Hey,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how online discussions work, and they mostly feel broken.

👉 https://satswars.io

Everyone has opinions, but there’s no cost to having them. You can say anything, change your mind instantly, argue endlessly, and nothing really happens. It’s all kind of weightless.

So I started experimenting with a simple idea: what if expressing an opinion wasn’t free?

I built a small thing called satswars. It’s basically a forum where people can post takes, and others can put sats behind them or against them. New users get 500 sats to try it, so you can just jump in and feel it.

What I’m curious about is whether adding even a tiny cost changes behavior. Do people think twice before posting? Do stronger opinions stand out more? Or does it just kill participation altogether?

There are obvious risks too. It might turn into a game. Maybe whales dominate. Maybe people coordinate and break the system. But then again, a lot of that already happens today, just without transparency.

The idea behind it is something like: free speech is not for free.

Not sure if this leads anywhere meaningful or if it’s a dumb experiment.

Would be great to hear what you think, especially from people who’ve spent time around Lightning and incentives.

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