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2026-07-12 07:17:46 UTC

Pierre Simon on Nostr: Running businesses since 2010 has taught me that the best ideas are often the ...

Running businesses since 2010 has taught me that the best ideas are often the simplest. Out here in Gran Canaria, I see small vendors working tirelessly, completely at the mercy of legacy payment fees and slow settlement times.

Back when I started, I had no choice but to accept the legacy tax of credit cards and banks. But today, small businesses on Nostr have a superpower: peer-to-peer Lightning payments.

You don't need a massive corporate structure to take control of your money. You just need the courage to start stepping outside their ecosystem, one transaction at a time.