Joan Piretz
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Bitcoin, freedom, love & education.
I often daydream of a united, prosperous Europe, a global powerhouse of freedom and human rights.
That was the vision of pioneers like my fellow countryman Alcide De Gasperi after the nightmare of WWII.
But today, I see that dream drowning in absurd bureaucracy, top-down regulations, and chilling economic policies.
Bitcoin, NOSTR, and open source teach us a better way: a borderless, open world where human potential flourishes in harmony.
Let's build that.
Freedom is power.
The knowledge of the English language is crucial nowadays and has become almost indispensable in the tech world, especially in the Bitcoin space. As a native Italian living in Italy, I really feel this need.
I can understand written English fairly well, but when it comes to having a real conversation, that’s where the problems start, and the same happens when I watch a series or listen to a podcast. To stay informed and practice at the same time, I listen to podcasts, often slowing the playback down to 0.75x so I can follow more easily. Among the many I’ve tried, "Once Bitten!" di @Daniel Prince is definitely one of the shows I find easiest to understand, and I recommend it to anyone who, like me, wants to improve their English but doesn’t have daily opportunities to practice.
This episode about the Op-Return debate is one I really, really enjoyed!
I’d like to thank the host and the guest for expressing themselves so clearly.
#LearnEnglish #BitcoinPodcast #Education #Italia
Once Bitten! A Bitcoin Podcast. • Knots V Core And BIP 444, The Pleb Slop Edition. - Luke De Wolf # 577 • Watch on Fountain
Are you tired of hearing "It's too technical bro…"?
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I've always adored Bowie, ever since I was a kid. I've always considered him one of the smartest, most visionary, and prophetic artists in the world.
This album, The Man Who Sold The World (which gave its name to the song famously covered by Nirvana in their final MTV live) contains an absolute gem that, when listened to through the lens of generative AI and large language models, hits differently.
The Saviour Machine: check the lyrics..
Damn, how much I miss Bowie...
#DavidBowie #TheManWhoSoldTheWorld #AI #GenerativeAI #LLM
https://song.link/s/1LsDrUgiusxXHCoaSDvYDX
*Thanks to the guys at digitalia.fm who, in the latest episode of their awesome Italian podcast, introduced me to this online tool that allows you to share music links universally, without having to link the song to a specific distribution platform.
Big shoutout to @Matteo Pellegrini and his Orangepill App, such a clean, focused way to help Bitcoiners connect worldwide. Been using it for a couple of years now, and it’s amazing to see how much it’s grown.
Sure, you can use TG or other “free” tools to get similar results, but that small subscription fee is totally worth it for the quality, signal, and overall experience.
Sometimes I wonder if NOSTR should evolve in a similar direction, maybe through dedicated relays where a few sats of subscription could keep the space clean from bots and scammers. I’m no NOSTR expert, but it feels right that relay maintainers should be paid directly by users in a true value-for-value model, instead of relying on forced or indirect monetization.
Taking an AI course for high school teachers right now, and while learning the tools is intense, the part that really hit me is student responsibility: it’s not just about using AI, it’s about using it right.
Fun twist: ChatGPT actually suggested adding a hands-on module where students explore NOSTR and other social tools to boost privacy and security. Not sure if it knows how much I love NOSTR, but I jumped on it and sparked an awesome discussion!
I'll get deep in it!
#NOSTR #education #AI #ChatGPT
GM NOSTR ⚡️
Flying from Bergamo 🇮🇹 (BGY) to Budapest 🇭🇺 for an Erasmus project with the school where I teach.
The journey’s focus: a fascinating training course on AI in education 🤖
I’m really looking forward to exploring the tools we’ll discover and to keeping the values of privacy, decentralization, and open knowledge at the center of the discussion. 🧭
In my city, I know only one middle school that uses Linux to teach computer science, the rest are still locked into the Microsoft ecosystem and centralized cloud platforms.
I dream of a school where Linux is the standard environment and every class maintains its own NOSTR relay for learning and collaboration.
Step by step, I’m working toward that vision ⚙️🌍⚡️
NOSTR is still a baby.
He’s a cypherpunk’s child, forged in privacy, cryptography, and defiance.
Too often, our social layer loops on the same four topics: Bitcoin, privacy, Austrian econ, rinse and repeat.
Guilty as charged; scroll my npub and you’ll see.
Today, let’s try something different: a small slice of culture from Northern Italy: Saint Martin’s Summer.
Legend says Saint Martin, a Roman soldier, met a freezing beggar near Amiens, cut his cloak in two and shared it.
The skies cleared, warmth returned, and ever since mid-November’s mild spell is called “Saint Martin’s Summer” (aka Indian Summer).
It marks a brief, hopeful pause of light before winter, born from a simple act of generosity.
Read more in English:
Why Italy celebrates Saint Martin’s Summer:
wantedinrome.com/news/italys-summer-of-san-martino-on-11-november/
A clear legend recap:
suedtirol.info/en/experiences-and-events/plp/experiences/events/a/the-legend-of-st-martin
Thanks, friends ⚡🙏
"I'll leave you with this photo of a warm autumn sunset in the stunning Valle Seriana.
It was this very sunset that inspired me! If you like this, let’s post more beyond the usual hot takes :local stories, art, and human moments.
#sunset #italy #valleseriana #saintmartin #indiansummer #nature #legend #NOSTR
Just finished binge-watching “Il Mostro” on Netflix — a gripping take on one of Italy’s most famous and controversial true-crime cases.
It stirred the uneasy fascination felt as a kid hearing about those murders.
Highly recommended if you want a window into Italy’s late ’60s and ’70s: the ’68 upheaval, women’s emancipation, and the birth of modern society.
Production design is outstanding, with meticulous, handcrafted detail.
Really loved it.!
Official trailer:
#ilmostro #Netflix #truecrime #crime #history #Italy
It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain sats privately.
I believe those interested in stopping Bitcoin, having understood that the protocol is unstoppable and immutable, are trying to make direct and private access ever harder.
If they cannot stop it, they will at least choose to control it.It is our destiny, a game of cat and mouse: freedom has a price, and that price is the effort and study required to stay updated, understand, and master new technologies...
It is a power play: control, knowledge, freedom.
"C'est dans l'angoisse que l'homme prend conscience de sa liberté…"
Sartre.
"It is in anguish that man becomes aware of his freedom..."
Freedom isn’t given. It weighs heavy. Like mastering Bitcoin and NOSTR, radical freedom, protocol-ensured.
Few understand. Family, friends don’t get it.
You pay the price in solitude and effort.
Maybe this anguish is why so many religious-like impulses grow in this space: the need to polarize, to form tribes.
Sometimes aggression and rudeness are just shadows of that anguish
Still, even if we are few and somewhat suffering, we are on the right path.
Embrace the struggle.
Own your freedom.
#Bitcoin #NOSTR #Freedom #philosophy
Il Post o non Il Post, questo è il dilemma!
Di sicuro alto livello, ma come Digitalia, nessuno 😉
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Just read France is pushing to add BTC as a national reserve asset 🇫🇷. I love our cousins across the border, but as a proud Italian, that friendly rivalry stings a bit 😏.
They’re not just holding seized coins—they plan to **mine new ones** with their nuclear surplus (a sector where they lap us, no contest).
Meanwhile, Italy—like so many “old inside” nations—keeps slamming the brakes on innovation, blind to progress, stuck in rigid, aging stagnation.
But I’m not quitting. I’ll keep spreading freedom, Bitcoin, and open source—hoping one day we wake up. 🧡
#Bitcoin #NOSTR
What really matters… is the label, but not the fashion kind 😎
I never cared for brands, but Bitcoin made me fall in love with labeling. ✅
Label every transaction, in, out, and especially your change UTXOs.
It keeps your on-chain (and lightning) history clean and traceable.
Most wallets let you export labels, do it monthly, back them up.
Otherwise, if you change wallet or device, you might lose them.
Stay organized 🗃️
And if you’re feeling fancy, use OP-RETURN for an immutable and ultra public record…
...just don’t annoy the Spam War purists 🤣
Bitcoin proves it: sometimes, the label does matter. 🧡
I just read a translation by @Mujahideen that really helped me understand a thought I’ve had for a while but struggled to put into words. Thanks to Italiansatoshi for inspiring me to understand time in Bitcoin as more existential and philosophical, rather than scientific.
I’ve seen many Bitcoin maximalists debating whether to call it “timechain” instead of “blockchain”—mostly because “blockchain” has become such a buzzword and is often misused.
As far as I’m concerned, I could also just call it “chain” or, why not, “satschain.”
For me, the name doesn't change the fact that it’s a continuous chain of data—in practice, a chain of satoshi transactions—that has a unique sense of time: one that emerges existentially from consensus and difficulty adjustments, not from scientific clocks.
So, whatever you call it, the core of Bitcoin remains the same: a protocol where time and truth are intertwined in a living network.
In the end, names are just labels; what truly matters is the temporal and Cartesian revolution that Bitcoin has brought to cyberspace, guaranteeing the second axis of knowledge and uniqueness on the Internet.
#bitcoin #satoshi #blockchian #timechain #truth #consesus #difficultyadjustment #time #satschain
"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave."
Frederick Douglass
Learning #NOSTR and studying #Bitcoin
Difficulty adjustment un po' alto a questo giro, ma fighissimo!
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