matteopellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini

https://www.cluborange.org

vibe ceo @ club orange (formerly orange pill app)

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2026-07-13 14:56:39 UTC

the bip110 debate has exposed a basic confusion about censorship
censorship is preventing someone who follows the network’s rules from using the protocol
changing the rules of the protocol (bip110) is not censorship
was segwit censorship? taproot? the 2010 inflation bug fix?
rule changes are explicit, universal, and uniformly enforced
censorship is targeted & discretionary
whether you support bip110 or oppose it, you should at least know what censorship means

2026-07-12 20:43:56 UTC

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No idea why, I’m on Damus. You can zap me on Club Orange if you like.

2026-07-12 20:26:50 UTC

core devs could end this in 5 minutes by announcing that they’re going to change OP_RETURN default back to 80bytes

2026-07-02 07:34:43 UTC

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Rules are not censorship.

2026-07-01 21:23:37 UTC

Here’s a summary of the Core vs Bip110 debate:
CORE: spam is bad but there’s not much we can do about it except encouraging spammers to do it in the least harmful way possible. Transaction fees are the main defense against spam.
BIP110: Spam is an existential threat to the survival of Bitcoin as money and we should do everything we can, including soft forks, to reduce spam as much as possible and discourage spammers.

2026-06-19 10:16:11 UTC

As the CEO of Club Orange, my duty is to serve our customers and our shareholders.
As a father and husband, my duty is to serve my family.
Both of these duties requires me to defend Bitcoin.
So here's some thoughts about Bitcoin:
Saylor is right that there are multiple camps trying to steer Bitcoin in their desired direction.
The Technologists (core, ordinals wizards, citrea, and co.) think bitcoin is fundamentally just a database, most of them probably don't even own bitcoin. Their goal is to turn bitcoin into ethereum 2.0 where all kind of experiments and new technologies are layered on top of bitcoin. If they win, I believe bitcoin will die rapidly.
The Capitalists (saylor, walton, and all the bitcoin treasury companies aficionados.) think bitcoin is "digital capital" a financial product that should be exploited for fiat gains. Their goal is to turn Bitcoin into another Wall Street product: "We convert Bitcoin into money". "Our goal is to outperform Bitcoin". Essentially they want to turn Bitcoin into fiat. If they win, I believe bitcoin will become another stonk and captured by the government.
The Maximalist, the camp I find myself in, think bitcoin is our only hope to separate money from the state, that it should be used as money, that fiat is a cancer to the world and that the ultimate goal is not to get rich, but to enrich the world. I believe this was Satoshi's original vision for bitcoin, a mission much greater than NGU.
These 3 camps cannot coexist and they are colliding as we speak (bip110, attacks on saylor, adam back, etc). We are living in the most consequential time in bitcoin history so I urge you to pay attention.
In a few years it will be obvious which camp has won but there might be nothing left to fight for.

2026-05-12 08:41:54 UTC

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Investigating

2026-04-30 02:24:06 UTC

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Met the CEO of Nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/9b1babc588725e1ce51948088c1bea727cdac7edb2ec92f6e037af305840a2e8.jpg

2026-04-30 02:19:55 UTC

RECAP FROM VEGAS 2026:
sleep very little
did not gamble
listened to 1 talk
spent a lot of sats
met 100+ Club Orange members
had dinner with strange characters
ran the first Club Orange Private event
Until next time.
https://image.nostr.build/14bbf7d16f6d64a0872d34987b40a45495163225903ce15ac1860d17c81efdf0.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/f0df424979375b5dec698e6cfd6593dc83ab87e83e4e114414eef3c158f85e35.jpg
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https://image.nostr.build/4c28553db6dfd1dd8f5ee6804f2dd9bd3ed96a8417ef47adb6123c0ec3b11740.jpg

2026-04-20 22:27:49 UTC

How often do you go to a Bitcoin meetup?
https://image.nostr.build/3bb6ae3dc411b87da1975ab1245cd9bd9c89d72347ea72b59a1abeb78f8d7876.jpg

2026-03-27 23:01:16 UTC

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Fine art.

2026-03-27 20:03:12 UTC

Nobody wants to read AI-generated books, watch an AI-generated movie or listen to an AI-generated song.

2026-03-27 20:02:59 UTC

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Yes

2026-03-25 22:23:21 UTC

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For the record I asked Grok to find me a specific tweet and he found a Nostr note matching what I was looking for!

2026-03-24 21:02:43 UTC

Grok can search Nostr notes?
https://image.nostr.build/b40671f1d5709fb098a05257437a5a2409827ce91677acafd7d56dd1ec657c61.jpg

2026-03-23 18:41:10 UTC

If you’re in the US and on @npub1ve8…9ka6 check your zaps, I’m giving away some books. 📚
https://image.nostr.build/07c8f56c5febda045eb9ae704bea2c86e688a7e3310e0c78317211793ed36c5f.jpg

2026-03-22 18:03:26 UTC

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Excellent, and soon you’ll be able to add Club Orange to the list 😉

2026-03-22 18:02:42 UTC

having some money is nice, but in the end only 2 things really matter:
- your health
- your relationships (including the one with god)

2026-03-15 15:58:40 UTC

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Ask him:
https://app.cluborange.org/pizzaman

2026-03-13 16:59:40 UTC

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Coming soon. Maybe next week!

2026-03-10 23:00:56 UTC

The man, the legend, the myth.
Pizza man. 🍕
https://image.nostr.build/63b8a082ae6402b42bf92742d8dbeea62367d8edbca9741d2af3989f088f60a5.jpg
#nevent1q…xe44

2026-03-07 02:53:04 UTC

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Delicious

2026-03-06 22:17:10 UTC

Yesterday I drove around LA visiting merchants that accept Bitcoin to onboard them to @npub1ve8…9ka6
One of those is a pizza place that gives a 70% discount when paying in Bitcoin. Yes ,70%.
I couldn't meet the owner so I left a voicemail and my business card.
This morning I found out he signed up with a lifetime membership and added an entire section about Club Orange on his website.
Nobody talks about this enough, Bitcoiners are the most generous group of people you'll ever meet.
https://image.nostr.build/9c1fa914efde02e422afc630c70ddf2f3eb57aa485cd7425d9a5b45e814f2009.jpg

2026-03-04 19:04:22 UTC

there's a simple way to know if we have reached AGI:
we train a model on pre-2008 data only
ask it to solve the double-spending problem in a decentralized & permissionless way
if it invents Bitcoin from first principles
we have AGI
Satoshi Test > Turing Test

2026-02-26 20:07:06 UTC

just so we're clear:
miners are the employees of the bitcoin network
the employers are:
- people who hodl bitcoin and pay miners via inflation (block rewards)
- people who use bitcoin and pay miners via transaction fees
nodes are neither employees, nor employers; they are the enforcers of the employers desires
the end

2026-02-15 18:23:41 UTC

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2027

2026-02-15 18:21:44 UTC

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I forgot about the existence of DEX

2026-02-15 18:21:27 UTC

AGI is probably the single most bullish catalyst for bitcoin. The world is gonna get weirder, faster, and trust in institutions will erode. The need for neutral, permissionless, censorship-resistant money will explode

2026-02-13 17:01:03 UTC

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No KYC = no fiat rails.

2026-02-13 15:24:00 UTC

AI agents cannot sell bitcoin.

2026-02-12 18:15:12 UTC

AI agents are gonna acquire all the Bitcoin.
https://lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-11-ln-agent-tools/

2026-01-18 02:34:03 UTC

We don’t need 1 company owning 1M bitcoin.
We need 1M companies owning 1 Bitcoin each.

2026-01-11 20:10:09 UTC

First time in 5 years I couldn’t find parking at the farmers market and went home empty handed.
The economy is on fire.

2026-01-11 20:09:24 UTC

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Some things never change.

2026-01-09 21:53:53 UTC

i've been testing a new payment flow at @nprofile…nzvk all morning, and every time i got to the point of choosing fiat or bitcoin i picked bitcoin, not because of ideology, but because i didn't wanna type a credit card number
bitcoin is, objectively, a superior payment system
it just needs to be everywhere

2026-01-09 00:39:17 UTC

all a man wants is a couple of great friends and a good wife

2026-01-04 05:31:08 UTC

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Thank you sir!

2025-12-20 18:41:15 UTC

if you remove all the flaws from fiat you get bitcoin
if you remove all the flaws from gold you get bitcoin

2025-12-18 17:09:53 UTC

Is this the right way to use #nostr?
https://blossom.primal.net/3860f09fdffc7fd03b3642fdbf9bcbee42de32d309ddf9c72b9470b9c538456c.mov

2025-12-17 23:24:41 UTC

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Free trials attract spammers & scammers.
But when you sign up you get 1,000 sats from and 2,100 sats from @npub12vk…pugg that you can withdraw anytime.
So essentially it’s a free trial. 😉

2025-12-17 22:48:25 UTC

The silver lining of me spending days explaining to Apple & Google what is Nostr is that eventually i’ve learned a little trick:
You can just resubmit an app update until you find a reviewer that doesn’t care.
#note1jum…jc75

2025-12-17 22:33:14 UTC

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Yep. Every single time they wanted to add their own login methods.
But we never caved in. 💪

2025-12-17 21:45:20 UTC

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Because we don’t offer other “social” logins
Essentially they wanted us to add gmail or apple login in order to keep the Nostr one.

2025-12-17 20:23:23 UTC

The amount of time Apple and Google wanted us to remove Nostr login has been very eyes opening.
#note1rgj…gn8t

2025-12-06 00:13:27 UTC

Nostr is everywhere.
https://image.nostr.build/256fe23d7d0201fc5eadb19d3ab02df4505eaa42978fea4b74dbb6d681ace40c.jpg

2025-11-30 15:56:28 UTC

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2025-11-28 22:44:22 UTC

I'm grateful that my job requires me to hanging out with other bitcoiners

2025-11-11 17:12:17 UTC

For the @nprofile…nzvk rebrand I spent almost 100 hours studying naming & logo. Here’s everything I've learned.
Rules for a great name:
- Length: 4-6 letters
- 2 syllables (netflix, apple, tesla, google..)
- To make a name more memorable use these letters: Z,K,X,Y,W
- Starting with an early letter of the alphabet (A,B,C,D,E,F,G) it’s a huge advantage (I still haven’t figured out why)
- Avoid the letter H like the plague
- If you have to spell it, it’s a bad name
- Repetition helps (TikTok, Coca-Cola)
- A name’s only job is to be memorable, it should not describe what the company does
- A name is really a canvas for the user to paint whatever they think about your product
Rules for a great logo:
- A 5 years old should be able to draw it
- A logo should evoke an emotion, it should not tell what the company does
- The simpler the better
- Should work well at all scales
- More often than not, a logo should just be the first letter of your company name
- Do you actually need a logo? (uber, samsung, wework)
The end.

2025-11-09 02:51:21 UTC

I don’t want a 50-year mortgage.
I want to abolish the FED.

2025-11-06 18:45:01 UTC

For those interested, here's why we're upgrading our name from Orange Pill App to Club Orange:
We looked at the data: 3 word names are significantly harder to remember. We saw consistent misspellings (peel, pilled, up..) affecting search & discovery, and the word 'pill' was creating brand friction we couldn't ignore.
Why Club Orange? Simpler, more scalable, easier to remember and harder to misspell. It aligns better with what we're building: a home for Bitcoiners, everywhere.
I’m going to miss Orange Pill App, but it’s time for a new beginning.
#note1zay…3azl

2025-10-28 14:48:59 UTC

Owning a home isn't the American Dream anymore.
Owning a Bitcoin is.

2025-10-27 14:36:48 UTC

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I did

2025-10-26 14:47:08 UTC

People always ask me how I came up with the idea for @nprofile…nzvk, so here's the story:
https://blossom.primal.net/fb12e9faf97e5e76afcc2c53ad183b78f9cf71e2ea7fe09509e4d8cf665c5298.mp4

2025-10-23 14:02:54 UTC

there is something extremely peaceful about being 100% in bitcoin and not having to care or think about any other assets

2025-10-20 05:53:59 UTC

the most mind-blowing fact about the fiat world is this:
if all debt was repaid there would be no money left in circulation
every time i explain this to somebody they always look me sideways and i can see their brain breaks in real time as they realize is true
easiest way to orange pill somebody

2025-10-16 18:24:37 UTC

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Can you try again?

2025-10-16 17:04:54 UTC

the people of New York should buy bitcoin instead of voting for socialism

2025-10-14 01:31:28 UTC

@npub1ve8…9ka6
- $0 VC funding
- No bitcoin celebrities behind it
- Completely paywalled (no free trials)
- 19k paid members
- 90 countries
- Almost $1M in revenue
You can just do things.

2025-10-10 16:31:30 UTC

Yesterday, for the first time, I received an email from an human which was obviously written by AI and I debated for a long time if I should reply at all.
Eventually I did, because I knew the human would at least read the reply.
What struck me is how quickly authentic, human-to-human interactions are becoming scarce, and therefore more valuable.

2025-10-07 16:52:34 UTC

I bought my first Bitcoin in 2017, and by 2020 i was a Bitcoin Maxi, the problem? Nobody wanted to hear about it. Friends thought I was crazy.
This wasn’t just my experience, it’s a widespread issue in the Bitcoin community.
The reality is that existing social platforms don’t solve this problem, bitcoiners have to use 5,6,7 different apps just to connect with each other or find local events.
And that’s why I've built @npub1ve8…9ka6 - a social network entirely dedicated to Bitcoiners.
https://image.nostr.build/c1f6720d081760336dbec2413b20efd5d3d776fc09a6532398768a002267b672.jpg

2025-10-06 14:41:06 UTC

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i'm not an anarchist

2025-10-06 13:39:06 UTC

99% of the world have no idea bitcoin just made a new ATH
think how early we are

2025-10-05 19:39:39 UTC

Posting on X = 0 SATS
https://blossom.primal.net/f630e039de9348c7b5839f3af262052960bbadb4962f0e3f504909308cbceffb.png
Posting on #Nostr = 2,772 SATS ⚡️
https://blossom.primal.net/830f74a957fa1fcfbf5549e987e385fac48f39b86e9f5663d1e7d23b2a615130.png

2025-10-05 15:19:04 UTC

After spending 10 years thinking about Money & Bitcoin, here's the simplest explanation I can come up with:
Money is a technology to move Value across Space, Time, and Scale.
Value is the utility humans derive from Goods & Services.
Value is highly subjective, and it changes across Time and Space.
Unbeknownst to them, Economists have defined these functions as:
- Store of Value (Time)
- Medium of Exchange (Space)
- Unit of Account (Scale)
Throughout History, no monetary system has managed to satisfy all 3 functions of Money at once. This is where the idea of Backing Money and the necessity of separating Money and Currency come from.
This trade-off can be described as a Money Trilemma: you can optimize for 2, but not all 3.
Gold is great at Time & Scale, but not Space.
Fiat is great at Space & Scale, but not Time.
Until the invention of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is the first form of Money that successfully excels at all 3 functions simultaneously.
It achieves that by perfecting all the properties of hashtag#Money, with no extra room for improvement:
#Bitcoin is:
- Infinitely Divisible
- Instantly Portable
- Forever Durable
- Mathematically Finite (what is mistakenly called Scarcity)
- Perfectly Fungible
Bitcoin is the final Evolution of Money.
The World just hasn’t figured it out yet.