Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

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2/6/2026, 11:01:44 PM

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Quick explainer on what gives cryptocurrency value

(1/N) This isn't advocacy for crypto, it's advocacy for understanding things. Okay so:

1. A "currency" is a system of tokens that have in themselves no intrinsic value but are accepted as having value by communal agreement.

2. The backbone of this agreement is trust in the scarcity of these tokens. If someone handed you a slip of paper as payment and you had no proof that they didn't just print it five minutes ago, you wouldn't trust it.

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