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Joan Piretz
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Bitcoin, freedom, love & education.
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joanpiretz 3 months ago
Amazing meeting at the @BitCare Forum in Italy, I finally got to meet this golden guy in person. Even though I’ve been around the scene for a while, I’m still amazed by the kind of connections Bitcoin creates. There’s something genuinely special about it, a human value that’s hard to explain unless you’ve felt it firsthand. All you can really do is put in your own proof of work, show up, make the effort, bring some love. Satoshi takes care of the rest. And yes, if you still haven’t done it, go get @SatsOil and oregano. Do it for yourselves, for the network, for Sicily. You won’t regret it. #Bitcoin #BitCare #oil #satsoil #friendship #live image
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joanpiretz 9 months ago
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
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joanpiretz 10 months ago
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. 🧡 image
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joanpiretz 11 months ago
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 image
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joanpiretz 11 months ago
"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." Frederick Douglass Learning #NOSTR and studying #Bitcoin image