The Stacker News platform used sats (Bitcoin) as a basic means of posting, liking and rewarding writers and readers. They had a custodial wallet that users would add to and then receive.

As the attacks on developers and users of Bitcoin increased they saw the need to have self custody of sats and payment directly from self custody. The buffer was a "Cowboy Credit" running adjacent with sats for those who needed more time to onboard or didn't have the means.

My beef was that I had my own self custody and still I was getting the Cowboy Credits which I didn't want. I saw this as shitcoin. Somehow the mechanism was still giving out these CCredts to me and others. Granted it was new I just didn't like it.

The real problem became the swarm of assholes defending the credits and telling me to go back to Facebook and Twitter or X. Also others giving me advice on self custody when I clearly started that I had my self custody already working before yesterday. On fact it's took me months to get the fucking things working and that I had shoved the problem on my side.

Anyway...

A Cowboy Credit is based on the Texas and Western theme of Stacker News. It's a shitcoin. And it's the product of the fear of violence from the Fiat Funded States of America.

The Stacker News group is a great group and they are pushing innovative Bitcoin use. I tilt my hat to them but when the trolls become the 80% only providing 20% I realize I'm wasting my time.