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This Is a Big Deal!

Over the past 16 years, Bitcoin has quietly established itself as the best store of value in the world — some even call it “pristine collateral.”

But critics have long said Bitcoin isn’t really money because “you can’t buy anything with it.” They argue it’s not yet a medium of exchange. That’s a bit of a chicken-or-egg problem: merchants don’t accept Bitcoin because few customers spend it, and customers don’t spend it because few merchants accept it.

Sound familiar? The same argument was made about credit cards in the early 1990s. (Here’s a fun reminder: watch this short video.)

Well, the tide just turned.

Yesterday, Block (the parent company of Square and PayPal) announced that Square merchants can now accept Bitcoin payments directly at the point of sale.

👉 Read Block’s announcement here.​

This is a major milestone in Bitcoin’s evolution from a store of value into the best money the world has ever seen.

Why This Matters

Before government-issued (“fiat”) currencies existed, money evolved naturally. People began with barter, then moved to commodities — grains, seashells, glass beads, and eventually gold and silver.

Throughout history, societies have chosen money that best satisfied three key functions:

1. Store of Value (SoV) – Holds purchasing power over time.
2. Medium of Exchange (MoV) – Easily exchanged for goods and services.
3. Unit of Account (UoA) – A consistent measure for pricing things.

For thousands of years, gold and silver performed those roles best — but they weren’t perfect. They were heavy, hard to divide, and easy to counterfeit (“fool’s gold”). Transporting and storing them was dangerous and costly.

Enter the goldsmiths — the first “banks.” People stored gold with them and used paper receipts to transact instead. As long as the goldsmiths were honest, this worked fine. But when they began issuing paper claims for gold that didn’t exist, fractional reserve banking was born — and with it, the first major breach of public trust.

Technology kept evolving: the telegraph allowed trade at the speed of light, but gold couldn’t keep up. Paper ledgers and later digital records replaced physical settlement, giving rise to ledger money — and yet another way for trust to be abused. Banks could simply create money out of thin air by issuing loans. Borrowers had to pledge real collateral — homes, cars, businesses — in exchange for money the banks never actually earned.

That’s the system we still live under today. And we’ve come to accept it as “normal.”

The Turning Point

Bitcoin changes all of this.

For the first time in human history, we have a form of money that is:

• Digital – it moves at the speed of light, like modern commerce.
• Verifiable – every coin is traceable and authentic.
• Divisible – down to 1/100,000,000 of a Bitcoin (a “satoshi”).
• Portable & Secure – self-custodied without banks or intermediaries.

It’s trustless, borderless, and final. And now, thanks to Square, it’s becoming frictionless too.

We no longer need third parties — but having them make adoption easier. Square’s integration makes Bitcoin payments as simple as swiping a card — without the 3% credit card fees and with instant settlement directly between buyer and seller.

That’s revolutionary.

So What Can You Do?

If you’re a dentist, try enabling Bitcoin payments through Square. It’s as easy as adding another payment option — but one that sets you apart as a forward-thinking practice.

If you’re a patient or customer, download the Strike App from the App Store and experience peer-to-peer money firsthand.

Each transaction you make this way is a small act of financial independence — a peaceful protest against a system built on debt and trust violations.

Opt in. It’s simple. It’s powerful. And it’s every bit as revolutionary as signing the Declaration of Independence.

To your Financial Freedom,

Mark R. Link D.D.S.

P.S. The tools to opt out of a broken financial system are already in your hands. ✅ Download the Strike App – send and receive bitcoin instantly. ✅ Explore The Bitcoin Dental Network – learn, connect, and take action. ✅https://squareup.com/us/en – build the circular economy, one transaction at a time.

Every great change starts small — one person, one business, one choice at a time. Opt in. Be the change.