AnnouncementsAnnouncements

Welcome to the newsletter. Sorry for dropping the ball on the newsletter for
the last few weeks. It was a combination of my boomer befuddlement with the new SN post formatting,
along with IRL stuff I had procrastinated for too long. It was a good week in the
territory. @NEEDcreations and @hasherstacker ran the table with the top posts.

Have a good week!

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Top 5 Posts Of The WeekTop 5 Posts Of The Week

There will be a zap award for the top 5 posts weekly. It will be broken down
as follows:

1. 1000 sats
2. 250 sats
3. 250 sats
4. 250 sats
5. 250 sats

Posts will be judged using SN zaprank. The cut off time is 9:00am EST
(1300GMT) Friday morning. I will post the top 5 winners shortly after 9:00am
every Friday morning.

I reserve the right to not award any sats for the week. I also reserve the
right to deny sat awards to bare link posts. I recognize that link posts can
be valuable, so I will only exercise discretion for low quality links that
garner few sats or engagement from stackers.

1. 🥇 1000 sats — Bitcoin Education app[beta] by @NEEDcreations
2. 🥈 250 sats — New features I built this week for my BTC EDU app usingClaude code w/ Open Claw by
   @NEEDcreations
3. 🥉 250 sats — Bitcoin Quest - New Features!⚡️⚡️ by @NEEDcreations
4. 250 sats — Square Enables Bitcoin Payments for Millions of Merchants by @hasherstacker
5. 250 sats — RISC-V Router: Start9 announced an open source router. by @hasherstacker

Index

Learning ResourcesLearning Resources

The White PaperThe White Paper

Everyone knows about the white paper, but have you read it?
Here is the pdf.

Ecosystem MapEcosystem Map

@RadentorForNoxus has created a comprehensive ecosystem map. I believe he
intends to keep this list updated. Beginners will benefit from checking it
out, as will experienced bitcoiners.

• Bitcoin Apps Ecosystem26.03.01 by @R4DENT0R

Web SitesWeb Sites

• Jameson Lopp's website is an
  incredible resource for people interested in learning about bitcoin at any
  level. Beginners should go to his Getting Started With
  Bitcoin page.
  For those who can do without Lopp's shitcoinery, here is a curated
  fork of the site.
• DarthCoin Guides

DarthCoin Guides provide excellent step by step instruction for those learning
about nodes, particular wallets, and just about everything else in the
ecosystem.
Here is a link to DarthCoin's Github, where you can find all of DarthCoin's
guides:
https://darth-coin.github.io/

• Why Bitcoin Only This is a massive trove of
  links, where you can find just about anything you're looking for. It's also
  fun to browse around.
• Learn Me A Bitcoin Greg Walker explains
  bitcoin in a way that everyone can understand.
• Opcode Explained Documenting bitcoin
  opcodes, one at a time.
• Lightning Network Documents Good
  complement to the white paper.

Best Stacker PostsBest Stacker Posts

• DarthCoin Posts

-- Zeus - Graduated LN wallet, a step by step guide fornewbies by @DarthCoin
-- Zeus Node - Tips and tricks
by @DarthCoin
-- Beginner guide: how to use different LN channeltypes by @DarthCoin
-- Zeus embedded node - quick recoveryguide by @DarthCoin
-- Tips & tricks for mobile nodes users(w/neutrino) by @DarthCoin
-- Quick class for LN newbies
by @DarthCoin
-- Why bitcoiners are so "in love" using Tor for their BTC LNnodes? by @DarthCoin
-- Quick guide for small shops
by @DarthCoin
-- Blixt Wallet - Tips andtricks by @DarthCoin
-- Bitcoin Historical Phrases by AndreasAntonopoulos by @DarthCoin
-- How to create a private LightningNetwork by @DarthCoin
-- Do you need a quick BTC LN node to travel? Here is atrick by @DarthCoin
-- Zeus updated guide - recovering zombiechannels by @DarthCoin
-- Explain Lightning Network in a simpleanalogy by @DarthCoin
-- Choose wisely your LN wallet you want touse by @DarthCoin
-- BDMD #1 - Bitcoin was hacked / will behacked by @DarthCoin
-- BDMD #2 - Govs will shut down internet, so Bitcoin isdead by @DarthCoin
-- BDMD #3 - Bitcoin is illegal because it is not legaltender by @DarthCoin
-- Bitcoin Accepted - PoSsystems by @DarthCoin
-- Managing LN walletsliquidity by @DarthCoin
-- Getting Started with AlbyHub by @DarthCoin
-- The best articles debunking BitcoinFUD by @DarthCoin
-- BDMD #4 - Bitcoin is like all other digital currencies, nothingnew by @DarthCoin
-- SHTF scenario - How to restore a dead LNDnode? by @DarthCoin
-- Travel with family and self-custody - use casescenario by @DarthCoin

• Top Posts Of All Time

Here you will find a few of the top posts to this territory. I am not going to
adhere to a rigid zaprank system, since my purpose is to highlight content
that has educational value. I will use an informal combination of zaprank and
my own evaluation. For instance, some posts, though of high quality, are
solely about Stacker News, and might have more appropriately originated as a
meta post.

-- Explain Lightning Network in a simple analogy by @DarthCoin
-- Bitcoin Mining Industry Introduction by @catoshi
-- How do you guys use bitcoin to pay for day to daythings? by @mateusdeap
-- UTXO consolidation - What's you bestoption(s)? by
@BitcoinIsTheFuture
-- The bitcoin beginner's guide to Public Key Encryption by @frostdragon
-- What If You Need to Relearn Bitcoin from Scratch Again?🤔 by @Natalia