossible for others to know if you are maximising your support of the LN or not . . . without you showing both horse and gun they can reasonably assume you are most likely not.
Showing a sending wallet and receiving verifies to all others that you are maximising your use of sats and LN and so maximising your support of LN and SNs sats denominated V4V P2P ethos.
Not showing attached LN wallets shows all others that you are not.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 58m
STFU idiot. You are using Coinos.
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downzap this post if you have balls or enough sats.
And don't "dear" me because I am not your fucking wife.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 48m
Dear @DarthCoin
I will do as I see fit.
You are a hypocrit poisoning the SNs V4V P2P Sats denominated ethos and I will point out your hypocrisy and your inability to credibly refute the facts and issues I have raised.
BTW great to see you pumping thousands of your own precious sats, or more likely CC shitcoins, into the SNs coffers to make your post visible and my comment in response visible at the same time.
Thank you Thank you Thank you.
Freedom of speech and censorship resistance and V4V at its best.
Drain them wallets pardner.
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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @nichro 47m
Hey that's not even seven y--- Mother of God.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 42m
2026 - 2019 = 7
or we are living in parallel universes?
Or you are one of these that can't even read the analog clock?
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @nichro 40m
Math looks sound. Just shocked it's already been 7
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 13m
congrats ZEUS and @evankaloudis!
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Where is your decency as a bitcoiner?
Dear @Darthcoin
You are frequently posting highly technical BTC/LN adoption content but you have not yourself bothered to attach a LN to your SNs account?
Is this sheer hypocrisy or just negligence?
If you dont have an attached sending wallet and do not manually send a zap via LN then the SNs payment system will tend to send CCs, not sats, much more often because without a sending wallet SNs will automatically prioritise sending CCs.
If however you attach a sending wallet then your use of LN and sats will be maximised automatically and importantly all other SNs users and content consumers will have verification that you have set up to maximise your use of LN and sats.
With you not showing either sending or receiving LN wallet attached it is impossible for others to know if you are maximising your support of the LN or not . . . without you showing both horse and gun they can reasonably assume you are most likely not.
Showing a sending wallet and receiving verifies to all others that you are maximising your use of sats and LN and so maximising your support of LN and SNs sats denominated V4V P2P ethos.
Not showing attached LN wallets shows all others that you are not.