This topic seems to interest me more than most people, but we're seeing an fascinating example of price formation with the amounts people are zapping each other. When I started using Stacker News, it was very common to see 1 sat tips. That's now rare and has been replaced by much higher default amounts (often 21 for its symbolic value).

I noticed that I was consistently earning more sats than I was spending, so I raised my default zap by an order of magnitude. The result? I just made more sats for being one of the top zappers every day. Obviously, there are some bounds on this feedback loop.

I decided to try a new experiment where every day I set my default zap at a fixed proportion of what's in my SN wallet. This should allow me to eventually settle in near an equilibrium around my optimal zap amount.

I suspect that most of you are still zapping less than is even in your own best interest. It's time to raise those default values again.

This topic seems to interest me more than most people, but we're seeing an fascinating example of price formation with the amounts people are zapping each other. When I started using Stacker News, it was very common to see 1 sat tips. That's now rare and has been replaced by much higher default amounts (often 21 for its symbolic value).

I noticed that I was consistently earning more sats than I was spending, so I raised my default zap by an order of magnitude. The result? I just made more sats for being one of the top zappers every day. Obviously, there are some bounds on this feedback loop.

I decided to try a new experiment where every day I set my default zap at a fixed proportion of what's in my SN wallet. This should allow me to eventually settle in near an equilibrium around my optimal zap amount.

I suspect that most of you are still zapping less than is even in your own best interest. It's time to raise those default values again.