diff --git a/src/components/CreateMeritRequest.svelte b/src/components/CreateMeritRequest.svelte
index 01d0419..8a93a8b 100644
--- a/src/components/CreateMeritRequest.svelte
+++ b/src/components/CreateMeritRequest.svelte
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 	import type NDKSvelte from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-svelte';
 	import { Terminal } from 'lucide-svelte';
 	import Todo from './Todo.svelte';
-	import { isValidUrl } from '@/event_helpers/rockets';
+	import { isValidUrl, Rocket } from '@/event_helpers/rockets';
 	import CalculateSats from './CalculateSats.svelte';
 	import { isGitHubUrl, parseProblem } from '@/helpers';
+	import Login from './Login.svelte';
 
-	export let rocketEvent: NDKEvent;
+	export let rocket: Rocket;
 
 	let problem: string = '';
 	let solution: string = '';
@@ -78,17 +79,29 @@
 		e.created_at = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
 		e.tags.push(['problem', 'text', problem]);
 		if (solution.length > 0) {
-			e.tags.push(['solution', 'url', solution]);
+			try {
+				let url = new URL(solution);
+				e.tags.push(['solution', 'url', url.toString()]);
+			} catch {
+				e.tags.push(['solution', 'text', solution]);
+			}
 		}
-		e.tags.push(['a', `31108:${rocketEvent.pubkey}:${rocketEvent.dTag}`]);
+		e.tags.push(['a', `31108:${rocket.Event.pubkey}:${rocket.Event.dTag}`]);
 		e.tags.push(['merits', merits.toString(10)]);
 		e.tags.push(['sats', sats]);
 		console.log(e.rawEvent());
-		e.publish().then((x) => {
-			console.log(x);
-			open = false;
-			//goto(`${base}/rockets/${getRocketURL(e)}`);
-		});
+		e.publish()
+			.then((x) => {
+				console.log(x);
+				console.log('todo: publish a kind 1 and tag the rocket and author');
+				open = false;
+				//goto(`${base}/rockets/${getRocketURL(e)}`);
+			})
+			.catch(() => {
+				alert(
+					"something went wrong, copy/paste your data and refresh then try again if you don't see your merit request in the rocket dashboard (we r so early, there will be blugs)"
+				);
+			});
 	}
 </script>
 
@@ -140,7 +153,7 @@
 				<CalculateSats on:result={(event) => (sats = event.detail)} />
 			</div>
 
-			<div class="flex items-center space-x-2">
+			<!-- <div class="flex items-center space-x-2">
 				<Checkbox id="sell" bind:checked={wts} aria-labelledby="terms-label" />
 				<Label
 					id="terms-label"
@@ -149,9 +162,9 @@
 				>
 					I want Sats not Merits
 				</Label>
-			</div>
+			</div> -->
 
-			{#if wts}
+			<!-- {#if wts}
 				Your Merits will be auctioned to potential sponsors as soon as it is approved, enabling you
 				to be paid in Sats for your work. Tip: you don't have to decide right now, you can do this
 				at any time.
@@ -160,15 +173,19 @@
 					<Label for="sats" class="col-span-2 text-right">Auction Reserve Price (Sats)</Label>
 					<Input bind:value={minimum} id="price" placeholder="Reserve Price" class="col-span-1" />
 				</div>
-			{/if}
+			{/if} -->
 		</div>
 		<Dialog.Footer>
-			<Button
-				on:click={() => {
-					publish($ndk);
-				}}
-				type="submit">Publish</Button
-			>
+			{#if $currentUser}
+				<Button
+					on:click={() => {
+						publish($ndk);
+					}}
+					type="submit">Publish</Button
+				>
+			{:else}
+				<Login />
+			{/if}
 		</Dialog.Footer>
 		<Todo
 			text={['remove white border on focus so that the validation indication color can be seen']}
diff --git a/src/components/MeritRequests.svelte b/src/components/MeritRequests.svelte
index cc7c36d..09922cc 100644
--- a/src/components/MeritRequests.svelte
+++ b/src/components/MeritRequests.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	import { Avatar, Name } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk-svelte-components';
 	import { onDestroy } from 'svelte';
 	import { derived, writable } from 'svelte/store';
+	import CreateMeritRequest from './CreateMeritRequest.svelte';
 
 	//export let rocket: NDKEvent;
 	export let rocket: Rocket; // = new Rocket(rocket);
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 		_votes?.unsubscribe();
 	});
 
-	let truncate = writable(true)
+	let truncate = writable(true);
 
 	let merits = derived(_merits, ($merits) => {
 		let map = new Map<string, MeritRequest>();
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
 		<Card.Description>Merit Requests</Card.Description>
 	</Card.Header>
 	<Card.Content>
+		<CreateMeritRequest {rocket} />
 		<Table.Root>
 			<Table.Header>
 				<Table.Row>
@@ -138,13 +140,12 @@
 						<Table.Cell class="hidden text-right md:table-cell"
 							>{unixToRelativeTime(merit.TimeStamp * 1000)}</Table.Cell
 						>
-						
 					</Table.Row>
 				{/each}
 				{#if $merits.size > $meritsTruncated.length}
 					<span
 						on:click={() => {
-							truncate.set(false)
+							truncate.set(false);
 						}}
 						class="m-2 flex w-48 flex-nowrap text-lg"
 						><Badge href="#">View {$merits.size - $meritsTruncated.length} more</Badge></span
diff --git a/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte b/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
index 296d1ca..5a2a507 100644
--- a/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
+++ b/src/components/MeritSummaryCard.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 	let result: VoteDirection | undefined;
 
-	export let parsedRocket:Rocket;
+	export let parsedRocket: Rocket;
 
 	let _votes = $ndk.storeSubscribe(
 		{ '#a': [RocketATagFilter(parsedRocket.Event)], '#e': [merit.ID], kinds: [1410 as NDKKind] },
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	}
 
 	$: referenceTime = cuckPrice
-		? formatReferenceTime(((merit.Sats / 100000000) * cuckPrice) / 70)
+		? formatReferenceTime(((merit.Sats / 100000000) * cuckPrice) / 50)
 		: '...';
 
 	let votes = derived(_votes, ($_votes) => {
@@ -158,8 +158,14 @@
 					<div class="grid gap-3">
 						<div class="font-semibold">Analysis</div>
 						<span class="grid gap-0.5 not-italic text-muted-foreground">
-							A competent freelance developer earns $70 CuckLoserBucks an hour (on average). Using
-							this rate, the contributor is claiming to have spent about {referenceTime} working on this.
+							<p class="m-1 text-justify">
+								To make it easier to compare the value of each contribution we normalize the hourly
+								rate to $50 CuckLoserBucks an hour.
+							</p>
+							<p class="m-1 text-justify">
+								At this rate, the contributor is claiming to have worked for {referenceTime} solving
+								this problem.
+							</p>
 						</span>
 					</div>
 					<div class="grid auto-rows-max gap-3">
@@ -170,8 +176,8 @@
 				<Separator class="my-4" />
 				<div class="font-semibold">Votes</div>
 				{#if $votes.size == 0}<Alert
-						><Info />Waiting for existing <span class="italic">{parsedRocket.Name()}</span> Merit
-						holders to vote</Alert
+						><Info />Waiting for existing <span class="italic">{parsedRocket.Name()}</span> Merit holders
+						to vote</Alert
 					>
 				{/if}
 				<Table.Root>
@@ -221,6 +227,9 @@
 		{:else if !result}
 			<VoteOnMeritRequest {merit} rocket={parsedRocket} />
 		{/if}
+		<a href="#" class="text-xs" on:click={() => console.log(merit.Event.rawEvent())}
+			>print to console</a
+		>
 	</Card.Footer>
 </Card.Root>
 
diff --git a/src/components/RocketDashboard.svelte b/src/components/RocketDashboard.svelte
index 89c380f..23cd362 100644
--- a/src/components/RocketDashboard.svelte
+++ b/src/components/RocketDashboard.svelte
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 	import * as Breadcrumb from '$lib/components/ui/breadcrumb/index.js';
 	import Button from '@/components/ui/button/button.svelte';
 	import * as Card from '@/components/ui/card';
+	import { Rocket } from '@/event_helpers/rockets';
 	import type { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk';
-	import CreateMeritRequest from './CreateMeritRequest.svelte';
+	import BitcoinAssociations from './AssociatedBitcoinAddresses.svelte';
 	import CreateNewProduct from './CreateNewProduct.svelte';
 	import MeritRequests from './MeritRequests.svelte';
 	import MeritsAndSatflow from './MeritsAndSatflow.svelte';
@@ -11,8 +12,6 @@
 	import ProposedProducts from './ProposedProducts.svelte';
 	import Todo from './Todo.svelte';
 	import UpdateMission from './UpdateMission.svelte';
-	import { Rocket } from '@/event_helpers/rockets';
-	import BitcoinAssociations from './AssociatedBitcoinAddresses.svelte';
 
 	export let rocket: NDKEvent;
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
 				<Card.Description class="flex space-x-4">
 					<UpdateMission rocketEvent={rocket} />
 					<CreateNewProduct rocketEvent={rocket} />
-					<CreateMeritRequest rocketEvent={rocket} />
 					<Button
 						on:click={() => {
 							console.log(rocket.rawEvent());