New sticker pack drop: Kitty Bitty.

It all started with Bitty (full-sized), then Itty Bitty (fun-sized), and now Kitty Bitty (meow-sized). Tap to add them all plus 143 additional Here Comes Bitcoin stickers to Signal: https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=9d63755854067742717ef404b589fbde&pack_key=79b28f24eb944f5b2bdd77316b170fd6cc9bbdc24735add40a6d90540ec7a1a0

Here Comes Bitcoin is also at over 25,000,000 views on Giphy, and that was before we added dozens more this morning. They’re great if you’re like us and recognize that life is more fun when you act like an idiot: https://giphy.com/herecomesbitcoin

Agentic payments are coming. It’s time for open-source agents to step up, or their days are numbered, writes @Matt Corallo

https://spiralbtc.substack.com/p/open-source-ai-needs-to-get-serious?r=53cq2n&triedRedirect=true

To capture the sound and the fury of this latest What’s Matt Mad at Now, @Matt Corallo also recorded an uncharacteristically softspoken version of the post.

SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uIuZoYwa2Ndn1yFiycm0U?si=E2-P5MF0QU2qNzKxVs-u3g

APPLE PODCASTS
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-source-ai-needs-to-get-serious/id1827143379?i=1000751535562

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: https://spiralbtc.substack.com/p/merchants-dont-read-white-papers?r=53cq2n&triedRedirect=true

Square did their part, now let’s do ours. For bitcoin to become everyday money, merchants need to accept it. But first, they’ll need a reason to. We've put together the resources to help anyone make the case that only bitcoin can defeat credit card fees: https://bitcoinmerchantcommunity.org

These resources include persuasive leave-behind materials that bitcoiners can bring to local businesses, from subtle, home printer-friendly handouts to bold, attention‑grabbing combo pieces like, uh, a plushie with impeccable penmanship.

But no matter how good a leave-behind is, it’s better with a face. Included with each leave-behind is a playbook for you that includes step‑by‑step guidance for how to make the bitcoin case to merchants.

We hope for this community to be an open and independent group with a simple goal: bitcoin payment adoption among merchants—regardless of which point-of-sale solution they prefer. It’s also where all of the resources we’ve mentioned so far can be found for free.

For now, if you want the plushie combo, you'll have to pick it up at @bitcoinpark_ in Austin and Nashville, @atlbitlab, @SpaceDenver, and @PresidioBitcoin. This might change, though. Who can say? Bitcoin is weird and it’s only getting weirder.