"Learn the ropes" means to understand the basic skills, procedures, and essential workings of a new job, task, or activity. It refers to becoming familiar with how things work, often during an initial training or orientation period. The idiom stems from 17th-century sailing, where new sailors had to master rigging ropes.

What I do

P2Pagos

CEO & Cofunder P2Pagos.
We orchestrate frictionless multi-rail payments across countries and technologies with legal tender and blockchain with the first approach for construction and real estate in Paraguay and Latin America.

BTCPay Server

Running a BTCPay Server instance.
Feel free to contact me to enable your account (open registration is currently disabled due to spam and abuse).
Once enabled, follow these guides for the most user-friendly wallet setup.

Formerly

Head of Operations at Peach Bitcoin (2024-2026). Head of Disputes and Frauds at Localbitcoins (2014-2023).
Sailor (1992-2013).

OSINT bounty program

If you discover my real full name (first and last) through publicly available online sources, contact me using one of the links below. Include:

• the full name you found
• a step-by-step explanation of how you found it
• your Lightning Network address

I will send a bounty in an amount I decide. More complex or challenging research may be rewarded with a higher bounty.

Contacts

Email: giovanni@learntheropes.xyz
PGP: B683932A2E5629234C48605E5CF45E311D1FB753
Nostr: giovanni@learntheropes.xyz
Lightning Network: giovanni@learntheropes.xyz
Telegram: giovanni_learntheropes_xyz
Signal: learntheropes.21
GitHub: learntheropes
LinkedIn: learntheropes
SimpleX on request