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Last Notes npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Great initiative @nprofile…ad8w. Many bitcoiners owning private businesses, including myself, would be interested. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Gran Canaria currently hosts 11 active merchants mapped across the island. The infrastructure is splitting beautifully into two distinct hubs: • North (Las Palmas area): 8 active merchants forming a tight network. • South (San Bartolomé de Tirajana area): 3 active merchants. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The Bitcoin circular economy is quietly taking root in Spain! 🇪🇸 @nprofile…4lpn shows 357 merchants active on the mainland, and the momentum has swept into the Canary Islands with 32 active spots. Let's look at the breakdown on Gran Canaria... 👇 https://blossom.primal.net/a851d89ce18f91476891089eef0f40d8d6b939c36f566f7ffea6f3446f07b6eb.png https://blossom.primal.net/eb888b8f4de79f26a010ad7759d959421498ef2ec8630da5158a2d7c193e7cdb.png https://blossom.primal.net/4544781bda3c3e3ac8ddb4cbb85bd3b166c3304bea088a211c1595fcede84adb.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Just caught up on the 83rd edition of the Weekly Nostr Recap—huge shoutout to @nprofile…lcxr and everyone contributing to this essential newsletter! Seeing the data laid out is incredible. We aren't just looking at an open social protocol anymore; we are watching a global, sovereign marketplace form right in front of us. From small merchants like Beck & Bulow moving high-quality products purely for Sats, to real-world impact projects raising hundreds of thousands of Sats permissionless like Burgos' initiative. The analytics show the true velocity of a parallel circular economy in action. The growth is real, the tools are ready, and the builders are here. If you aren’t reading this weekly update, you're missing the true heartbeat of Nostr. Keep up the phenomenal work! 🤝⚡️ #Nostr #Bitcoin #CircularEconomy #Value4Value #nevent1q…tc7l npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Running businesses since 2010 has taught me that the best ideas are often the simplest. Out here in Gran Canaria, I see small vendors working tirelessly, completely at the mercy of legacy payment fees and slow settlement times. Back when I started, I had no choice but to accept the legacy tax of credit cards and banks. But today, small businesses on Nostr have a superpower: peer-to-peer Lightning payments. You don't need a massive corporate structure to take control of your money. You just need the courage to start stepping outside their ecosystem, one transaction at a time. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Appreciate the question, John. I think it stems directly from the multi-year indoctrination of "HODL" as the ultimate and only philosophy. The community has been deeply conditioned with a strict "never sell, only buy" mentality. While holding is essential for saving, it has created a massive psychological barrier to spending. If we completely surrender to that mindset and never actually use it as a medium of exchange, Bitcoin will only ever be viewed as digital gold. For it to fulfill its destiny as true peer-to-peer money, we have to actively break that conditioning and start letting it flow through the circular economy. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon As laws like EU Chat Control and the US KIDS Act tighten, a massive wave of demand for no-KYC networks is coming. We are undeniably early. Lowering our time preference shouldn't mean waiting passively—it means actively funding the foundation today so that when the crowd arrives, a thriving, un-censorable marketplace is ready for them. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Let’s be real but optimistic: the Bitcoin "circular economy" is facing a big growth pain—we have a spending problem. 📈🌱 I drive solid traction and earn in the fiat world, but after a year of trying to fully transition, the reality here is clear: like most merchants on Nostr, I'm earning almost nothing in BTC yet. It’s easy for business owners to get impatient! HODLing is a great savings strategy, but a real parallel system needs velocity. Tiny Zaps are awesome, but supporting each other's actual businesses is what builds a sovereign future. We have the tech and the community to make this work. If we shift our mindset and start actively buying from each other, this decentralized economy will be unstoppable. Let's do this. 👇 (Continued in comments) #bitcoin #circulareconomy #nostr #plebs https://blossom.primal.net/284c21696d2bfb7da13a0458f857958da88d8ff95db9423bc2476d910caf0ddb.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Appreciate the like anyway! And fair point—I definitely have a tendency to write a lot of words, but I can assure you I'm not nearly good-looking enough to pull off that job title. 😂 Jokes aside, this isn't about chasing personal validation. When you are trying to build a real, functioning circular economy, active engagement and network effects are the literal lifeblood of the business. If we can't talk honestly about the lack of transaction velocity and user retention here, the ecosystem can't grow. Always open to a real debate on how we fix that. 🤝 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I agree. There have been lots of beautiful games which were more than worthwhile watching during this world cup, but looking at certain games like the ones of Egypt against Argentina and Norway against France, it definitely takes away the fun. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Let’s be honest for a Saturday morning: the Nostr echo chamber has an engagement problem. My wife posts our Gran Canaria holiday photos on Facebook: 79 likes, 30 comments. I post virtually identical content here on Nostr: 1 or 2 interactions if I’m lucky. I’m fully committed to the sovereign web, but let's cut the coping—I completely miss the network traction, reach, and vibrant engagement of legacy giants like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Nostr is a brilliant protocol, but as a functional social network, we are barely scratching the surface of true mainstream adoption. How do we stop talking to ourselves, fix this retention issue, and actually bring the crowd over? (And no, it won’t stop me from posting.) 👇 #nostr #plebs #grownostr #decentralized #socialmedia #bitcoin https://blossom.primal.net/7bdec9742e6a4f8979907151c3d4235c418722372088f6030d2bff7fe7ba6378.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Completely agree with you on the ideal goal. On the other hand, Club Orange operates on a strict paid-membership model for all users and merchants. I guess the trade-off is a highly vetted, high-signal community vs. a free, wide-open directory. Pros and cons! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Not on Nostr to my knowledge. But there is one in the @nprofile…y308 app. Besides the possibility to connect and chatting to any merchant there, it has a really cool feature of targeting merchants and any other users, via geozapping or other forms of zapping. This is sometimes referred to as zapvertising. Imagine sending a couple of sats with a message, image and/or link to a targeted audience in your city, region, country, etc.. This is already possible. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Why is it a failure according to you? Is it because there is no mass merchant adoption yet? Or are there other reasons? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Interesting. A Stripe account is needed I imagine to use this plug in, right? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon What a weekend. Celebrated Father’s Day with the ultimate surprise from my family—an indoor skydiving session over in Utrecht! 🪂💨 Absolute rush messing around with terminal velocity physics indoors. Incredible fun. Followed it up with a phenomenal lunch catching up with my wife and kids. Grateful for the downtime and the energy recharge. Ready to crush the week ahead. ☀️💼 #FathersDay #Utrecht #FamilyFirst #ActiveLife #Grateful https://blossom.primal.net/2f42e6a3d3357883f2fd6f0c6ed8dcd150258b6f74657ed75bf4024b534c92ee.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/87d40898afefcac0edf712a5e41d8c645ab5e8b9d25afbd25a46c427357024d2.mp4 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I could not be prouder of the Curaçao team. After losing our first match against Germany (zero points, but they scored their first World Cup goal ever!), they just secured their ever first point on the World Cup stage with a grueling 0-0 draw against Ecuador. Absolute masterclass from Curaçao keeper Eloy Room—fully deserved Man of the Match. 🧤👑 They might be sitting last in this absolute group of death, but the trajectory is up. If they keep getting better and somehow lock in a win next game, there is still a mathematical chance to advance. No matter what happens next, this squad is already making history. Let's go! 🇨🇼🔥 #Curaçao #WorldCup #EloyRoom #BlueWave #HistoryMade https://blossom.primal.net/b87a519bb085611f90602181be2d86ce494ff5e91cd8d2d7d08b5c74a1d71299.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/8550a42cb6bbb8a653f14a5b47e26291224142399f8f8f4d0bfc67ce0e94fd70.png https://blossom.primal.net/dab827a585d17b11245af6b9e5253fc04fddd71880b060f76be179c3643aeaf8.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Well done! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Dropping a quick personal recommendation for anyone looking to level up their Bitcoin knowledge without falling asleep over a textbook: you have to try out the Satsman app. I started out on their free tier, but I liked it so much that I upgraded all the way to a paid tier, and now I'm on their Founding Member tier. It completely maximizes my daily earnings and includes their full SBI Intelligence Programme for free. The app makes learning incredibly easy. You complete short tasks like an "Orange Pill Poll" or "Sats Price Discovery" that take less than 30 seconds per mission. You instantly stack real sats straight to your wallet while playing educational games like SatsCipher and SatsStack. Because I love this gamified approach, I’ve officially partnered up at @nprofile…57ks with the team at Satsman to bridge the gap between their app and our deeper training paths. 🤝 Want to try the 30-second missions yourself, or looking at this from a company training angle? 📩 Drop me a DM. Let me know if you want my personal app referral link or the corporate program info, and I'll send it right over! #Bitcoin #StackSats #SovereignTech #NostrPlebs #SimonAcademy #Satsman https://blossom.primal.net/93ac916f81f176f73a5eead6c87b9a494964f8b258cac5c57e810bd192215b2c.mp4 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon History made! 🇨🇼⚽ Just watched Curaçao play their first-ever World Cup match. While I am Aruban, my roots run incredibly deep in Curaçao—my grandfather, his father, their siblings, and generations of the Simon family before them all come from the island. Seeing them on the world stage hits very close to home. Going up against four-time World Champion Germany, everyone wrote the boys off and expected a total blowout. And yes, while the final scoreboard read a tough 7-1 loss, the numbers don't tell the whole story. Against all odds, the team showed incredible resilience. They didn't just defend—they fought back, broke through, and scored their first-ever World Cup goal. And what a beautiful, unforgettable goal it was! 🙌🔥 It hurts to lose by a big margin, but the experience, the immense pride, and the joy of seeing the flag at the World Cup is massive. A historic day for the family roots! Mi ta orguyoso di boso! 🇨🇼❤️ #Curacao #WorldCup #FamilyRoots #Football #ProudMoment https://blossom.primal.net/6753a67ecf828993cf8cb3098735bad80d866754f2c7202529e59102e44fc521.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/21b78925e5bb2feae65ae203968a8f97d035c827c9c9d673c6820ee4963a8f0f.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/729b049ff30df17f30e71f6a7316556125d616497d61294bf0bed49ec4c6f9c2.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/399c1ee470e32eb122fc6dbc1bc8209b4ce6fce67bfd719ccd47475dc8e62695.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Let's go Turkiye! Going to cheer for them in a bit. And tonight for Curaçao. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon What a day at the Zeeg Goedhart Tournament over in Alphen aan den Rijn yesterday with my daughter’s team, MO11-1! 🏆⚽ After a slow 0-0 opening match due to some early jitters, we made a quick tactical shift in our lineup. The adjustment changed everything—giving us the exact spark, defensive stability, and forward pressure we needed. The squad completely turned it around from there, winning the second match 3-1 and dominating the final with a clean 3-0 victory to bring home 1st place! 🥇 Our attack exploded for 6 beautiful goals, while our defensive wall stood rock solid, conceding only a single goal the entire tournament. 🧱🧤 It was also the perfect moment to officially close out the year. We thanked the girls for all their incredible effort and growth this season, and I was incredibly touched to receive some amazing thank-you presents from the team myself. 🎁🧡 The absolute perfect way to finish our U11 season before we move up to the U12 age group next year. Proud coach moment! https://blossom.primal.net/e3c7b500a97bd02f7ad979f5614a72d261be1590071408260003b0068898a306.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/64bb3c987a224be2eac20f2ed0eeee39a42f34edd5f90232b5491d04a0bf13d6.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/196427a447a9e8c037ff9c513472827b7da3b9c9bf4ae83007f9873eae986901.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/56da2c8abd2b4289b826c1b0a582a3441899bf492c3cbc4cfc86d38723ceadd8.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The ultimate irony of the Bitcoin space: the network's biggest advocate doesn't use self-custody. While individual Bitcoiners live by "not your keys, not your coins," a multi-billion-dollar Wall Street giant like Strategy Inc. (MicroStrategy) plays by entirely different rules. For them, true self-custody is a legal and auditing impossibility. This became explicitly clear last week when Saylor programmatically sold 32 BTC to meet corporate dividend obligations, only to turn right around days later and buy 1,550 BTC using an At-The-Market stock arbitrage engine. Instead of a private seed phrase, their massive treasury is split across heavily regulated titans like Coinbase Custody, Fidelity Digital Assets, and traditional mega-banks acting as collateral agents. Every single transaction relies on cold storage vaults, complex multi-signature approval rings, and strict regulatory compliance. Saylor accepts this counterparty risk because it’s the only legal framework that allows a corporate balance sheet to absorb hundreds of thousands of coins. Sovereign individuals hold the keys; institutions hold the audited custody contracts. Both are driving adoption, just on entirely different playing fields. #Bitcoin #MicroStrategy #Custody #InstitutionalCrypto https://blossom.primal.net/80a80bc2656ba7063f88610c4628b5c8fd39ad0861bbb763b221b008bcadcce0.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Happy Sunday! ☕ I initially checked out Satsman to see if it was just another high-promise, low-value platform cluttering the space. But because I value real Bitcoin education, the architecture caught my attention. It’s pure proof of work. You spend a few minutes a day completing fun, highly technical educational missions about the protocol. Doing the work is what actually earns you sats—distributed daily. Earning thousands of sats just as a free user is entirely doable in a short amount of time. The model made so much sense to me that I didn't just stay a free user; I took the leap to become a founder to help scale it. As a founder, the earnings accelerate by at least 3x, plus much more. That's how I've personally stacked over 140,000 sats in a very short period. No marketing fluff, just structured onboarding for the network. If you want to put in the proof of work and try the free missions out for yourself, drop me a DM and I'll send over access. ⚡ #Bitcoin #ProofOfWork #Satsman #Education https://blossom.primal.net/14e75a212fd4ecae0c30885a93c3b787567c222d3c4f88f3acd7394c41e0be3f.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Serious question: Why are so many "hardcore" Bitcoiners still spending 90% of their day screaming into the void on X, feeding Elon’s engagement algorithms, and dealing with shadowbans? You claim to love censorship-resistant, decentralized protocols for your money, yet you willingly open a corporate app to beg for permission to speak. If you are still prioritizing Web2 clout over building the sovereign social layer, you aren’t a maximalist—you’re just a hypocrite looking for likes. The protocol is right here. Why are you still over there? #Nostr #Bitcoin #Sunday #GrowNostr https://blossom.primal.net/18cc386746c1a0aae283bceb91b34b4b9668222dd797d51727db128312af84a4.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Spot on! Never trusted Michael Saylor. He is slightly delusional charlatan with his own secret agenda, not benefiting Bitcoin at all. Bitcoin is indeed money, we just need to use it as such. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Totally agree! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Did a deeper technical dive into the new Spark wallet architecture, and there is a massive hidden detail everyone should know about transactions are being routed! 🧩💡 Every single Spark-enabled wallet automatically generates a native spark1... network address behind the scenes. The catch? Popular Spark enabled wallets like @nprofile…kclk and @nprofile…2xse choose to hide this native Spark address from the user UI, exposing only a standard Lightning address (LNURL) instead. Here is why that matters economically: ❌ If you send or receiving a transaction using the LN address, the wallet routes it over regular Lightning rails, forcing you to pay standard network routing fees. ✅ If a wallet actually allows you to see and use the native Spark address, transfers between those addresses are completely free! It's great to see various wallets shifting toward self-custody under the hood using the @nprofile…8a92 SDK, but hiding native protocol addresses limits what the tech can actually do. We need more wallets to expose these spark1... addresses so the community can enjoy true zero-fee transactions across the network! 💸❌🦾 https://blossom.primal.net/e90a31e0d78c558a9d20f08db3bd8e911c8d816b6a0fb94b0d05801656110059.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Curaçao plays their first ever World Cup match against Germany! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Interesting to see how different clients are tackling onboarding! 🛠️ While @nprofile…2h8g gives you a separate custodial LN wallet and an ecash layout, it's a great contrast to Primal's recent migration to the self-custodial Spark wallet. But there’s a catch with Primal’s setup: even though it's self-custodial under the hood, it doesn’t fully utilize the broader Spark network. It strictly uses the Lightning Network layer. Because of this, your native Spark address isn’t visible, meaning you can't receive BTC directly over Spark for zero fees, nor can you send funds straight to another Spark address. Every single transaction is 'forced' through traditional Lightning rails. It’s a step forward for self-custody, but it shows how much room we still have to grow to unlock the full potential of these underlying protocols! #nevent1q…ckjn npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Exploring the wallet setup on Yakihonne, and it’s a pretty interesting layout for managing your zaps! The app features a dual built-in layout, but they aren't connected: 1️⃣ Native Lightning Wallet: Gives you a custom address (@wallet.yakihonne.com). Super smooth for instant zero-config zapping, but keep in mind there’s no 12-word recovery seed—so this part is custodial. 2️⃣ Cashu Ecash Wallet: A separate built-in module leveraging the privacy of ecash mints. If you want true sovereignty, you don't have to use the built-in setup. You can effortlessly use Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) or flick a switch to hook up external favorites like Wallet of Satoshi, Phoenix, Zeus, Alby Go, and many others. Great UI that gives beginners an easy landing pad, while giving power users the total freedom to take full custody! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon 100% human here! And for the record, if anyone does want to pay 1000 BTC (or even 1 BTC for that matter) to test that theory, my wallet is wide open. 😉 My brain just moves faster than my thumbs, so I use an LLM to tweak my writing and keep it understandable. Hats off to @npub1rcr…cfuz for the incredible data work! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I think they’ll absolutely keep coming! It’s all about how we set the stage. If we focus on being more welcoming, staying positive, and building real everyday utility, the door stays wide open for everyone to join us. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon A killer move by @nprofile…qrn6 to fact-check the protocol debate with hard receipts. John Carvalho (CEO of Synonym, the team behind Pubky) has spent plenty of time bashing Nostr and claiming their protocol is a massive upgrade. But Daniel quietly pulled up the metrics and let the facts do the talking—Pubky’s numbers are sadly low, while Nostr is actively thriving. Massive respect to @nprofile…xrcf for keeping a clean, spam-free dashboard at npub.world/stats that makes these reality checks possible! 📊🙌 There’s also been a lively discussion on the timeline about Primal and declining app usage. But the bottom line is staring us right in the face: individual clients will always have user cycles, but the underlying Nostr protocol is growing, and real human activity is way up. The foundation is rock solid, and people genuinely want to be here. 📈✨ To be clear, this isn't about changing our current culture or replacing the tech posts we all love. Everyone should always be free to post exactly what they want and feel like. 💬💻It's simply about expanding the room. To make Nostr and Bitcoin mainstream, we just need to build smooth, easy entry points for normal, daily life—meeting people where they are instead of forcing them to navigate complex jargon. 🗺️ Look at the master move by the @nprofile…cmar community recently: they added support for almost every local currency directly into the Numo POS app. A merchant can type in their local currency, the app handles the Bitcoin/ecash rails entirely under the hood, and the user just taps to pay. No friction, no math equations, just pure utility. 🥜⚡💶 The energy is buzzing. Let’s keep our core strong while welcoming the rest of the world into our thriving economy! What local currency feature or app are you most excited to see bridge the gap next? 👇 #nevent1q…pcpy npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon This is exactly what I'm talking about! 📊🙌 Huge thanks @nprofile…qrn6 for sharing this, and major shoutout to @nprofile…xrcf for maintaining a reliable dashboard. Seeing those active users genuinely trending up changes the whole conversation. This data is the exact roadmap devs, creators, and merchants need to keep pushing real-world adoption forward! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Love the meme! 🤫 But if we want the Nostr community to keep on growing, numbers absolutely matter. Transparency is how devs, merchants, and creators align to build better utility for everyday users. We can't build a real circular economy in the dark! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Thanks for sharing. Do you have the numbers for Nostr as well? These are ofcourse way higher, but would be interesting to see the real usage of Nostr as well so we know where to keep on improving it. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Agree. But for it to truly be "for the people," we need all the people here, not just the tech-savvy. Bridging Nostr with everyday utility—like local community tools and simple onboarding—is how we make it lively and accessible for the mainstream crowd. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon My timeline here is a mix of my day to day life—one day I’m sharing my morning commute to the office, the next I'm celebrating my daughter turning 11 with family karaoke, and today I’m looking at protocol data. 🚗🎂🎤 To me, it’s all connected. And my recent posts about Geozapping and firing corporate ad agencies proved that a lot of you feel the same way. ⚡️ Amidst all the current debates about low user numbers on @nprofile…kclk and other nostr client apps in general, the truth is staring us in the face: People don't just want another tech-heavy Twitter clone. They want a space that enhances their real, daily life. 📉❌ To win over the mainstream crowd from corporate monopolies like Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook, we need to stop focusing purely on tech talk and start building interactive, real-world utility right into our social feeds. What is one everyday, real-life feature that would make your non-Bitcoin friends finally join the network? 👇 #nostr #primal #web2toweb3 #circulareconomy #lifestyle npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon A true circular economy requires three things: merchants, events, and direct value exchange. Looking through the @nprofile…y308 app, you can see this active network thriving right now—from local or global merchants like @nprofile…57ks to upcoming Amsterdam meetups. But the real game-changer for businesses is how features like Geozaps and Biozaps completely rewrite modern marketing: - Legacy Web2: Businesses pay thousands to corporate ad agencies to blast annoying, ignored pop-ups at people. - The Web3 Shift: Businesses can fire the middleman and pay their target audience directly. Instead of burning a budget on big tech, a local shop can drop real value (sats) straight into the wallets of local users within a few kilometers of their storefront or target key groups (like educators or podcasters). It transforms marketing from an annoyance into an incentivized, hyper-targeted relationship. Stop paying middlemen—start zapping your community directly! 🍊⚡️ #bitcoin #circulareconomy #cluborange #geozap #hyperlocal #marketing https://blossom.primal.net/471e113ac8efbdd8b5913d85af333c1d8706aa05f240e4dd1a6017e1affa50d5.png https://blossom.primal.net/7f02ddaac702b4c10f50bc01fcd70acdff706c617342ae9abf8770c4cfd977f4.png https://blossom.primal.net/49b990e4a9d14dbc0340d36e0903c7787774928783c1ff3333e1e14ac2fea340.png https://blossom.primal.net/73816b5dbbc03b834a1875fb77e6336f7b58a214546d81d86783c7aafcf15d0f.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Lately, trending feeds have been dominated by heavy technical debates and internal drama. While protocol architecture is vital, the hard reality is clear: the average smartphone user does not care about caching servers. If the goal is to pull millions of people away from legacy platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook, Nostr cannot just be a 24/7 echo chamber for tech ideologues. It needs to be a vibrant home for real life. Mass adoption means onboarding people with completely different interests. The network needs everyday lifestyle content to feel alive: - Family holiday pictures & birthdays - Makeup routines & skincare tips - Unboxing videos & shopping hauls - Simple, goofy cat videos When younger users or non-technical creators onboard today, they often find the network quiet or boring because it lacks a relatable audience. The users who ignore the tech debates entirely and simply post their daily interests are doing exactly what the network needs to grow. True sovereignty means giving regular people a permanent place to share their lives without corporate algorithms manipulating them. Instead of fighting over client boundaries, let’s focus on building better user-controlled filtering tools so families can safely navigate the network, while keeping the digital town square welcoming. Let's support lifestyle creators like @nprofile…s26m, bring more love to the feeds, and make the protocol fun. The infrastructure is ready—now let's fill it with life. ⚡️❤️ #nostr #massadoption #decentralization npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon More of this please. My eldest daughter @nprofile…6ae8 loves this type of content. Hopefully I can convince ther now to become more active here on Nostr ;) npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Funny 😂 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon There is a lot of criticism surrounding @nprofile…kclk on the trending feeds right now regarding the server-side blocking of @nprofile…2af4, and the concerns are real. As someone trying to nudge friends, family, and my kids to leave Facebook, Instagram and TikTok for Nostr, I obviously don’t want them exposed to explicit or triggering content. Accounts like fuckstr push boundaries, posting highly provocative memes about religion and race that are clearly designed to mock and test the limits. Personally? I found his memes about Jesus talking to himself pretty funny. But he is at a minimum triggering, and it’s understandable why some people find it offensive. But the answer to offensive content isn’t a return to centralized Web2 moderation or top-down client filters. The core promise of Nostr is absolute free speech and user sovereignty. If a user doesn't like someone's provocative tone or edgy content, they can simply choose who to follow, use native mutes, or switch relays. We don't need a central party or proprietary caching servers dictating what we are allowed to see via server-side blocks. That is permission-based communication. What we need from teams like Primal is world-class UI/UX and better localized, user-controlled filtering features so we can curate our own experience and protect our families ourselves. Give us the tools, but let the protocol breathe. ⚡️🆔 #nostr #freespeech #decentralization #primal npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Did I miss something major here? Feel free to orange-pill me if there’s a deeper issue with the Primal crew or Paul that I’m overlooked. Always want to stay grounded in the reality of what’s happening behind the scenes. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Totally understand the cautious view on VC money, but Ten31 seems to be strictly hyper-focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem. Ultimately, funding like this is a massive win in my opinion for users. It gives the @nprofile…kclk team the runway to build even better UI/UX and advanced features that make Nostr intuitive enough to compete directly with legacy social tech. Capital well-deployed accelerates mass adoption. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon A phenomenal Saturday spent way up north at the beach in Den Oever with the extended family. Full execution on relaxation: swimming, a bit of football on the sand, great food, drinks, dancing, and soaking up the perfect weather. ☀️🌊🏖️ The core mission of the day? Celebrating my father-in-law's 81st birthday (round two!). His actual birthday was last Thursday, but you don't cross a milestone like that without a proper family roundup. At 81, he is healthy, full of energy, and surrounded by his legacy—including his 11 grandchildren. Seeing him this vibrant is the ultimate reminder of what truly matters. Family is the ultimate foundation. Hope you are all resting and resetting with the people who matter most. 🦅❤️ #family #legacy #dadlife #denoever #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/1bff8fec8119850c1c6f1b8b55bc393f4e75c2e6034045aea117744aabe807fc.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/201f20a2ad719555d327ed1c713d6996b9b4286461ad8a2be780caca2811c80b.mp4 https://blossom.primal.net/415d5cf54b0da54406d95e957ee63db0744074e303de9f40086097fa4b1a1aaf.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/aa32c1dbdd8b98a3ca1494f100e0574c890d966003f3331d5c771c7f82e9b49a.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Or bon bini as we say in Papiamento 😉 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Ever wonder how WeChat Pay handles physical retail transactions using a static QR code? It's a massive growing market in Europe, but the mechanics reveal a heavy legacy burden: 📲 The Flow: A European merchant displays a static QR code at the counter. The Chinese customer opens their WeChat app, scans it, manually enters the fiat amount specified by the merchant, and authorizes the payment. ⏳ While it feels seamless for the consumer, the merchant is left holding the bag. Settlement takes at least 1 business day (often longer across borders), and payment processors charge hefty transaction fees—frequently climbing up to 3%. ⚡ Compare this to Bitcoin Lightning or e-cash. A dynamic or static QR code allows instant settlement in milliseconds. Peer-to-peer, final settlement, with transaction fees that are fractions of a cent (essentially 0%). Why pay 3% and wait 24 hours for credit risk when open monetary protocols can settle instantly for next to nothing? The shift to native value rails isn't just about tech—it’s pure corporate efficiency. 💼📈 #fintech #payments #wechatpay #bitcoin #lightning #crossborder https://blossom.primal.net/abc7678264b7eac06f28325099750fab1606e05c8940d7e44e0445316a8fa764.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Welcome @nprofile…n764! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon A fantastic morning to you all! I woke up to see I’ve crossed the 100-follower mark, now sitting at 103. I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who has connected here—the quality and signal on this network are unmatched. 📈📡 Saturday for me is all about execution, discipline, and family: 🏋️♂️ First up: Locking in my morning gym routine to reset and build focus for the weekend. ⚽️ 11:00 CET: Heading to the pitch for my youngest daughter Samantha’s final official football match of the season. Coming hot off their tournament championship victory in Haarlem last week, the team is ready to close things out on a high note. 🏆🔥 True leadership requires peak discipline across the board—whether in the gym or supporting the next generation on the field. Thank you again for the milestone. Enjoy the weekend, everyone! What are you executing on today? ⚡🥊 #discipline #dadlife #football #grownostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The most critical performance management of my week didn't happen in a boardroom. 📈👯♂️ Today was the final dress rehearsal for my youngest daughter's dance showcase this Sunday. She was fighting some heavy pre-stage nerves, made worse when a severe thunderstorm with blinding rain and lightning struck right as we stepped out the door. ⛈️⚡️ But leadership is built early. She proved she is an incredibly tough girl—shook off the intimidation, walked into the studio, and completely executed her routine like a professional. Proud dad moment watching real resilience in action. Ready for Sunday! ❤️ #dadlife #family #resilience #leadership #grownostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon A public proposal for the teams at @nprofile…kclk and @nprofile…2h8g to completely break the back of legacy social media competition. 🧠🚀 Both of your UI/UX is already top-tier, but if we, as Nostr community, want to give users absolutely zero reason to ever fall back on walled gardens like WhatsApp, Facebook, or LinkedIn, we need to bring full-spectrum communication to the protocol layer. Imagine if Primal and /or Yakihonne integrated: 👥 Native Group Chats: High-signal, encrypted spaces for communities and businesses. 📞 Voice Calls: Instant peer-to-peer audio right from the DM interface. 📹 Video Calling: Secure, open-protocol video streaming without corporate spyware. Because Nostr handles the identity layer natively, adding secure, WebRTC-based communication rails means that a comprehensive, sovereign communications hub can be build. So why don't you build the ultimate killer app layer. What do you say, @nprofile…kclk and @nprofile…2h8g teams? 😉⚡📡 #nostr #primal #yakihonne #bitcoin #innovation #fintech #grownostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon In case you need any help, feel free to DM me. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Have you tried using the Numo Pay POS app for local merchants? It's completely free and downloadable in the @nprofile…kjtv. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon There you go, a like AND a zap. Keep on doing what you guys are doing! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Since the team at Pubky is tuning in—maybe the ultimate move isn't fighting for a siloed network, but transforming Pubky into a premium Nostr client app? 🧠📡 Imagine bringing that gorgeous UI/UX over to the Nostr ecosystem. You get an immediate, massive network effect, and from there, you can actively innovate, introduce your decentralized identity ideas, and help grow the open-source protocol together. The rails are already built. Let’s collaborate and scale! What do you think @nprofile…l4nf? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Caught the @nprofile…t7e4 popping up on my Nostr feed this morning. It’s pretty cool seeing a major European institution getting their data into open protocols! 🇪🇺📡 A few interesting details under the hood for the those interested: 🔹 They aren't natively here yet. Their official account lives on a Mastodon server (the federated ActivityPub protocol), which is being mirrored over to our timeline via a mostr.pub bridge. 🔹 Because it’s just a passive data bridge, I hit a wall trying to send them a test zap—no Lightning address is configured. ⚡🛑 Honestly, it would be awesome to see the Commission step past passive bridging and go fully native with a real Nostr pubkey and a Lightning address. There are so many great, free options out there to plug value directly into communication. @nprofile…t7e4—if your team needs a quick hand navigating the payment layer, my DMs are always open. Happy to help you wire up the value rails! 😉📈 #fintech #nostr #europeancommission #bitcoin #lightning #fediverse #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/ebc77405495dc04e70f7fd2594214cda5633406bcf606b192787efa598276ebf.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I’m always down to test new protocol tech, which is why I actually gave Pubky a spin a few months ago. The recent rants from its founder claiming "Nostr is dead" definitely made me look back at that experience. 🕵️♂️🔥 My verdict remains the same. The UI looks incredibly sharp—no surprise there, as it shares that sleek, polished DNA with their Bitkit app. Visually, it’s beautiful. 🎨✨ But beneath the hood, the friction is real. Creating a profile months ago felt like an unnecessary obstacle course, and once inside... it was an absolute ghost town. Flash forward to today, and a beautiful interface still doesn't mean much without an active network effect to back it up. 🏜️📱 Meanwhile, Nostr is thriving. Just in the last few days alone, I've welcomed almost 10 new followers to my profile, alongside a steady stream of likes, comments, and zaps. Does Nostr have legacy social media numbers yet? No. But we aren't in a hurry. We are building the right way. ⚡📡 A flashy UI is a great start, but protocol growth requires seamless onboarding and sustained community traction. Less tribal bashing, more frictionless engineering! 😉📈 #fintech #nostr #pubky #bitcoin #uxdesign #protocols #grownostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I come from a family of educators. It’s exactly why my passion for structured learning runs so deep, and why I founded @nprofile…57ks. You cannot scale institutional adoption or build a sustainable circular economy without a rock-solid educational foundation. 🎓🧠 That’s why, alongside the Academy, I became an official Satsman Founder and Pro Max user. Over the past 3+ months, I’ve been road-testing the gamified microlearning framework. It perfectly solves the onboarding bottleneck by rewarding real proof-of-understanding with genuine Bitcoin satoshis—no points, no junk tokens. ⚡ My personal milestones so far: 📈 110,780 total sats earned 🔥 17,800 sats stacked on consistency streaks 🎯 5,607 sats via core learning missions Globally, the platform is booming with 27.5k+ active users across 176 countries pushing past 1.1M missions. 🌍 Want to join my army? 1️⃣ Slide into my DMs for a personal referral link. 2️⃣ Onboarding and learning is 100% free. 3️⃣ To accelerate your growth, you can upgrade later to a paid tier to support the platform and unlock higher sat yields. 🚀🏆 Drop a message and let's get you stacking knowledge and sats! 🛡️ #fintech #bitcoin #education #microlearning #satsman #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/2311a7430e3dfb7350d02ceec54b0c6495692903a6dee41aa7e7e5361fb6c9a6.png https://blossom.primal.net/b817755e0b578fba53a4b6316aa5e1a1bd842ea0d5f038259e8c539be7ab4f41.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon This latest Numo Pay update from @nprofile…zkcl hits close to home for me—literally! As an Aruban, seeing the Aruban Florin (Afl.) added natively to the merchant terminal is incredibly special. 🇦🇼❤️⚡ This is exactly how we scale real-world adoption. Local businesses on the island can now input prices in Florins seamlessly at the counter, completely bypassing the manual conversion headache while settling instantly via @nprofile…cmar ecash and Lightning. Beautiful work on the localization. The circular economy is coming to the Caribbean in full force, @nprofile…03tj! 🏝️📈 #fintech #bitcoin #cashu #aruba #merchantadoption #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/6d25073f2b8bfe6c57db72eeeb7503196538566d9199b44704e5337a2bfe3c1f.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Back on the pitch for football practice tonight with our fresh tournament champions! ⚽🏆 Attendance was thin this evening with a lot of the girls away celebrating the Feast of Sacrifice. Eid Mubarak to all of my Muslim friends! 🕋✨ I ran a high-energy session with a tight group of just 5 girls of my U11 players, shifting the entire tactical focus onto attacking combinations and quick-passing links. Quality over quantity. 🧠⚡ #coaching #football #parenting #svhoofddorp #champions #grownostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Commuted into Amsterdam this morning: caught the bus, hopped the train to Amsterdam South, and took the metro straight into the city. The entire multi-modal transit journey was executed flawlessly via a simple Google Pay contactless tap. 🚌🇳🇱🚇 The UX of the Dutch OVpay framework is a masterclass in frictionless infrastructure. The tragedy? It runs entirely on legacy fiat rails. 📉 Imagine this exact tap-and-go convenience built natively on Bitcoin Layer 2 or Layer 3 architectures. Think about Lightning routing or completely free Spark-to-address transfers. Better yet, look at @nprofile…cmar protocol wallets like @nprofile…m76u which already demonstrate true tap-to-pay functionality via NFC—even while completely offline. ⚡📱 The legacy rails have the onboarding UX solved, but open protocols—combining Lightning liquidity, free Spark settlement, and private Cashu ecash—possess the vastly superior infrastructure. Time to bridge the gap. 📈🛡️ #fintech #bitcoin #lightningnetwork #Spark #Cashu #payments #OVpay #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/56874189903c74ac74b98539b4ba483151487449b2ec274f93e5d1b8b2ac6657.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/9356e4055d8797711cbd520075f6c48b24588d4161390f7637a1337b90643459.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/58896baf9dc6b411eb3ed21919f12c3664e2ab3b302dba4a443587dec8d07684.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/874a7a07eb18c29ef4ecceff8bd4bbb864bdacc0e8d7d7a739b1f24b594c90a6.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/e78f6ca273647b096a605880aa683066c7cf91dbb5691abbd1fe4d6d1d8611dd.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Testing the Spark wallet landscape reveals massive UX fragmentation. The incentive is huge: Spark-to-address transactions are completely free, while Lightning carries routing costs. 💰⚡ My breakdown of the current stack: 🔹 Xverse: Full Spark capability (send/receive via Spark address). Only Xverse lacks a standard LN address. 🔹 Blitz Wallet: The absolute gold standard for identity—the only one with a NIP-verified LN address. 🔹 Primal, WoS, Bringin: Spark capability completely disabled by the apps. 🔹 Club Orange: Send-only for Spark; incoming blocked. 🔹 Tether Wallet: Smooth tech, but zero privacy. Wallet balances and tx history are completely transparent. 🔎🛑 Conclusion: @nprofile…uxkg(Blitz) takes the crown today. It successfully hits the ultimate sweet spot by giving you full, private, free Spark-to-address transfers alongside a native, working LN address. 🏆⚡ The rails are there, but developers need to stop disabling them. Free, private, peer-to-peer settlement is the ultimate goal. 📈🛡️ #fintech #bitcoin #lightningnetwork #Spark #payments #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/517f04cd4440d7be74f904e7a12b74fe396a79aa4adf79e967656f5716811f73.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Testing the Spark wallet landscape reveals massive UX fragmentation. The incentive is huge: Spark-to-address transactions are completely free, while Lightning carries routing costs. 💰⚡ My breakdown of the current stack: 🔹 Xverse: Full Spark capability (send/receive via Spark address). Only Xverse lacks a standard LN address. 🔹 Blitz: The absolute gold standard for identity—the only one with a NIP-verified LN address. 🔹 Primal, WoS, Bringin: Spark capability completely disabled by the apps. 🔹 Club Orange: Send-only for Spark; incoming blocked. 🔹 Tether Wallet: Smooth tech, but zero privacy. Wallet balances and tx history are completely transparent. 🔎🛑 Conclusion: @nprofile…akes the crown today. It successfully hits the ultimate sweet spot by giving you full, private, free Spark-to-address transfers alongside a native, working LN address. 🏆⚡ The rails are there, but developers need to stop disabling them. Free, private, peer-to-peer settlement is the ultimate goal. 📈🛡️ #fintech #bitcoin #lightningnetwork #Spark #payments #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/fb3d208174dc2448107153f8f918a0384a32c3c8843878e78fe8f660fc4c68ff.png https://blossom.primal.net/517f04cd4440d7be74f904e7a12b74fe396a79aa4adf79e967656f5716811f73.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Testing the Spark wallet landscape reveals massive UX fragmentation. The incentive is huge: Spark-to-address transactions are completely free, while Lightning carries routing costs. 💰⚡ My breakdown of the current stack: 🔹 Xverse: Full Spark capability (send/receive via Spark address). Only Xverse lacks a standard LN address. 🔹 Blitz: The absolute gold standard for identity—the only one with a NIP-verified LN address. 🔹 Primal, WoS, Bringin: Spark capability completely disabled by the apps. 🔹 Club Orange: Send-only for Spark; incoming blocked. 🔹 Tether Wallet: Smooth tech, but zero privacy. Wallet balances and tx history are completely transparent. 🔎🛑 Conclusion: @nprofile…akes the crown today. It successfully hits the ultimate sweet spot by giving you full, private, free Spark-to-address transfers alongside a native, working LN address. 🏆⚡ The rails are there, but developers need to stop disabling them. Free, private, peer-to-peer settlement is the ultimate goal. 📈🛡️ #fintech #bitcoin #lightningnetwork #Spark #payments #grownostr https://blossom.primal.net/fb3d208174dc2448107153f8f918a0384a32c3c8843878e78fe8f660fc4c68ff.png https://blossom.primal.net/517f04cd4440d7be74f904e7a12b74fe396a79aa4adf79e967656f5716811f73.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Wow, so many cool developments related to Cashu. From built-in ecash options in apps like @nprofile…2h8g, to the launch of Numo Pay, native on-chain support, and now even connections to a Spark backend. It's incredible to see the rapid integration of unified Nostr/Lightning addresses and dedicated ecash wallets. Compliments to the @nprofile…cmar developer community! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Thanks for confirming. And congrats with this huge milestone! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Did some research. If I understand correctly, this adds an official standard for Cashu mints/wallets to handle normal, on-chain Bitcoin transactions directly, instead of being limited just to the Lightning Network? That’s awesome for flexibility. Is my understanding correct? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon What are on-chain nuts? Can you explain it in a simple way for non-developers? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The UX hurdle is real, but check out @nprofile…vmya if you are in Europe. They offer a completely non-custodial setup where you keep ownership of your funds, but get the all-in-one convenience of Lightning addresses, a native IBAN, and a debit card. Absolute game-changer for onboarding. 🇪🇺🎯 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Funny 😆 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Hit the 5,000-step mark early today (stacking sats via sMiles on the walk) and got a fresh trim, all leading up to Samantha's big match in Amsterdam-Zuid. 🚶♂️💈⚽ Beautiful weather and a fantastic pitch today, but a tough 5-1 loss against Olympia Amsterdam. Despite the scoreboard, so proud of how the girls fought. Samantha was incredible on defense and came inches away from scoring a goal! Proud dad. Now transitioning home to prep for a family birthday party tonight. Hope everyone is enjoying the sun! ☀️🏆 #grownostr #parenting #football #life #amsterdam https://blossom.primal.net/31f61bad04de773419a2ccf7652839c62398ee09c33c50fdc6474f4c81f65ace.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon ⚡ Appreciate the zap. Go crush it at the booth today! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Good luck today guys! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Morning walk to the gym. Local canal inspector is already on duty. 🐦🌾 Taking in the quiet views before heading into Amsterdam for a packed Saturday of lifting, a barber stop, and supporting Samantha's football match on the pitch. Pace your morning, execute your day. Have a great weekend, plebs! ⚡☀️ #grownostr #plebchain #life #netherlands https://blossom.primal.net/4b8d476e4711f90bb4a608efc663bcfc1e67c7ec250669f3908aa2e73800a43f.jpg npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I used to be highly active on Facebook and LinkedIn, documenting my travels for @nprofile…xnns, updates for @nprofile…57ks, and milestones with my beautiful family. Then I stopped. The algorithmic corporate silos just lost their soul. You shouldn’t have to pay with your data or navigate artificial rage-bait feeds just to share an honest story or an industry insight. So, I'm completely shifting my digital footprint right here to @nprofile…kclk. The exact same personal storytelling—birthdays, holidays, Dutch football coaching highlights with the girls, compliance analysis, and a healthy dose of sovereign money architecture. Pure open protocol, zero corporate corporate middlemen. Feels good to own my own voice again. 🥂⚡ #grownostr #plebchain #life #sovereignty npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I like 'sell my soul' option :) Funny but true when using traditional social media apps. Luckily there is @nprofile…kclk npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Spot on. Those L1 fee jumps are exactly why an optimized Layer 2 strategy is non-negotiable for micro-accumulation. Spark and ecash shield the stack from the mainchain fee drag entirely. ⚡📈 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Looking sharp my friend! npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Spent day job hours advising legacy banks and PSPs on how to fix their clunky infrastructure. Spent yesterday evening buying Bitcoin Pizza Day dinner using my @nprofile…vmya Visa card. The legacy rails handle the merchant instantly, while my backend strategy is 100% focused on shorting fiat velocity: spend the EUR necessary for daily life, let the passive L2 USDB stablecoin sats yield roll over, harvest the task streaks, and sweep the entire floor into non-custodial Spark savings every 30 days. 16 years ago, Laszlo dropped 10k BTC to prove peer-to-peer cash worked. Today, we have the routing tech to run an entire personal central bank right from our pockets. Good to be back. What's everyone stacking this weekend? 🍕⚡ #BitcoinPizzaDay #grownostr #plebchain #bitcoin npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Love it npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Sounds interesting. How does it work exactly? npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon 🟠 I've earned 42,716 sats on Satsman — a free Bitcoin education app. Complete 3 fun daily missions, learn about Bitcoin, and stack real sats. DM me for more info. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I’m now using Bringin Connect to stack directly from my salary. By linking my bank app to a permanent Connect vIBAN, my Bitcoin lands in my own wallet before I even spend a single Euro. 🟠💸 It’s the ultimate low-friction setup for EU-based Plebs. If you’re tired of manual exchange steps, this is the way. ⚡️ #Bitcoin #@nprofile…g90a #Fintech #SelfCustody #StackingSats #L2 https://blossom.primal.net/b637816c49b396639aba2f6b13075b0eedfaa8ebcffedf9d21d04807906b5e55.png https://blossom.primal.net/7e41f1abb5e97e4ec340fe76cc34ac66842821f31bf2a18ed3c4bbec7266614f.png https://blossom.primal.net/e22c72b210cd24b7dbc658322c19a496c3e758e87bd95a8faed66b50deef039a.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Appreciate the clean-up! Privacy is paramount. For anyone looking for the unit, the code pierre_36464 still works manually at signup. ⚡️ npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Verification is key! I’m 60 days into this 'Proof of Work' and the withdrawals to my self-custodial wallet have been 100% flawless. It’s about building the habit. Don’t trust my link—just trust the sats in the wallet. ⚡️ npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon 07:00 AM. ☕️ Day 60. The streak is unbroken. 48,204 sats earned through pure discipline and local 'Proof of Work.' No trading, no gambling, just a consistent daily protocol. My army is currently at 5/10. I’m looking for 5 more plebs who want to build a 60-day streak of their own. Join the unit and start your sovereign architecture today. 🎖️ Join the Squad: https://satsman.com?ref=pierre_36464 (Code: pierre_36464) #Day60 #Bitcoin #Plebchain #Sovereignty #StackingSats #Satsman #Discipline https://blossom.primal.net/de3f6fe9f3f955522776c1e136b833b7ecd1bccfa6b7545030400a7e89f4061c.png npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Amsterdam bound! 🇳🇱💨 Heading to meet with a major global payment firm. It’s time to show the big fintech players why the future of global value transfer is built on the Lightning Network and L2 infrastructure. ⚡️🟠 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Correction: Gulf of 'America' according to this administration :) But all jokes aside, this administration started promising with a pro-Bitcoin policy, but its policy towards immigrants, environment, and it's foreign policy are all a huge disaster. npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon @nprofile…nj96 Dorsey’s Square auto-enables bitcoin payments for millions of U.S. businesses The new rollout converts BTC to dollars by default for small businesses, aiming to embed bitcoin into everyday commerce without added friction. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/30/jack-dorsey-s-square-auto-enables-bitcoin-payments-for-millions-of-u-s-businesses npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon 09:15 AM. ☕️ Day 57. The view from 8 weeks of consistency is VIVID. Smashed my daily stacking floor before Europe even woke up. It’s not just about the sats; it's about the architecture: 🧊 Vault is locked. ⚡️ Daily yield is flowing. 📱 Sovereign spending is primed. Hit a significant personal milestone in the spending wallet today—the system is working. We don't track price; we track discipline. 8 weeks down. A lifetime of sovereignty to go. #Day57 #Bitcoin #Plebchain #Grownostr #StackingSats #VividVision #Sovereignty npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Day 48 of stacking sats on Satsman. Earned 6,604 sats so far. If you want to learn about Bitcoin while earning real sats, here's my link: https://satsman.com?ref=pierre_36464 npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Bitcoin is indisputably the world’s premier Store of Value, but we are hitting a friction point in its evolution as a Medium of Exchange. Technically, Bitcoin + Lightning is the superior payment rail: it’s faster, cheaper, and eliminates the "chargeback" risk that plagues legacy merchants. Yet, the ground reality remains: most merchants still only accept fiat, and those who do accept BTC often see it account for less than 1% of their revenue. Why the gap? In my opinion, the bottleneck isn't the tech—it's us. Most Bitcoiners are focused solely on "HODLing," effectively keeping the best medium of exchange locked in a vault. For Bitcoin to win the $32.9 Trillion retail market, we have to start using the plumbing we’ve built. What's the solution? Most of us still earn in fiat, which means the bridge to a Bitcoin standard starts with a deliberate habit. My recommendation for every Bitcoiner is simple: send a fixed amount of every paycheck directly to your on-chain wallet for long-term savings, but move the bulk of your "spendable" liquidity into your Lightning wallet for daily essentials like groceries. Apps like @npub1krv…d3py are perfect for this—they allow you to seamlessly bridge your Euro accounts with Lightning rails, making it easy to off-ramp exactly what you need for daily costs while keeping the rest in your sovereign control. This mirrors the discipline I saw in the 80s and 90s. My mother used to budget her physical cash for the week; every time she spent less than planned, those extra bills went straight into a piggy bank. Over time, that "spare" cash accumulated until she could buy new furniture or other essentials. Also I believe we need to normalize the "dual-wallet" architecture. Apps like Bitkit are leading the way by offering a seamless, self-custodial interface that mirrors traditional finance but with total sovereignty: - Savings: a Level 1 (on-chain) Bitcoin address for long-term wealth preservation and "Vault" security. - Spending: a Lightning-powered wallet designed for instant, low-cost daily transactions. Having full visibility and the ability to swap between savings (HODLing) and spending in one interface is how we transition from "speculators" to a functional circular economy. It's time to stop just holding the future and start spending it. #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #Bitkit #HODL #SpendingSats #FinancialSovereignty #PlebChain npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The European Central Bank (ECB) is now officially seeking "experts" to help jam the Digital Euro into ATMs and legacy card terminals. It honestly feels like watching someone try to reinvent the wheel, but with extra layers of surveillance and centralized friction. While the ECB is still in the "call for experts" phase for basic terminal integration, the Bitcoin ecosystem has already solved this: 1) Lightning Network: Already settling institutional-grade payments ($1M+) and micro-retail instantly. 2) Taproot Assets: Already bringing stablecoins to secure, decentralized rails. 3) e-Cash ( @npub17fz…9yxv/ @npub1su3…cngd): Already providing the digital bearer instrument and offline privacy the ECB claims to be "researching". 4) Open Terminals: Solutions like @Numo Pay and @Square’s new auto-enablement are already live for millions of merchants. We don't need a centralized "roadmap" to tell us how to use digital money. We have an open-source engine that’s been running at 100% uptime for years. Why wait for a permissioned, account-based CBDC when the peer-to-peer future is already in your pocket? 🌍🔓 #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #CBDC #DigitalEuro #Ecash #FinancialSovereignty #PlebChain #SimonConsulting npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Eid Mubarak to all my Muslim friends, colleagues, and business partners! 🌙✨ Today marks the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast. After 30 days of Ramadan, it is a time for gratitude, community, and looking forward with a renewed spirit. May this day bring peace and prosperity to you and your loved ones. To those celebrating today and those who will begin their celebrations tomorrow—wishing you a blessed and joyful Eid! 🕊️🤝 #EidMubarak #EidAlFitr #Eid2026 #Community #Gratitude #Peace #PlebChain #Nostr npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon I'm doubling down on the circular economy. 🟠 As a Compliance Consultant, I've seen that 'trust' is our best currency. I've recently joined Satsman as a Founding Member to turn my daily market research into a mission-based stacking routine. Currently an 'Orange Piller'. Looking for 6 more plebs to join the squad and level up today. How are you stacking sats on the go right now?" Poll Options: A) ⚔️ Satsman Daily Missions B) ⚡️ Zaps & Value-for-Value C) 🛍️ Fold / Lolli / Rewards D) 📉 Just buying the dips #Bitcoin #Satsman #StackingSats #Nostr #PlebChain npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon https://youtube.com/shorts/7Wy2uI0MP0Q?si=CqqEnoRWpfndqikd npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon The "Invisible Infrastructure" just went into overdrive. ⚡️🧱 Starting March 30, Square is auto-enabling Bitcoin Lightning payments for 4 million merchants. This isn't a pilot; this is a default. https://image.nostr.build/3b11fa39624e93220148cc40ad4bb5a458b91b8b6df6e18622c1249b77748fbf.png Overnight, millions of businesses will become Bitcoin-accepting entities. Most won't even need to be "techies"—they’ll just see faster settlement and lower fees. This is exactly what I meant by the Trojan Horse: we win by making the superior tech the default. While the skeptics are busy debating "utility," @npub1sg6…f63m and the team at Block are busy upgrading the global plumbing. The transition from "Turn everyday sales" into "long-term value" is no longer optional. History is being written in real-time. Are you ready for the surge? 📉➡️📈 #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #Square #Block #Adoption #Hyperbitcoinization #InvisibleInfrastructure #PlebChain npub1l9zpexgh03tkuhglu78srv6jf4mm29kn5x6mnedkjg59qlacu9gsc52779 Pierre Simon Masha pabien na tur mi rumannan Arubiano riba e dia tan special aki! 🇦🇼✨ Today is a momentous Dia di Himno y Bandera. We aren't just celebrating our beautiful flag and anthem for their 50th anniversary, but also marking exactly 40 years since Aruba obtained its Status Aparte. As an Arubiano, my heart is full of pride for our "Dushi Tera." Our history is one of resilience, determination, and the same "Proof of Work" spirit that drives me every day. From the gold mines of the past to the digital frontiers of the future, we keep moving forward. Disfruta boso dia, sea orguyoso di nos cultura, nos herencia, y nos libertad. Aruba ta den mi sanger! ❤️💙💛 #Aruba #DiaDiHimnoYBandera #StatusAparte #DushiTera #Arubiano #Orguyo #Nostr🇦🇼⚡️