AnnouncementsAnnouncements

Welcome to this week’s newsletter. We had some pretty good posts this week. I was particularly happy that @krawall, who I believe is a first time poster to the territory, asked the type of question that I wish we would see more of. Direct questions will hopefully provide answers from experienced stackers. Unfortunately the post didn’t get the engagement it deserved, but the answers were good. Thanks to everyone, and have a good week.

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 hope I don’t need to suspend awards, so I will keep the bar low. Also, I reserve the right to deny sat awards to bare link posts. I recognize that link posts can be valuable, so I will only only exercise discretion for low quality links that garner few sats or engagement from stackers.

This Week’s Winners:This Week’s Winners:

• Returning to the Bitcoin Community After a Long Journey by @vSats
• Workit App: Did it work? by @Carresan
• Workshop on Hardware Wallets 🔐 by @Cuba_BTC
• Increase and decrease of difficulty by @krawall
• 10 Awesome Bitcoin Tips For Beginners (2024) by @Rsync25

DarthCoin PostsDarthCoin Posts

• Explain Lightning Network in a simple analogy by @DarthCoin
• Choose wisely your LN wallet you want to use by @DarthCoin
• BDMD #1 - Bitcoin was hacked / will be hacked by @DarthCoin
• BDMD #2 - Govs will shut down internet, so Bitcoin is dead by @DarthCoin
• BDMD #3 - Bitcoin is illegal because it is not legal tender by @DarthCoin
• Bitcoin Accepted - PoS systems by @DarthCoin

Learning ResourcesLearning Resources

The White PaperThe White Paper

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

DarthCoin’s GuidesDarthCoin’s Guides

DarthCoin is a somewhat controversial figure with a manner that may take some getting used to, but I think his guides are excellent as step by step instruction. The sentence structure might be unconventional, and he may express some strong opinions, but you will learn what he has set out to teach you. Here is a link to DarthCoin’s Substack Page, where you can find all of DarthCoin’s guides: https://darthcoin.substack.com/

Radentor’s GuidesRadentor’s Guides

https://stacker.news/Radentor/posts

@Radentor posts some of the most comprehensive information a beginner could want. Here is a link to his posts. I expect more from him soon!

Why Bitcoin OnlyWhy Bitcoin Only

Why Bitcoin Only is a massive trove of links, where you can find just about anything you’re looking for. It’s also fun to browse around.

Top Posts Of All TimeTop Posts Of All Time

Here you will find a few of the top posts that have been posted 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 day things? by @mateusdeap
• UTXO consolidation - What's you best option(s)? by @BitcoinIsTheFuture
• I want to run my first node but am overwhelmed by the choices by @boisechampion
• The bitcoin beginner’s guide to Public Key Encryption by @frostdragon