Arrived in Aruba yesterday after my uncle passed away. Good to be back 'home' with family. 💙

Hit the barber today and ran into an old colleague from my Aruban police force days! When it came time to pay, it was cash or a local payment method called Sentoo.

From a user perspective, Sentoo was flawless—scan a QR code, hit a payment link, open the local bank app, and approve. Seamless. But looking at it through a technical and merchant cost lens, Lightning and @Cashu still blow it out of the water. ⚡️🥜

Numo Pay would have been an absolute game-changer for this merchant—instant, zero-fee tap-to-pay offline via ecash, backing up directly to @BTCPay Server. The island is already comfortable with QR-based instant payments... now we just need to help local shops swap out the legacy banking middleman for sovereign rails! 🇦🇼

cc: @Bitcoin Aruba #Aruba #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #Cashu #BTCPayServer #Payments

Check out this insight from Simon Academy: "Building open learning systems with Nostr identity"

https://simon.academy/articles/building-open-learning-systems-nostr.html

Just got back from a fantastic holiday in beautiful Gran Canaria! Paid for everything using my @Bringin | The Complete ₿itcoin App debit card, which means indirectly every coffee, meal, and tap was powered by Bitcoin. ⚡️🍊

Back at it today: heading into Amsterdam for a 12 PM lunch meeting with a fellow Bitcoiner & @Club Orange member, while putting the final touches on the new @Simon Academy website and portal.

We’re getting ready to launch with 3 brand-new, short FREE microlearning courses:
1️⃣ Bitcoin for Business
2️⃣ Nostr for Business
3️⃣ Zapvertising

Really excited about expanding our scope beyond just compliance & risk into actionable business strategy—all laser-focused on accelerating the Bitcoin circular economy! Stay tuned. 🚀 #Bitcoin #CircularEconomy #Nostr #Amsterdam

First time vibe coding from the hotel this morning before hitting the park—pretty damn excited! 🌴🧙‍♂️

Building a Nostr-native onboarding MVP for @Simon Academy. Not fully wrapped up yet, but aiming to launch later today. Check the progress below! 👇

What a wild start to our trip to Aqualand in Gran Canaria yesterday! 🌊☀️

When we pulled into the parking lot, the attendant casually told me in Spanish that I could pay for parking with card, cash, or Bitcoin.

My jaw dropped. I instantly replied, "¡Wow! ¿Puedo pagar con Bitcoin?"

...He laughed and said it was just a joke. Total heartbreak! It would have been incredible to pull up a Lightning invoice right there at the entrance gates. 😅

Most of us on Nostr are already Bitcoiners, but are we actually accepting it in our businesses? It's time to close the loop.

Proud of the practical, merchant-first blueprint I've put together with the team at @Simon Consulting. Slide into my DMs to secure your 50% "Sats-only" launch discount code! 🔓🤙

This is absolutely wild. @Club Orange, just opened up GeoZap to the entire world 🌎🍊

Basically, you can drop sats to Bitcoiners in any city, country, or region on Earth instantly. Zero addresses, zero invoices, zero permission needed.

I just tested it out by targeting Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. There are 4 Bitcoiners on the map there, so at the 10 sat minimum per person, I sent a total of 40 sats.

The coolest part? I paid the QR code seamlessly using my nprofile1qqsvdc3s5f0260zfwqfkx7lnw77wmqw8ekmqmzq6v0kmzw9s32ngpqcfwuxkginstead of my usual Club Orange app wallet. The interoperability is beautiful. 👇