Does anyone else notice that there has been an increase in lightning network spam advertising lately? I don't want to call out any specific companies, but my node does receive these 1 sat message transactions fairly frequently. They don't really bother me, and a sat is a sat. I do wonder whether this may come to be seen as a viable way for advertisers to reach bitcoiners.
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103 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 5 Apr
Any tips on getting more of this spam?
Free sats!
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 5 Apr
I rethought the whole thing since posting. I just signed up to receive ads from Satogram:
https://satogram.xyz/
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @ZezzebbulTheMysterious 5 Apr
Agreed! Spam my node all day, thanks for the sats!
If there is a problem, it’s a UX issue. LN wallet visualizers should have a filter setting to hide tx under some specified threshold.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 5 Apr
I see it a lot on the orange pill app.
1 sat zaps are kind of annoying. If its a company sending out 1 sat it makes me think that they don't believe much in the company if that's how they value my attention.
The again these 1 or 2 sat replies to post on SN I don't seem to get the same reaction.
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62 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 5 Apr
I do not consider it a spam. They pay the fee, so they are entitled to send whatever they want.
Sometimes is good advertising, not always bullshit.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @purpurato 5 Apr
I do get those from time to time, but not that many, most of them come from Satogram. I wouldn't consider this as spam as they're paying me for it, I'd even say this is how advertisement should work, you want my attention, you pay me sats.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 5 Apr
Good point. They are paying. I forgot about satogram.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled 5 Apr
I only have ever noticed it coming from large exchange/wallet nodes.
Maybe if it increases it will create incentive for node runners not to connect to them. Not sure, at what point (if) it would get that bad.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Apr
I haven't noticed, but I also don't check all my transactions.
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