As far as what to do with your new sats, you can do a lot with them!

- Zap other users who post quality content: if they teach you something or make you laugh, it’s worth a zap! This is the concept of “value for value”

- spend them with merchants who accept Bitcoin (there are more than you think)

- save it for a few years, while you take the time to learn about why Bitcoin is a technologically *better* form of money. In that time, it should appreciate significantly in value against other assets

- have fun 🤙🤙🤙

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That deserves a zap 💫

Fun fact when I zap you I have bitcoin logos on the screen, I'm using plebstr

Right on!

Wait zaps are bitcoins?

Yup!

I love this whole convo so much.

Plebs ✉️⚡️& 🧠 -> Cassie 🤯

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Yes zaps are Bitcoin. More specifically zaps at Satoshis that are sent attached to notes here on Nostr.

What 🤔 I'm confused, you mean this is bitcoin attached to notes? I don't get it sorry but I will zap you for taking the time with me! ⚡️

Zap is just what we call it when we send you bitcoin over Nostr by hitting that lightning bolt under the post or “note”

What Tupac said!

Zapping is sending little tiny fractions of Bitcoin back and forth, peer to peer.

It’s pretty amazing ⚡️🤙

Yea the Satoshis you see in your wallet balance are bitcoin. A sat or Satoshi is the smallest unit of a bitcoin. There are 100,000,000 sats in 1 bitcoin.

Yes like Tupac said.

Zaps (Bitcoin …zaps are smaller much smaller amounts of a whole bitcoin, but still valuable, real money!)

Notes (posts) are what you say.

Bitcoins are divisible into 100 million units. These are called satoshis. There are about 3500 sats to $1 today.

You can use them to spread zappiness and joy on #Nostr, or spend them to join better relays, or save them forever.

It’s up to you! 💜⚡️🤙

This is INSANE

Pretty cool right? :)

The zaps are sent on the Lightning Network, which is a micropayment system for bitcoin.

You’re using #[5]​ so that app is holding it for you.

When you get more comfortable with using different bitcoin and Lightning wallets you’ll see that you can send them back and forth instantly, almost for free, and there’s no bank involved.

When you decide you need to have more (because, I mean, who wouldn’t?) you can learn about more secure ways to store them where only you are in control.

But that’s for a bit later in your rabbit hole journey. 🐰🕳️

I'm not sure to get everything but I promise I will try, at least! 😅

hahaha love to see this

Wait until tomorrow.

#Zapathon!

Less than 22 hours away. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

What's that?

Should I take that as a compliment?😅👅

Yep!

Already rocking the memes and gifs here Cassie. You’re gonna fit right in 🫂

Hey you're already great with the GIFS and the jpg's. Thanks! No need to panic about the zapping stuff. It is real bitcoin which can be exchanged for fiat currency (which means the money we already use) but you can do whatever you want with it. You don't have to take any of it seriously and you can keep your sats (bitcoin) within the nostr network if you want. You might improve your experience by using some paid relays which you can access via zapping.

Nostr is about freedom. There are no algorithms controlling what you see and no ads.

Oh and @jack is Jack Dorsey from Twitter

#[5]

Whaaaat 😅😅😅 he would'nt answer me that's an alias

No. That's Jack. I think if he replied to every single message he'd never get anything else done, so don't worry 💜

That's Jack alright

#Nostr + #Bitcoin is Pure Vida

🙆‍♀️

That was him. He is just a very busy guy. 🫂🤙

Unbelievable, so nostr is his new "child"?

Are you kidding me? This is crazy! Why are people sending bitcoins? It's worth thousands!!! 😱

Because we love Nostr and we love bitcoin and it’s fun and we’re not sending full bitcoins 😂

When I send you 22 sats, that is 0.00000022 bitcoin

This is nostr bitcoins

Sats are denominations of bitcoin. It is in fact bitcoin. Fractional.

Yea sats are bitcoin absolutely. Nostr bitcoins it is!

100 million satoshis (sats) is 1 bitcoin.

Most Nostr clients harness lightning technology which makes sending micro payments seamless.

This technology is layer 2 of the Bitcoin network.

Not to overload you but that’s the zoom out overview.

Satoshis are the currency of the internet.

The “Magic Internet Money”

They are sats, not full Bitcoin. But still...

Hey Cassie. You have to understand there are 100 000 000 Satoshis per Bitcoin so at present 1 is dollar is about 3500 satoshies. So you are not rich yet but hold them long enough and who knows. Enjoy your journey. 🧡🤙⚡️

As people pointed out already sats (satoshis) are fractions of a Bitcoin. 1 Bitcoin = 100.000.000 sats

But yeah, they are real Bitcoin.

If you create content that people find valuable they will zap you. Welcome to nostr

Thanks Toshi, my brother won't believe you can just send bitcoins back and forth just like "likes" 🙃

It’s unbelievable actually. But that’s what it is. Magic Internet Money

Have you figured out yet that if you press and hold the lightning symbol for zapping a note you can actually change the amount and add a shirt note?

Followed 🧡

Csuse we love ya!

Aaaw 🙆‍♀️ here's a zap!

Think of "zaps" which is the sending of "Satoshis" (the smallest unit of Bitcoin) in the same way as Pennies are the smallest unit of the Dollar.

That's unbelievable.. thanks mister glitchy 👽

🪩🪩🪩

Followed you Pukka, so you like dancing? 💫💃🙆‍♀️

I’m not good at it 😂

Do you like to dance? 🪩 was meant to be💡supernova like you got that sats are #bitcoin! The community is great here! Welcome! #plebchain

That’s right up there with this one…

nostr:note1g37hxrfded67hh3qazqu6e2mkulr3v25ausvdz4lsydxuhqcgyeqgmzqug

I just zapped you 14 cents worth of Bitcoin.

And I zapped you 21 cents of Bitcoin ✨

No you zapped 21 sats

Thank you! (And 21¢ is about ⚡️740 in sats.)

Here’s a page where you can see what sats are worth in different currencies.

https://xsats.net/SAT/USD/

Good one dude,going to add that to the welcome site. Hadn’t considered some people may not totally understand what some of us take for granted⚡️

Haha 🧨 💥

You are making fun of me! 😹Good one ⚡️

lmaoooo

#[5]​ you know what to do 🤙🏼

Oh ya they are! Each Zap is an amount of Satoshis and each Satoshi is the smallest unit of Bitcoin possible. Each is one one hundred millionth of a Bitcoin.

welcome & enjoy

Thank you, I followed you!

Thanks you awesome

Straight up. The hardest money to ever exist.

Wow... The answers came fast? 😂

#hehe #igetitnow

They are fractions of a “bitcoin”

If you like the content that somebody is posting you can send them zaps, which is a fraction of a bitcoin. It’s a way of showing someone appreciation and showing them that you found their content valuable. You can also quote it, and repost it, which is also showing them that you value it because you are exposing their content to your network. You can also like it, the same as on other platforms.

It’s a bit overwhelming at first, but don’t let that deter you. You will also find that there are many people who are willing to help you, without any expectations of something in return. We are attempting to change the paradigm and show the world that people can coexist online, without the need for mediation.

Lastly, bitcoiners are a fun bunch and love to chat about bitcoin. Nostr is not just for bitcoiners. It’s a place where anyone can speak freely about any topic they choose. Just put yourself and your ideas out there, and someone will engage with you. It’s never land, the chocolate factory, the shire, and yellow brick road all wrapped up in one weird and imperfect place. A place for free thinkers, misfits, artists, and bohemians.

Welcome!

Thank you Sitko, you're so kind, I sent a lil zap for you 💫⚡️

🤙 It will settle down 🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

# YES IT IS BITCOIN

#bitcoin #plebchain

lol you already got more follower than me in a day. cool!

可能是因为你的脸被挡上了吧….

zap 1000sats 解锁真脸

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I never experienced such a thing. I thought everyone was bots 🤖

But it feels actually more human than tiktok... or even twitter!

You are almost the best meme user i had ever seen. You deserve this ! :)

😂

lol, we're not!

Cassie ain’t your mom.

😉

Wait, what? Zaps are actual bitcoin? 😮

No, zap is ⚡

Becareful and dont get burnt