Microzaps on SN go to people, not a company. It’s all part of the fun of the recycling ♻️ of energy. Spread the sats and the sats shall be spread back to you. It’s much different than being billed by a company. The energy consumed is also immediately rewarded by a lightning bolt animation, a particularly key part of what makes SN a rewarding user experience.

This post reminds me of poker, where an aggressive player will always abruptly make a bet to force you to make a decision on whether or not you want to pay to see the next card. The aggressive strategy is known to, over time, cause competitors fatigue and frustration as the aggressor is indirectly putting pressure on a person’s livelihood, their survival, every time he forces you to decide whether to put more money in the pot. That’s stress-inducing. However, on SN, nobody is requiring anyone to do anything, but the way of nature makes us, social creatures of Earth, want to share and spread wealth among the community.

use cash as much as you can, everywhere you can

it's a moral obligation

if we don't INSIST on cash (or lightning), we are all going to become slaves to the banking elite

fact.

if the number of economically relevant nodes is reduced due to centralization, and most Bitcoin users are priced out of self custody, we should expect that the "governance" of the protocol will become more centralized and fragile.

if you aren't doing it with your own node, you have to trust someone else to verify the bitcoin for you. Brother, let me tell you: sometimes even the nicest ones fake it. And I'm not just talking about the cheap tricks down at the fiat bank who tell you they have your money while they're giving it out at the back door.

How to make love to your Bitcoin node (when it's been a while)

Possibly one of the worst things I've ever written. Look for it tomorrow.