It's done! 😀 After a couple of weeks of work, and a couple of late nights, I'm excited to share my take on onboarding merchants who are using a Square POS terminal. The rabbit hole I went down was simple: If my favorite coffee shop, which uses Square, were to start accepting bitcoin, what does it do for their bottom line? The article below takes 10-12 minutes to read and includes: - Real financial projections for coffee shops, liquor stores, and boutiques - How the 50/50 strategy (half cash, half Bitcoin) adds $20K-$51K over 5 years - Why transaction size matters (boutiques save 19x more per transaction than coffee shops) - Why I'm not convinced we should lead with "no chargebacks" This is for Bitcoiners who want to help local merchants adopt Bitcoin. Lead with their bottom line, not our conviction.

Yakihonne

Orange Dad

Obviously I'd love it if you'd share this with others and repost it, but mostly I'm happy that (a) I created something useful and (b) I get to share this on Nostr. As @Ben Justman🍷 always says: We're Gonna Win! #bitcoin #merchantadoption #circulareconomy #orangepilling

Fancy bagels with the kids. And I made a dad joke that got a high five from the 17 yr old 😀 #foodstr #dill #dadjokes

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ walked the dog ❌ 21 min meditation ✅ cold shower Slept in after a stressful day and feeling great but also starting the day late, so I skipped the meditation. That choice may bite me in the ass by 5 pm - I’ll let you know 😂 Have a great day. #coffeechain #plebchain

Hi! 👋 Could someone zap me 10 sats and I’ll send you 10 back. I’m trying to see if I fixed a wallet problem. Thanks! 🙏🏻 👊

I've been working on a merchant onboarding guide now the Square has given 4 million (!) merchants the ability to accept our sats. I'm pretty excited about it. Square and Cash App rolling out Bitcoin payments is incredible for adoption. They have a ton of great resources on their site. As a small business owner paying $7K-$10K a year in credit card fees, I hate the fees. But at the end of the day I care more about the bottom line than the fee as that’s part of doing business in my industry (trust me, the people I serve aren’t paying in sats in 2026). So I ran the math on how this affects the bottom line for three different business types. Was it a meaningful amount of savings, say, over 5 years, to accept bitcoin? What I'm finishing up: - Main document: How we as Bitcoiners can actually approach local businesses (without leading with the term “sound money” or talking about inflation). Some math, but not a crazy amount. 8-10 min read. - Four additional resources with detailed numbers, scripts, objection handling, and tax FAQs. 10-20 min read time for these. Working with Claude AI on this has been a blast, but I'm in the middle of moving and there's real work to close out the year. So I don't know if these get posted in 3 days, 7 days, or 10 days—but they’ll be done soon. Going to knock this out and get it off my plate. Its taken up a lot of time 😬😂😀 Looking forward to sharing it with you all. As @Ben Justman🍷 always says, “We’re Gonna Win!”

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ walk with the dog ✅ 21 min meditation ✅ cold shower I went to bed super early and got up in the 4’s and already having a great day. This is the way! 😀 Nov and Dec are typically good months for the business, so maybe I’ll have a chance to buy some 🌽 on sale. Have a great day! #coffechain #plebchain

Great day, but I’m tired - and so is the dog 😂 No #30days I got in 13,900 steps. It was fun to interact with so many people today. Here’s the #zaplog GN 😀👊💤

I don’t know if I’m #newtonostr anymore - it’s been two months since my first note - but I do know that the longer I scroll the more I long for a bit of land. I know it’s a ton of work to maintain, but I like to work. A September carrot or eggs to make pasta. When I see what these people are up to I can’t help but think they’re living right and my life is a bit off. When we’re empty nesters and I’d love to move. Thanks to everyone below for your notes 🙏🏻👊😀 @Maria2000 @DownHomeHodler @Dawn @npub1xwhf...vf2d @Bfgreen @Caleb Gregory @Great Ghee @⚡Lightning Goats⚡ @npub14wta...vq5m @Ben Justman🍷 There are others, but there are the people that come to mind whose notes I look forward to.

GM 👊😀💤 Walked the dog and took a cold shower. I need to meditate mid-day. Moved yesterday - 14,000 steps for the day 😂 Have a great day. #coffeechain #plebchain

Busy day. The moving trucks come tomorrow and everyone is excited (or in the dog’s case, confused). The bike will be set up tomorrow so I can get back on #30days. I haven’t been very active here the past week. Here’s the #zaplog for seven days. I’m loving @PayPerQ - thus the zaps. I’ll look forward to catching up on Nostr this weekend. I’d hope to read some stories of people Orange Pilling their local merchant who uses Square. GN 😀👊💤

Got in 21 min of meditation mid-day - which helped the monkey mind - but didn’t get in #30days workout. Moving on Wednesday and there was ton to do, but I should be back to it Friday at the latest. Made a good meal for my younger kid’s birthday, then we had overpriced cookies. GM 😀👊💤

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ played fetch with the dog ✅ cold shower ✅ 7:15 am zoom call ⛔️ 21 min mediation - will do my best to do that mid-day Lots to people to help today. Grateful to be alive. Have a great day!

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ played fetch with the dog ✅ 21 min meditation ✅ cold shower Birthday day for my younger kid. “The days are long but the years are short” is something I heard older parents say and for me it’s also be true. Have a great day. #coffeechain #plebchain

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ played fetch with the dog ✅ 21 min meditation ✅ cold shower Today is a busy one as I get ready to move. What a great chance to purge and simplify. Have a great day! #coffeechain #plebchain

GM 😀👊☕️ ✅ Played fetch with the dog ✅ 21 min meditation ✅ Cold shower Really needed to mediate after missing so many days. Mediation is such a gift. Have a great day! #coffeechain #plebchain