Erik

Making cool stuff with Lightning ⚡

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2026-02-19 13:15:51 UTC

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ah great subtle sexism. pretty ignorant comment really. hope you are joking.

2025-11-05 12:48:05 UTC

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I understand your concerns with Spark. Some of the orgs you listed though seem like they have very high standards and are unlikely to be selling out in any way, in my opinion.
I say this sort of criticism would be more helpful if it were limited to the technical and trust issues of the current version of Spark and less inflammatory.

2025-10-10 11:15:17 UTC

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Sup NOSTR! Check out our newest edition:
Bitcoin Commerce. African Scale.
This was one of those times where picking the headline was a tough decision. The Square point-of-sale integration story easily has the potential to be the industry story of the year.
On the other hand, from all the sources I can gather, right now that integration is still in a beta phase. I even signed up to be part of the beta during the Bitcoin Conference last year and haven’t heard anything.
The good news is that both the Square Bitcoin integration and the beta program seem to be very real, and a careful read of their recent press release and splash page even has a hard date for the rollout: November 10, 2025.
But that’s all about what isn’t the headline.
Africa is quietly experiencing a Bitcoin Commerce explosion. I think this gets so under-noticed and we needed to feature it and keep featuring it.
Based on my research there are enough widespread integration and adoption stories out there that it can be hard to feature them all. But that being said I really wanted to focus on the work being done by @nprofile…5m3a in this edition.
MoneyBadger seems to be an integral part of both the continued success of the South African Pick n’ Pay supermarket integration, and the Scan-to-Pay integration featured in this edition.
It’s so interesting to see how Bitcoin Commerce exists and grows in two such distinct worlds: African fintech and brick & mortar retail USA. These stories are superficially different but they share a common, entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm that I think is the real backbone of Bitcoin Commerce.
If you’re interested, I hope you get a chance to check it out and let me know what you think!
#nevent1q…lzq7

2025-09-10 15:13:11 UTC

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Yeah bang on, exactly. If you're from a big city in the USA you're deaf to everyday violence. It's just a fact of life so it takes something out of the ordinary for anyone to actually care 😓

2025-09-02 20:24:59 UTC

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Can you try again now? I just setup a Rizful LN Address 😁

2025-06-28 15:39:34 UTC

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The Holocaust was real.

2025-06-19 18:59:54 UTC

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+1 everyone else 😒

2025-06-07 14:22:43 UTC

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Agreed ☺️

2025-05-20 17:07:27 UTC

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hey if you can, pass me your lightning address and I'll send the sats
: )

2025-05-18 15:09:27 UTC

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Hey can you ship to Puerto Rico?

2025-04-24 19:44:34 UTC

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ha yeah good idea. i had a long form blog site NOSTR experiment going a while ago but haven't kept it up : \
do you have a fav nostr site to post?

2025-04-23 20:24:18 UTC

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If you are into Bitcoin for business and e-commerce and aren't subscribed to our newsletter, try it out!
We cover:
- News in payment tech
- Bitcoin and lightning adoption
- Businesses accepting bitcoin
- Regulatory and tax issues
All from a bitcoin biz perspective.
#nevent1q…2kw4

2025-04-22 19:21:10 UTC

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These videos by Andreas Antonopoulos are still gold even after 8 years!
#nevent1q…hz06

2025-04-21 13:23:45 UTC

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Uff q lastima

2025-04-21 13:22:42 UTC

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Wow excellent can't wait to try this out

2025-04-14 11:51:29 UTC

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@nprofile…46jj (for your Spanish language channel)

2025-04-13 12:48:20 UTC

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I've been wondering about this so much. I'm learning Python and wondering if there's a point 😅
The deeper I get into Python the more I realize how important it is to understand code from the bottom to top.
So for now: vine coding is great fun for quickly getting ideas "on paper". As soon as that stage is over I think it's really important to know what you are doing and to have experts.

2025-04-11 12:35:21 UTC

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+1 raistlin 🤓

2025-04-08 13:42:50 UTC

Hey NOSTR, if you all are on LinkedIn check out my article and find out how to support bitcoin open source software while you develop business projects.
Hope you all find it handy. It was supposed to take an hour and instead it took forever : )
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/challenges-funding-open-source-software-development-bitcoin-alvarez-txd5c/

2025-04-04 20:23:14 UTC

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Hey this would be a really great resource. If anyone knows about something like this plz let us know
#nevent1q…7zpv

2025-03-30 16:45:00 UTC

look you can donate to the TOR project using @nprofile…xhfg
https://m.primal.net/PyYB.png

2025-03-30 13:44:31 UTC

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Ja agreed I find most really smart people are biased towards new tech that "can't fail and fixes everything" type claims

2025-02-12 12:52:41 UTC

This is an interesting post on the true value of kindness.
I would argue that kindness has indeed drastically changed the world:
1. Jesus teaching of the golden rule
2. Martin Luther King Jr non-violent resistance
Still I think the premise that kindness can fall on deaf ears is correct. However the majority of humanity has empathy!
https://freemansperspective.com/why-kindness-doesnt-change-the-world/

2025-02-11 13:24:10 UTC

Hola NOSTR
I wanted to share an article I wrote about developing core values for your business. It's been really important for us.
Hope it's handy for you all:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/developing-core-values-velas-commerce-erik-alvarez-16qcc

2025-02-06 20:00:00 UTC

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It's been a long time since I had to do the "so what is the lightning network" for newbs discussion.
Sometimes I take it for granted that everyone knows about lightning already 😵‍💫
#nevent1q…6ky5

2025-02-05 15:18:20 UTC

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This is a good chance to talk Bitcoin out of the echo chamber. It's a fairly crypto (as opposed to Bitcoin) crowd here in San Juan.
#nevent1q…nyrp

2025-02-04 21:46:03 UTC

I had a crack at writing an article on LinkedIn. It's some advice from my dad that has saved us time and again.
I hope it's useful for you all too.
Surviving Non-Paying Clients:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/surviving-non-paying-clients-erik-alvarez-vui1c

2025-02-04 20:48:18 UTC

Creen q con cosas como IA estamos llegando al final del trabajo por humanos? Pues no estoy seguro. Me parece que cuando ya no peleamos por comida, hogar o agua, pelearemos por otra cosa cómo nueva compu, o iPhone o lo q sea 😵‍💫

2025-01-24 14:14:04 UTC

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Sí, bienvenida 🙂

2025-01-22 12:20:24 UTC

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Wow that's cool

2024-12-30 23:24:14 UTC

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Nice 😅

2024-11-25 14:52:09 UTC

hola @npub1yn3…mzt0 pregunta: tienes una plataforma donde los usuarios puedan trabajar juntos en un el mismos documento / wiki? creo q fue algo parecido a notion q se llamaba como Minter o algo así?

2024-11-22 13:22:26 UTC

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En mi opinion One Piece es mejor. Intenté empezar con Dragonball y no siquiera pude averiguar como empezar. Es demasiado 😅

2024-11-22 13:20:32 UTC

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The impersonators are super clever. My wife had a scammer that used ones instead of lowercase Ls in their username. It was almost impossible to distinguish without hashing the text strings

2024-11-08 13:07:48 UTC

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@nprofile…ymr6
#nevent1q…4ncc

2024-09-23 12:38:00 UTC

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Yeah true Luna pero to provide value to their users their content to be seen. So if the algorithm doesn't show it, no value right?

2024-09-20 13:53:19 UTC

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Seeing a relationship between two adults as dominator and subject is a logical flaw. Imo nothing reasonable will come down that path that's good for both people

2023-09-26 11:36:57 UTC

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2023-09-26 11:32:57 UTC

This blog 2.0 idea is coming along thanks to ublog
https://image.nostr.build/1eba651ee3a35d15cde021d633e785cfb3c10f2c655c45c9f829ca136aae6fb0.jpg

2023-09-25 12:04:54 UTC

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Hola mundo, soy un comentario.

2023-08-03 14:02:11 UTC

🤖 Bitcoin-Powered AI: A Potential Commerce Frontier!
Plus how Bitcoin could reform global commerce, bitcoin payment gateways, Coinbase looking to add Lightning Network payments and business ideas for the new NOSTR protocol.
Get the latest #BitcoinCommerce news with our Bitcoin Commerce Roundup!
https://mailchi.mp/bf1fe601a7c0/bitcoin-commerce-roundup-8-3-2023
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/91cd3f1b8ed0837ce0a7e947c12a1912f0983489d0bce29b7103a5b8a2f3060d.jpg

2023-08-02 17:13:38 UTC

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Looks cool thanks 🙂

2023-07-25 03:05:41 UTC

@npub1an8…z6yg that NOSTR course is really cool! Setup a relay to test that demo client and it's actually working lol. Nice job : D

2023-07-25 02:54:10 UTC

This is so cool. Interested in setting up a NOSTR relay? This guide got me going in under an hour!
https://usenostr.org/relay.html

2023-07-25 02:42:04 UTC

hola mundo! haciendo pruebas con mi nuevo relay : D

2023-07-18 12:50:52 UTC

Alguien sabe cómo echarle fondos a #amethyst para hacer Zaps?⚡
Someone know how to add funds to amethyst to do Zaps?
🙏

2023-07-18 12:45:43 UTC

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Yes good idea 💡 This would be a great app for NOSTR and just all around. Maybe similar to MS "focus" in Outlook

2023-07-18 00:18:31 UTC

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THNDR games
Bitcoin Magazine
There's probably a thousand more but ja

2023-07-18 00:15:57 UTC

Hola NOSTR #introduction #hispanos #puertorico🇵🇷 #EEUU 🇺🇸 #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork

2023-07-18 00:11:53 UTC

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Hola por aquí 😁⚡

2023-07-17 13:16:58 UTC

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I agree. We wouldn't let a 14 year old buy a pack of cigarettes much less make a decision like that.

2023-07-17 13:15:08 UTC

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Yes interesting! How about this: is there a being at another level from your mind, closer to a "real you" that is also similarly affected by your thoughts and actions?

2023-07-04 18:21:20 UTC

Why are #Bitcoin fees such a rollercoaster?
Check out our new blog - The evolution of Bitcoin: from block wars to the great ordinal debate.
From genesis block to ordinals, learn the scalability challenges in Bitcoin and the tools to combat them including: #Ordinals, #LightningNetwork, #Taproot and more!
https://www.velascommerce.com/post/the-evolution-of-bitcoin-from-block-wars-to-the-great-ordinal-debate

2023-07-01 16:16:03 UTC

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/bull 100

2023-07-01 15:08:58 UTC

Behind those tiny eyelids, which had yet to open to the world, I was sure there burned a green fire.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/gila-wilderness-feature
https://nostr.build/i/15e94a6492a9a4a0c8089599d91a3781b0390ec395cabb18576ede85aaf8433c.jpg

2023-06-23 12:49:42 UTC

Geryon
Geryon was a monster everything about him was red
Put his snout out of the covers in the morning it was red
How stiff the red landscape where his cattle scraped against
Their hobbles in the red wind
Burrowed himself down in the red dawn jelly of Geryon's
Dream
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/158033/red-meat-fragments-of-stesichoros
https://nostr.build/i/3ce80a7ee5a03e0f9e5861553e90ec96f99d6a6b600accaa4faff8ad2ae0e815.jpg

2023-06-19 13:04:58 UTC

You never change anything by fighting the existing. To change something, build a new model and make the existing obsolete.
Buckminster Fuller
https://nostr.build/i/33ca58236860458169c1455cf6319cdbfde57a36eaef110b7dbcb55e26d23fe8.jpg

2023-05-29 02:53:37 UTC

Buenas noches
https://nostr.build/i/1ad4f5a6978d02ebb50ef15a7502466e449fefcf35ab3fa4769e74c33f63d4c6.jpg

2023-05-28 14:36:45 UTC

Today's poem of the day is weird enough for NOSTR.
The Language of Dust
BY ASSOTTO SAINT
From grave to grave,
I carry my loyalty to you.
—Essex Hemphill
where
do you find
strength
to climb
down the hill
to your lover’s
grave....
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/160061/the-language-of-dust

2023-05-27 17:12:01 UTC

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Lol it would steal all the "Bitcoin is the best money" style tweets, repost them with an AI image of the Bitcoin skull and voila, SATs for miles

2023-05-27 17:09:13 UTC

Saturday reflection 😁
https://nostr.build/i/21e874a939add82ea1608ddfd0cd57b1c6a791dd69a98d738696780ff9fabf8e.jpg

2023-05-26 15:16:21 UTC

Hola Nostrians! Check out all the Bitcoin and Lightning Network commerce news this week and our annual list of where to buy pizza with bitcoin 🍕
https://mailchi.mp/44711f83481c/crypto-commerce-roundup-5-26-2023

2023-05-20 14:49:32 UTC

Is stacker.news down for you all??? Now I don't know what to do while I have my coffee ☕😅