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Human Bitcoin Addresses (BIP 353) end the confusion of having to use bitcoin addresses that look like 1Aqv9KxZc2y7M8b in favor of something that looks more like a Cash App, Venmo, or email addresses. Do it for grandma.

Making Bitcoin Speak Human

Spiral has supported FOSS bitcoin since 2019, making bitcoin everyday money by improving security, privacy, and especially UX. That’s why we’re...

We’ve been quietly seeding a Bitty, Itty Bitty, and Kitty Bitty account on IG for a while now. There are just the first steps. There’s much more from the gang to come:

Instagram

Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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This holiday season, instead of explaining immutability, digital scarcity, or decentralization to your uncle, try something that should make sense: small businesses not having to pay 3% credit card fees. bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org.

We need contributors from all over to help us expand the Bitcoin Merchant Community, which is already growing like a thing that grows quickly:

Bitcoin Merchant Community

Bitcoin Merchant Community

The Bitcoin Merchant Community is a growing global community of small businesses helping one another defeat 3% credit card fees by accepting bitcoin

If you’ve started onboarding merchants or just want to, we launched a Discord where you can share what works, what hasn’t, and what could:

Discord

Join the BMC Bitcoiners Discord Server!

A community for anyone helping small businesses accept bitcoin. Share what works, compare notes, and connect with other bitcoiners doing real-world...

Maybe you saw the merchant onboarding plushies we gave US bitcoin hubs. Now we’re giving away more through the new Local Champions program, where bitcoiners can apply to get 25 plushies + leave-behinds for distribution to merchants and fellow bitcoiners:

BMC Bitcoiner

BMC Local Champion Application

The Bitcoin Merchant Community is looking for local organizers who can rally bitcoiners to help merchants adopt bitcoin, using plushies as a friend...

What else? If you’re a merchant or know one and want to support real money, join the Bitcoin Merchant Community’s Facebook Group to share ideas about marketing assets that might encourage customers to pay with bitcoin. Digital? Physical? Mystical? Tell us:

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Log into Facebook

Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

And there’s more. The BMC’s website and marketing assets are under a Creative Commons license. Despite not knowing what kind of assets would be effective, we took a first shot. Use our Canva template to take a second, third, and fourth. Make us look bad.

Canva

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Unsupported client – Canva

Almost done. The BMC increases bitcoin payment adoption, but first, they need solid software. We remain vendor-agnostic, only endorsing easy POS solutions that cater to physical retail. If you're a POS vendor, check out the criteria then get in touch.

GitHub

GitHub - bitcoinmerchants/bmc-website: Website for the Bitcoin Merchant Community

Website for the Bitcoin Merchant Community. Contribute to bitcoinmerchants/bmc-website development by creating an account on GitHub.

Finally, get hyped. This initiative only works if you do. GitHub issues are the best way to improve the website and marketing materials. We really want to hear from global bitcoiners who want to translate marketing assets into languages not yet supported.

GitHub

GitHub - bitcoinmerchants/marketing-assets: Creative marketing material for helping to make the case for accepting bitcoin payments

Creative marketing material for helping to make the case for accepting bitcoin payments - GitHub - bitcoinmerchants/marketing-assets: Creative mar...

Most merchants don’t care about digital scarcity or immutability. What they care about are their margins. Beating 3% credit card fees is how we convince small business owners to accept bitcoin:

Merchants Don’t Read White Papers, They Read Cash Flow Statements

Why the argument for bitcoin to merchants is profit, not theory, and how we can make that case at their registers.