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#Bitcoin, #Lightning, and lots of other things, boxing, astronomy, surfing, and exploring Puerto Rico! En inglés y español.

Erik Alvarez

@erikmichaelalv1

Director of @VelasCommerce #Bitcoin, #Lightning, and lots of other things, boxing, astronomy, surfing, and exploring Puerto Rico! En inglés y español.

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If someone’s rushing you to send Bitcoin — stop. 🚫 Pressure is a red flag. Real transactions don’t come with urgency.

AthenaBitcoin's tweet image. If someone’s rushing you to send Bitcoin — stop.
🚫 Pressure is a red flag.
Real transactions don’t come with urgency.

In a better world everyone uses the metric system and daylight savings time is not a thing. Just saying.


Awesome can't wait to see you all in Bitcoin Park!

@erikmichaelalv1 will speak at @BitcoinVeterans in Nashville 🇺🇸 Topic: Building E-Commerce with Bitcoin ⚡️ Open payments. Real commerce. #BitcoinCommerce

VelasCommerce's tweet image. @erikmichaelalv1 will speak at @BitcoinVeterans in Nashville 🇺🇸

Topic: Building E-Commerce with Bitcoin ⚡️

Open payments. Real commerce.

#BitcoinCommerce


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How do we get to a Bitcoin as a medium of exchange future where people worldwide can make payments instantly, cheaply, & on Bitcoin infrastructure — w/o needing to be tech or monetary theory experts? Taproot Assets 👇 bitcoinmagazine.com/print/taproot-…


Looks like a cool use for a @bitscriptapp example 🤓

erikmichaelalv1's tweet image. Looks like a cool use for a @bitscriptapp example 🤓

Lightning Network = Bitcoin smart contracts in action ⚡ HTLCs (Hash Time Lock Contracts) let two peers lock funds in a 2-of-2 multisig and enforce conditions with cryptography + time. That’s how payments hop across nodes — no trust, no custodians. bips.dev/199/

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Lightning Network = Bitcoin smart contracts in action ⚡

HTLCs (Hash Time Lock Contracts) let two peers lock funds in a 2-of-2 multisig and enforce conditions with cryptography + time.

That’s how payments hop across nodes — no trust, no custodians.

bips.dev/199/…


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🫵🌲✖️⭕


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Looks like the next #BitcoinCommerce Roundup will have to wait till next week 😢 In the meantime, here’s what’s happening👇 🛍️ @beallsinc rolls out Bitcoin payments nationwide → bitcoinnews.com/adoption/beall… 🏛️ @blocks pushes for U.S. BTC-tax reform ahead of Square integration →…

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Looks like the next #BitcoinCommerce Roundup will have to wait till next week 😢

In the meantime, here’s what’s happening👇

🛍️ @beallsinc rolls out Bitcoin payments nationwide → bitcoinnews.com/adoption/beall…

🏛️ @blocks pushes for U.S. BTC-tax reform ahead of Square integration →…

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Honored to have our very own @erikmichaelalv1 talking #Bitcoin e-commerce at @BitcoinVeterans Summit in Nashville. Learn how to connect e-commerce sites with Bitcoin payments! Hope to see you there ⚡

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT Bitcoin Veterans is proud to welcome Erik Alvarez, Director of @VelasCommerce, as a CONFERENCE SPEAKER at The 2025 Bitcoin Veterans Summit! Join us November 10th at Bitcoin Park in Nashville! Civilians and veterans are all welcome! #BTC #BitcoinVeterans

BitcoinVeterans's tweet image. SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT
Bitcoin Veterans is proud to welcome Erik Alvarez, Director of @VelasCommerce, as a
CONFERENCE SPEAKER at The 2025 Bitcoin Veterans Summit!
Join us November 10th at Bitcoin Park in Nashville! Civilians and veterans are all welcome!
#BTC #BitcoinVeterans…


Erik Alvarez reposted

Shout out to everyone who came out to last night’s @SanJuanBitdevs 🏝️ If you’re in PR and want to help onboard local merchants to Bitcoin, now’s the time — join us⚡ Let’s keep building the circular economy together.

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Shout out to everyone who came out to last night’s @SanJuanBitdevs 🏝️

If you’re in PR and want to help onboard local merchants to Bitcoin, now’s the time — join us⚡

Let’s keep building the circular economy together.

Erik Alvarez reposted

Building a Bitcoin wallet or app and looking to choose an Electrum server? Check out this research by Sparrow Wallet before you choose your backend: ElectrumX vs Electrs vs Fulcrum sparrowwallet.com/docs/server-pe…


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Last week at @yopaki_ we launched a product that makes Bitcoin payments in Mexico fast and easy, called _terminal. Why “_terminal”? Simple: in Mexico, 50 million people use cards. Anytime ANY of these 50 million pay with cards, the immediate word that’s used at a national level…


Right on - I'll see you there as Cpt. Kirk 🤓🖖

Ha! I found it! I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to this week's @SanJuanBitdevs but don't worry, I'm sending the local Vulcan ambassador in my place 😉🖖

hmichellerose's tweet image. Ha! I found it!

I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to this week's @SanJuanBitdevs but don't worry, I'm sending the local Vulcan ambassador in my place 😉🖖


Erik Alvarez reposted

Friends or fam curious about #Bitcoin? Check out Bitcoin Under the Hood — a 3-part series by @PlebUnderground breaking down how Bitcoin really works, from the Blockchain to UTXOs. ⛓️ Part I: plebunderground.substack.com/p/bitcoin-unde… ⛏️ Part II: plebunderground.substack.com/p/bitcoin-unde… 🧮 Part III:…

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Friends or fam curious about #Bitcoin?

Check out Bitcoin Under the Hood — a 3-part series by @PlebUnderground breaking down how Bitcoin really works, from the Blockchain to UTXOs.

⛓️ Part I: plebunderground.substack.com/p/bitcoin-unde…

⛏️ Part II: plebunderground.substack.com/p/bitcoin-unde…

🧮 Part III:…

Erik Alvarez reposted

Sub-Saharan Africa leading the #BitcoinCommerce charge, additional 650K+ merchants now have access to Bitcoin payments and a 52% regional adoption surge. Plus Square’s fee-free Bitcoin payments, Walmart’s OnePay integration, and Steak n’ Shake reshaping commerce. And a fresh…

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Sub-Saharan Africa leading the #BitcoinCommerce charge, additional 650K+ merchants now have access to Bitcoin payments and a 52% regional adoption surge. 

Plus Square’s fee-free Bitcoin payments, Walmart’s OnePay integration, and Steak n’ Shake reshaping commerce. 

And a fresh…

Erik Alvarez reposted

Updated my RUN LITD bash scripts! Now supports Bitcoin Core v30.0 + Litd v0.15.2 Includes checklists + scripts to get your Lightning node up and running fast and properly with server configuration, conf files, and systemd setup ⚡ github.com/HannahMR/run-l…


Hey #BitcoinCommerce check out our latest edition. This one was really fun to write. In fact it was hard to pick what to headline. Lots more thoughts on that here if you are interested: linkedin.com/posts/erik-alv… Or if you're on NOSTR: primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2x…

Bitcoin Commerce. African Scale. Sub-Saharan adoption is growing fast and 650,000 merchants can now accept Bitcoin. Plus updates on the #Square Bitcoin integration, and more! Read the latest in #BitcoinCommerce: 👉velascommerce.com/bitcoin-commer…

VelasCommerce's tweet image. Bitcoin Commerce. African Scale.

Sub-Saharan adoption is growing fast and 650,000 merchants can now accept Bitcoin. Plus updates on the #Square Bitcoin integration, and more!

Read the latest in #BitcoinCommerce:
👉velascommerce.com/bitcoin-commer…


Erik Alvarez reposted

Open source apps should be able to move value as easily as data. If your FOSS project could benefit from built-in Bitcoin wallets, check out Time2Build by @Breez_Tech. 25k prize pool. time2build.dev ⚡️


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Erik Alvarez reposted

⚡️Simplify & Modernise Payments .@erikmichaelalv1


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