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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

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Recent Notes

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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



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Simon Consulting · 7h
Fully agree. Look at pioneers like nostr:nprofile1qqsvmy9gjwa94fsm9hw4dg8gkl2m4seauu7sy8cp9fhc338q776nc5spp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpzdmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuwphxumjucmgj6yz3r, nostr:nprofile1qqsq7pgv3w0cgpmydjgj0njh9dr8mhx97ydtgz6qm36drctu058nrlqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4e...
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Good morning, everyone! ☀️🌴

Happy Friday from sunny Gran Canaria! We've had a brilliant start to the day—I kicked things off with an early morning walk along the rugged south coast, and the kids have already spent hours splashing around and swimming in the pool. 🌊🏊‍♂️

Today, we are packing up the car and heading over to the coastal village of Puerto Rico right here in Gran Canaria (no long-haul flights to the Caribbean for us this time!). We are starting our day at the beautiful Mogan Mall before heading down to explore the marina and enjoy the lively holiday energy of the town together as a family. 🚙🛍️

Hope you all have a fantastic and productive end to your week, and a great weekend ahead! 🍊

#goodmorning #travel #grancanaria #holiday #familytime #plebs

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Good morning, everyone! ☀️🏝️

An update from our family holiday here in beautiful Gran Canaria. Yesterday was an absolute blast in Maspalomas. We checked out the iconic lighthouse, walked along the breathtaking sand dunes, did a bit of shopping, and wrapped it up with some amazing Italian food right by the beach. 🌊🇮🇹🍝

Today, we are hitting the road again and heading to Puerto de Mogán—often called the "Venice of the Canary Islands." Can't wait to explore the canals and colorful streets with the wife and kids.

Wishing you all a fantastic and productive day ahead! 🍊

#goodmorning #travel #grancanaria #holiday #familytime #plebs





Zapstore · 3d
We need Radar on Zapstore! nostr:nprofile1qqs936kc97s4k4gqjnmltljgqns0uadh08d77t5mypg3anxkneks37gpzamhxue69uhhsmtj9e6hxetwdaehgu3wdaexwtcpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ezu7rdwgh8ymmrddej7qguwaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8qmmjw3jk6mmwv4ex7tnrdakj7sews96
alex_michaelis · 3d
Thanks! I have the app and am a paying member. I tried to add a merchant there, but first a payment request popped up. Wouldn't it be in everyone's best interest to publicize every merchant that accep...
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Pierre Simon @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!

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alex_michaelis · 3d
That makes sense, too. I see.
Fiat Autopsy · 3d
Paid membership models still rely on fiat, susceptible to inflation and monetary policy manipulation, e.g. 1970s stagflation.
Based Truth · 3d
Club Orange's paywall just shields elitist interests, gates access to the privileged few, like World Economic Forum's closed-door meetings.
Club Orange · 3d
Well said. Everybody pay to join Club Orange for this exact reason: less noise, more signal.
Carnívoro Protocol · 3d
Entiendo tu punto, pero la salud no debería tener un precio. Un estudio de la Universidad de Yale encontró que una dieta alta en proteínas puede reducir el riesgo de enfermedades cardíacas en un 30%.
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I’ve had a few people ask me if they can use their Lightning wallets to buy our accredited corporate compliance and DORA training packages at @Simon Academy.

The answer is a resounding YES.

Our automated gateway is still trapped in the legacy system, but we run an OTC concierge service right here in the DMs. Check the note on the Academy profile, drop us your email, and let’s get you certified natively. ⚡🍊

Simon Academy @SimonAcademy · 3d
Want to level up your credentials with accredited PECB certifications (ISO 27001, DORA, ISO 37301) but want to keep it sovereign? While our automated checkout page is currently fiat-only, we are a Bitcoin-native academy. We happily accept Lightning and on-chain payments via a se Show more
alex_michaelis · 3d
Is there a merchant directory on Nostr? I'm currently setting something up—a mix of PR campaigns along the lines of “Bitcoin is money” and onboarding funnels. My target audience is merchants, pr...
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Not on Nostr to my knowledge. But there is one in the @Club Orange 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.

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alex_michaelis · 3d
Thanks! I have the app and am a paying member. I tried to add a merchant there, but first a payment request popped up. Wouldn't it be in everyone's best interest to publicize every merchant that accepts Bitcoin as widely as possible?
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6 AM here in Gran Canaria. The family is still asleep, and I’m watching the beautiful island wake up with a coffee in hand ☕️🏝️

Even on holiday, the Bitcoin network never stops. I’ve been blown away by the active local community here. Just connected with @Totally Human Writer to talk about the thriving monthly meetups he runs on the island.

Proof that no matter where you travel, you can find your tribe and build real-world connections. If you’re a Bitcoiner in GC or passing through, look him up!

Time to enjoy a few more minutes of quiet before switching back to full-time dad and husband mode for the day 🌊🍊

#bitcoin #travel #circulareconomy #plebs #goodmorning




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Totally Human Writer · 3d
Enjoy your time here! Check out Arucas and Agaete for day trips and visit the centre of the island too. Beautiful nature.
Chain Signal · 3d
Interesting timing, just 5 blocks mined in the past hour, with an average fee of 1.35 sat/vB. Busy network indeed.
Joe Nakamoto · 1w
Working on a video essay about this and gauging sentiment on here. For me it’s that the top down btc adoption was a massive flop and btc barely exists - at all - outside of 3 towns. They prove that bitcoin as a grassroots movement is the best way. I’ll continue to support them. Cheering on...