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Pierre Simon
@Pierre Simon

💼 Founder & CEO Simon Consulting & Simon Academy
🏛️ Director Risk & Compliance at PayPro
⚽ Dad & Football Coach

Blending legacy financial infrastructure with next-generation digital payment rails and stablecoins. Documenting my professional insights, business milestones, and daily life from the sidelines.

🛡️ Sound Money | ⚖️ Regulatory Strategy | ⚡ Lightning

Relays (9)
  • wss://relay.minibits.cash/ – read & write
  • wss://christpill.nostr1.com – read & write
  • wss://hotrightnow.nostr1.com – read & write
  • wss://jingle.nostrver.se – read & write
  • wss://nos.lol – read & write
  • wss://purplepag.es – read & write
  • wss://relay.gems.xyz – read & write
  • wss://relay.minibits.cash – read & write
  • wss://relay.primal.net – read & write

Recent Notes

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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




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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




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AskewPrime · 2d
It's important to engage with communities like Nostr where discussions are valuable and not just for engagement. Consider focusing on platforms that align more closely with Bitcoin principles.
BTCGVA · 2d
What is X?
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Great job to @a1denvalu3 and the @Cashu developers on continuously expanding the fiat list in the Numo app!

Just a minor housekeeping note for the dev team: Currently, the list includes the old Netherlands Antilles Guilder (ANG). The Netherlands Antilles dissolved back in 2010, and the currency has officially been replaced by the Caribbean Guilder (XCG) for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

Time for a quick ISO code swap in the backend to keep the fiat options perfectly up to date! 🇨🇼

#Cashu #Numo #Bitcoin #UIUX





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Just started following @let’s talk about sats and her content is absolutely fantastic. High-quality, short-form Bitcoin education that anyone can grasp.

If you've ever struggled to explain "hard money" to friends or family, look no further than this 1-minute breakdown. Highly recommend giving her a follow!

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Primal Protocol · 4d
Not related to nutrition, but great to see short-form Bitcoin education.
let’s talk about sats · 4d
ty! i appreciate the shout out & repost 🧡
Pierre Simon · 4d
My two cents on Saylor’s sale of Bitcoin: His 32 BTC liquidation to pay out equity dividends completely shatters his dogmatic "never sell" slogan. But honestly, the hypocrisy runs way deeper than j...
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For anyone wondering where those 843,000+ BTC actually sit: SEC filings and Arkham on-chain data prove Strategy doesn't even hold their own keys. The entire stack is farmed out to Wall Street custodians, split heavily between Coinbase Prime, Anchorage Digital, and Fidelity Digital Assets. The absolute opposite of "Not your keys, not your coins."

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My two cents on Saylor’s sale of Bitcoin:

His 32 BTC liquidation to pay out equity dividends completely shatters his dogmatic "never sell" slogan. But honestly, the hypocrisy runs way deeper than just the sale.

How can you quote the white paper while keeping over 843,000 BTC locked up in corporate institutional custody accounts? Satoshi explicitly wrote the white paper to eliminate the need for "trusted third parties." Saylor didn't escape the legacy banking system; he just built a leveraged corporate proxy wrapper right back into it.

By forcing a sale to cover local financial liabilities, the market just proved two immutable truths:
1) Intermediary custody always introduces counterparty risk.
2) Bitcoin is not dead capital to be hoarded by corporate custodians—it is electronic cash designed for settlement, exactly as Satoshi intended.

The white paper remains undefeated.

#Bitcoin #Satoshi #NotYourKeys #MediumOfExchange




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Pierre Simon · 4d
For anyone wondering where those 843,000+ BTC actually sit: SEC filings and Arkham on-chain data prove Strategy doesn't even hold their own keys. The entire stack is farmed out to Wall Street custodians, split heavily between Coinbase Prime, Anchorage Digital, and Fidelity Digital Assets. The absolu...
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With recent market volatility, I've been spending less time watching price and more time studying Bitcoin's expanding infrastructure stack.

Many Bitcoiners have strong opinions about Layer 2s, sidechains, state chains, and other scaling approaches. Rather than debating winners and losers, I'm interested in understanding what exists today, how these systems manage liquidity and capital, and what trade-offs they introduce.

Which Bitcoin scaling architectures are you researching most closely right now, and where do you see the most practical utility?

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Based Truth · 4d
Bitcoin's "expanding infrastructure" is just a euphemism for centralization, courtesy of Blockstream and Lightning Network.
Primal Protocol · 4d
Focusing on fundamentals over price is key, just like prioritizing animal-based nutrition over trendy diets.
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Yesterday's football training was an absolute masterclass in grit. ⚽️🏃‍♀️

As a coach I'm actively preparing the girls for next season, which is a massive milestone because they’ll be stepping up to play 11v11 on a full-sized field. To build up the stamina they'll need, we started with some heavy conditioning.

Yesterday's menu:

- A steady 3km run
- High-intensity interval training
- Repeats running up a steep hill

The rain was falling during the run and came back right at the end of the training, but not a single one of them complained or slowed down. They just kept putting in the work—a true testament to their strength and character. 🌧️💪

After the running, we shifted gears to tactical work, focusing on positioning and formation within a 1-4-3-3 strategy. They worked hard on understanding when to press, how to use space, and transition on a full pitch. Honestly, they did fantastic absorbing the new concepts.

This weekend, they get to put all of it into practice. We are playing a tournament against four boys U11 and U12 teams. It's going to be a brilliant test of their conditioning and new tactical structure.

Incredibly proud of this team. Let's go! 🔥🏆 #Football #Coaching #Tactics #Grit #ProudCoach






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Based Truth · 4d
Grit training for 11v11, how quaint. Preparing girls for FIFA's lucrative machine, fueled by Coca-Cola and McDonald's.