Been loving the “most zapped in 4 hours” browsing option in nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg

What’s so fascinating is that often a post I interacted with is at the top

Spraying around 1000 sats (0.60$ aud) means that the note makes that category

1 - we’re so bloody early on this thing

2 - imagine what it will be like when the most zapped note is getting 10x that value (or 100x)

3 - it will be like a live ticker on the most valuable digital information globally

4 - instead of an algorithm catering content to my “attention” it is sound money payments

Really is mind-blowing the more I use and interact with Nostr

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Does it work if I zap my own note?

Good question. I guess everybody could set up a second profile and zap from there. This might become an issue in the future.

Yeah you could have a bunch of feeder accounts I guess. Stimulating engagement

But you would be robbing Peter to pay Paul to some extent... Very similar to the tactics of a 2n account to retweet or share etc

Thing is I could just send all the zaps back to my wallet and do this indefinitely. Or at least enough to always be on top of “most zapped”

Good point. You’re sending the zaps to a place you control

Hmmmm very easy to game in a way. Especially with few users on here

One day, I could envisage the amount of sats needed to enter the “most zapped” would make it unfeasible

Again: we’re so bloody early on Nostr…

It probably should (or maybe does already?) take into account how many people zapped a note

Imagine in years to come when BTC moons, today's zaps will seem astronomical. We'll be like the guy who sold a pizza for btc back in the day 😂

You could say the same thing for anyone that uses BTC to pay for anything today...

I am happy with spraying around some sats for when I see good value in things

This is the nature of a deflationary currency. Saying that, you did make me think twice!

Appreciate you Jake 🫶

I had this same thought. “Can’t believe I spent 21 sats on that zap!”

We'll be on here like the OGs talking about the early days when some people got as much as 1000 zaps for a note! 😂 Future legends we are 😂😂😂

Loved your talk with Dale on the Why Bitcoin podcast and decided to jump on this thing to see what it’s all about. Loving it so far!

How cool! You never know who is listening… well glad to hear you’re enjoying it

What were you using before as your preferred source of news / entertainment etc?

Primary X, but it’s such a cesspool over there!

You “feel” anxious when you stop yourself from scrolling

Learnt so much on it over the years, but prefer to spend time here now