Top Posts

1. ROSS IS FREE
   • Ross Ulbricht was given a full and unconditional pardon by the sitting US President.
   • 6.2k sats \ 83 comments \ @dingding541
2. Bitcoin needs a censor
   • @Scoresby explains how attempts to censor bitcoin transactions at scale make bitcoin more censorship resistant.
   • 23.4k sats \ 27 comments \ @Scoresby
3. Mullvad VPN adds Lightning payments
   • Mullvad VPN, after years of requests and popular workarounds, releases a beta for lightning payments.
   • 3.3k sats \ 28 comments \ @megaptera
4. My Impressions Of The Bitcoin Ecosystem Investor Day
   • @siggy47 reports on an Ego Death investor day in the big apple.
   • 19.6k sats \ 26 comments \ @siggy47
5. Ledger co-founder David Balland was kidnapped for ransom
   • One of the founders of Ledger signing devices was kidnapped and tortured with his wife for ransom in France. He and his wife were eventually rescued.
   • 2.4k sats \ 31 comments \ @kepford

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Top meta

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Top Monday meme

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Top Stackers

1. @grayruby: 121.4k sats stacked
2. @Undisciplined: 110.1k sats stacked
3. @denlillaapan: 46.7k sats stacked
4. @BlokchainB: 43.9k sats stacked
5. @elvismercury: 42.8k sats stacked

Top Spenders

1. @BlokchainB: 944.5k sats spent
2. @grayruby: 92.2k sats spent
3. @Aardvark: 68.9k sats spent
4. @Undisciplined: 61.8k sats spent
5. @Bell_curve: 43.6k sats spent

Top Cowboys

1. @Undisciplined: 487 days
2. @OneOneSeven: 480 days
3. @BlokchainB: 466 days
4. @TNStacker: 462 days
5. @grayruby: 430 days

Top Boosts

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2. Jan 3rd Mining Block Party ~ Place your bid and mine with me
3. Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization
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5. Why Does Money Fail?
6. ⚡️ PullThatUpJamie.ai Release v0.1.1 ⚡️ - Fast Podcast Search Upgrade
7. Bitcoin in New Zealand in 2024- A review of the year
8. Examples of culture being downstream from technology?
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