Pierre Simon

I’ve never trusted the Saylor approach. True sovereignty isn't born from holding Wall Street debt wrappers like corporate convertible notes or equity proxies like STRK and STRC—it's built by stepping completely outside their ecosystem.

As the

team highlights below, you can earn 3.5% to 6% APY natively on your stable capital using the USDB BTKN token right on the Spark Network, paid out daily in sats straight to your self-custody wallet.

Normally, a regular family in Europe or the US keeps their $5,000+ holiday fund sitting completely idle in a legacy bank savings account. By switching that exact fund to USDB, they generate a steady stream of roughly 24,000 sats a month (~$15.30 USD).

It’s not about making you rich—it’s about velocity. That $15 a month is easily enough to buy a few free rounds of coffee or a family breakfast at a local Bitcoin-accepting merchant. Your core holiday savings remain perfectly fluid and ready to pay for the vacation, while your passive daily yield directly funds the circular economy over Lightning.

📥 DM me if you want to know exactly how to set this up. 🔄⚡️

#bitcoin #circulareconomy #nostr

Want a practical example of how this circular economy actually could work right now? Look at the native stack:

1️⃣ Earn Natively: Spend a few minutes playing puzzle apps like Satsman or tracking your daily steps with sMiles to stack free sats daily. Right now, most people just hoard and stack these sats. But while individual earnings are extremely small, collectively they can create massive purchasing power for merchants if we actually choose to spend them. Every small step makes an immediate difference. 2️⃣ Hold Natively: Keep those earned sats sitting right inside your connected Nostr wallet. 3️⃣ Spend Natively: Find a merchant on Nostr or BTC Maps, and pay directly into their business profile wallet. Right here on Nostr, these direct peer-to-peer payments are just Zaps. ⚡️ 4️⃣ Supply Natively: That merchant then takes those exact satoshis from their revenue and uses them to pay their suppliers or B2B partners in Bitcoin.

The beauty? It’s pure Bitcoin peer-to-peer from end to end. No conversion to fiat, no banking rails, and zero taxable exchange events.

A completely self-contained loop from game to wallet to merchant to supplier. The loop is ready—we just have to break out of the HODL-only mindset and close it. 🔄⚡️

#bitcoin #circulareconomy #nostr #plebs

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

Elon Musk talks about turning X into a Western "superapp"—an all-in-one platform for chat, media, ID, and global payments. WeChat already mastered this years ago.

But here’s the reality check: Nostr clients like

and

have literally been doing this for a while now.

Through a single cryptographic key pair, a user can instantly access borderless P2P messaging, media sharing, live streaming, decentralized marketplace stores, and lighting-fast global micropayments via native Zaps. It is the ultimate "Everything App," entirely decoupled from corporate control.

So here is my challenge to us: Why are mainstream consumers and merchants still sleepwalking into centralized corporate traps instead of utilizing Nostr fully?

Is it a friction problem? A marketing problem? Or are people just too comfortable trading their data and sovereignty for legacy convenience?

Let's discuss. 👇

#superapp #wechat #elonmusk #nostr #decentralized #bitcoin #sovereigntech

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

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

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

Most people think the only way to get Bitcoin is to buy it with fiat. While using gateways like

is a seamless way to stack, the real magic of the Bitcoin ecosystem is that you can actively earn sats just by interacting with modern apps—even if you are completely new to tech.

If you want to start accumulating without dipping into your bank account, here is exactly how the landscape looks right now:

1. Creating Content (Nostr): This is the ultimate game-changer for "normies," influencers, and everyday content creators. On Nostr, social media "likes" are dead. By just posting your normal daily life, makeup routines, holiday pictures, or engaging content, other users can "zap" you micro-tips instantly. You get paid directly by your audience for being you. 💅📸
2. Learn-to-Earn: As a founder and active user of Satsman, I am incredibly proud of its educational mission. I believe the best way to understand Bitcoin is to make it fun and playful. By learning the mechanics of sound money through gamified experiences, you accumulate real sats. Earning by learning.
3. Passive Yield: You can make your investments work for you. Sitting in yield-bearing assets like USDB allows you to earn passive income paid out directly in sats just for holding.
4. Move-to-Earn / Daily Habits: Apps like sMiles and
   npub1c45ywqw…h00xjn

   literally pay you fractions of Bitcoin just for walking, driving, or completing daily tasks.

Whether you are a creator stacking via Nostr zaps, walking, or playing educational games on Satsman, the opportunities to accumulate are everywhere. Stop just watching the charts—start participating in the economy. ⚡️📈

#bitcoin #satsman #earnbitcoin #nostr #valueforvalue #contentcreation

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

, 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

There is a lot of criticism surrounding

on the trending feeds right now regarding the server-side blocking of

, 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

A public proposal for the teams at

and

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, nostr:nprofile1qqs9xtvrphl7p8qnua0gk9zusft33lqjkqqr7cwkr6g8wusu0lle8jcpzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuurpwfjhgmeww3hhwmsprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5cfkclk and nostr:nprofile1qqszpxr0hql8whvk6xyv5hya7yxwd4snur4hu4mg5rctz2ehekkzrvcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgd22h8g teams? 😉⚡📡

#nostr #primal #yakihonne #bitcoin #innovation #fintech #grownostr

We are knocking on the door of triple digits! Sitting at exactly 99 followers on my personal profile this morning. 📈📡

Coming from over 6,100 followers on LinkedIn, it’s a humble reminder of what starting fresh on a new protocol looks like. But let’s be honest—the signal-to-noise ratio here is unmatched. A follower on Nostr isn't a passive algorithmic connection; it's a sovereign node interested in the actual plumbing of future finance.

Does anyone want to step up and be follower number 100 today? Let’s cross the milestone! 😉🚀⚡

#nostr #bitcoin #growth #buildonnostr #grownostr

Lost my purple verification checkmark recently because

unfortunately phased out their NIP-05 mapping directory to focus purely on Cashu/Ecash. Zaps were still landing perfectly, but the missing badge was bugging me!

Dug into an old account and mapped my personal npub to an

address instead. Back to being verified, and zero downtime for my personal profile.

Ultimate long-term goal is hosting my own nostr.json file on my domain (simon-consulting.nl) to be 100% sovereign, but this quick fix does the trick for now! 🤙

#nostr #grownostr #bitcoin #lightning #nip05

Caught the

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.

nostr:nprofile1qqs0tysd6mv22vmgq2gr80wu83220gfru2xwvwdev5fmesz5a9qf0kgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qm4t7e4—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

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