⚡️🔔 A YEAR PASSES TOGETHER - One year is a complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun. Today, @FLASH closes its challenge and honors its promise: to inform you for a full year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day — weekends and public holidays included. At first, I wanted to end on a high note. I had countless ideas: making a video edited by myself, coding a website for the occasion, doing a live stream… Then I remembered the best advice I received here: “Stay humble.” So I’ll keep it simple. First and foremost, please know that I am proud to have kept you informed for an entire year, with transparency, consistency, and objectivity. Believe it or not, all my notes have only one intention: to convey the truth. If some of them have upset you, that's not my problem; it's just that reality is sometimes harsh. Here is my latest POW, the complete summary: ➥ 11,500 + 19,100 = 30,600 activity traces ➥ 30,600 / 365 = 83.83 activity traces per day ➥ 19,100 / 365 = 52.33 notes per day ➥ 8 × 365 = 2,920 hours of work Result: ➥ 0 → 16,500 followers ➥ 0 → 5 million sats I gave myself the means to achieve this. If you follow me, you know that I was present in your feed at any time of the day, without any automation. I swear. Everything was done by hand. The Flash touch is visible on each of my notes—that's what defines my work. I didn't meet all my goals, but I exceeded some of them. For example, I didn't expect to reach 16,500 followers; I was aiming for 5,000. On the other hand, where I failed was on the stack. I expected to reach at least 0.1 BTC. In the end, I barely managed to reach half that — until yesterday, I was still at 0.04 BTC. But there is also something that was not planned for, and which far exceeds all the numerical targets mentioned above: your trust. My greatest achievement is having managed to earn it. Honestly, it was not something I had included in my forecasts. Trust cannot be planned or forced—it is built, day after day, note after note. Beyond the numbers, that's what really matters. Everything can be measured except trust. And yet, today on Nostr, that's my most valuable asset. Not to mention the wonderful people I have met here. For fear of forgetting anyone, I won't mention any names, but know this: I know your usernames, your photos, your writing style, your way of zapping. I have observed everything, taken everything into consideration, with the utmost respect. Thank you all, you have been the fuel for Flash, because without you I would have stopped a long time ago. Before I leave you, I would sincerely like your feedback: ➥ What did you think of Flash’s work throughout 2025? ➥ What do you expect from me for the coming year? As they say, it’s at the end of the dance that the musicians get paid. Here are the two ways to support my work ⤵︎ ➥ Lightning address: flash@primal.net ➥ Bitcoin address: bc1qwn8ralumqgar7vqfhftr264a7dxp0akstwx9fq image

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Making your feed “normal” is exactly what I was aiming for. My goal has always been to take Nostr out of its microcosm of developers and Bitcoin enthusiasts, and to make the protocol accessible to Mr. and Mrs. Everyone. That’s why I talk about geopolitics, sports, technology, and often video games: so that everyone can find their place on Nostr. Also, to break the first impression I had myself in the beginning — that it was a playground reserved for developers. Thank you for your support @Big Barry Bitcoin 🫡
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FEW_BTC 1 week ago
kudos to you... you are a shining star of signal on nostr... looking fwd to seeing your total zaps greatly increase over the coming years.
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Jakob 1 week ago
My top news source lately. Thank you for your work sir
Ur a great follow!!!! ….the first thing I do every time I open Damus is search for @FLASH and check out all ur posts since my last visit…thanx for all the great info my informative fren🫡🫂⭕️
Thanks to Flash (and a handful of news bots), I can spend more time on Nostr and less time on sites that try to frighten us into buying crap we don't need. The killer feature of zaps and boostagrams is that in this tough economy, you're not forced to choose between donating more than you can afford or nothing at all. Maybe add a tip of the day to the feed. How-tos or product recommendations. Keep up the great work!
Great job, and yes you are slowly earning my trust Impressed this is all manual I don’t do zaps because of the annoyance of hooking up my wallet anonymously, etc (primal doesnt like my burner email) so that’s that for now Maybe once privacy becomes more mainstream… I like a lot of stuff you’ve been posting and im mainly interested in things that move markets but I also like just interesting stuff. Also a fan of good news stories (not every thing that happens is horrible lol)
❤️ Thank you very much for this message because for my part I don’t really know how my work is perceived.
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codearchy 1 week ago
Can you add accepting #Monero to your profile as well? It’d be great for this option to be readily visible to others too! 😎
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codearchy 1 week ago
Not to belabour the point, but: how will you get more people sending you #Monero when there’s no way to do so on your profile?
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codearchy 1 week ago
As an aside, I get #Monero donations to the address on my profile with a fraction of the follower count you have. 😎
In fact, over the past year, I have been asked for my Monero address four or five times. Each time I sent it, I received nothing... so we'll see.
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David Tarbet 1 week ago
Fixing anything before fixing money is futile 🗿 for real for real
#2 🔥 Community Highlights 1. Always listen to your dad, respect and take care of him ❤️ View quoted note → 2. If you missed Bitchill last time, they are coming back 😍 View quoted note → 3. An amazing christmas gift till run out the wallet 🎁 View quoted note → 4. What about yours? 🎯 View quoted note → 5. The Christmas wish of a tremendous character 🎄 View quoted note → 6. Let’s enjoy Santa baby 👀 View quoted note → 7. Nostr is your final destination on the internet 👈 View quoted note → 8. Closing the challenge with honoring to the promise 🫡 View quoted note → 9. Health is very important in your life 👇 View quoted note → 10. Let’s recommend her some plebs 👇 View quoted note → 11. A nice poem with warm Christmas wishes 🎄 View quoted note → 12. This pleb is so happy about the annual progress of Nostr 🥳 View quoted note → 13. Bitcoin Walk looks back the year of 2025 🚶 View quoted note → 14. A lady nostrich celebrates her birthday 🚶 View quoted note → 15. A pleb talks about his 2025 🗓️ View quoted note → 16. The new wave of OpenSats grants 🌊 View quoted note → #community_nostr_recap