SN release: random sort and NWC receives

3217 sats \ 39 comments \ @k00b 21 Aug meta

In addition to hot, recent, and top, you can sort posts by random (via tsmith123 on github ... I forget your SN nym ... this was a great idea by someone whose nym I forget too)
- It's a another experiment in evergreenness
You can now add an NWC receive string to your NWC attached wallet (via @ek)
- For anyone using Alby Hub, their relay is a bit unreliable, but we've been in touch and they're working on it
Almost forgot: you can disable freebies in your settings, guaranteeing you can pay non-custodially for 1 sat posts/comments so they are fully visible

There were also a few bug fixes in here but that's the bulk of it.

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217 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Aug

I'm loving the 'random' tab!

I refresh again and again to see my post up there. It's fun! Sometimes, I find a super interesting post and read it.

143 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 21 Aug

It's great. Now we just need the rewards to be tweaked to incentivize zapping that older stuff. Almost there.

140 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug

It's really a good option. I accidently had random selected and saw a really good post that I thought was new. I zapped it and then realized it was old.

237 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 22 Aug

I absolutely love the "Random" addition, awesome!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Silent_Hodler 23 Aug

I totally agree! Awesome addition! Keeps old discussion warm.

Now... how to get people to use it? 🤔

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 23 Aug

You don't have to, it's new and since it's generally interesting to see what's been talked about in earlier days, people will most likely ABSOLUTELY ABUSE THE LIVING DAYLIGHT OUT OF IT!

125 sats \ 7 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 21 Aug

My first time hearing about NWC receive. I’ll have to check it out!

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 22 Aug

I actually tried to look it up and even asked Nostr but no example of NWC receive usage yet. What’s the purpose/advantage of it?

Cc: @ek @koob

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b OP 22 Aug

For us, it allows us to auto withdraw to your nwc wallet and send non custodial zaps directly to your nwc wallet.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 22 Aug

I think I’m getting it now. So this would be used with a wallet that doesn’t have a Lightning address, right?

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 22 Aug

Yep!

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 22 Aug

Thanks Koob! That’s pretty cool. 😎

28 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 22 Aug

Great for folks running a node without a public ip.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @thebullishbitcoiner 22 Aug

Awesome. Now I see why you mentioned Alby Hub.

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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug

Fantastic: NWC receive!

121 sats \ 5 replies \ @BlokchainB 22 Aug

Random okay now my productivity is trending to zero now.

LNC or NWC? 🤔

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 22 Aug

LNC or NWC? 🤔

What do you mean? 🤔

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB 23 Aug

lol which one should I use

264 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 23 Aug

https://m.stacker.news/47577

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 23 Aug

😂

325 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 23 Aug

IME NWC is more reliable/performant than LNC, more user friendly, and not tied to any particular lightning node implementation.

131 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheWildHustle 22 Aug

The random tab is pretty cool, resurfacing older SN content will probably uncover a lot of hidden gems. Works well with Nostr and the new referral system.

60 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 22 Aug

Great point! I’ve already found a bunch of stuff I totally forgot about

57 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug

After the update, I can no longer change the priority of the connected wallets on mobile. I receive this error message:

failed to change priority of lnc wallet: Failed to connect the WASM client to the proxy server

(It does not just apply to LNC wallet connection)

64 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Aug

It sounds like it's testing connections when reprioritizing and it's failing.

64 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Aug

We'll have to wait for @ek to come online. I'm not sure how that all works yet.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug

FYI, I got a failure notification with the lightning address connection which was because my Blixt wallet isn't always online. So, I tried the LNC connection through my always online node, and still got this failure. I also tried the lightning address with all channels on my Blixt wallet online, and I still could not change priority.

64 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 21 Aug

Changing priority currently unfortunately tries to save all wallets again (to save priority), which means they get tested again. If the test fails, the priority update for that wallet didn't go through. But it should for the other ones.

I want to change it to not test them again just for a priority change but haven't gotten to it yet.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Aug

Gotcha. Thanks

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 21 Aug

Yay more random things!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 22 Aug

I thought something looked different but I didn’t realize it was the “random” sort 😅

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 22 Aug

Great work guys! Thanks for continuously improving SN.

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @Athena 22 Aug

I like the feature. I believe, old posts will also get a boost by this random feature.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 21 Aug

I'm stoked on random sort

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mdominicorobin24 23 Aug

The random sort is definitely something that would a unique spark in Stacker News gone are days of just a typical UI with hottest to the most profitable into the "database massage" idea coming into fruition. And everybody I think is embracing it.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Aug

I can't zap posts on the 'random' page?

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 21 Aug

Why not?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 22 Aug

~~I think it's a bug?~~

edit: never mind!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Octopus 21 Aug outlawed

stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.