Stop playing “follow for zap”. Sure, it’s your bitcoin and your Npub. Spend it how you want. But the strategy burns out. Why?

Nobody who made real strides here did it through negotiated exchanges. They built ideas worth spreading or supported causes people believe in. Bitcoin proved unforgeable costliness matters. Zaps sent freely to those advancing truth carry weight. Zaps extracted through deals carry none and you’ll run out of counterparties.

Networks don’t reward bilateral contracts. They reward proof of contribution. You can try tribal reciprocity, but you’re playing a finite game in an infinite space. Eventually the math catches up.