Typically, once I converse with on a regular basis Bitcoiners — plebs, if you’ll — they share with me that they’re torn between carrying on with their “fiat job” and getting extra concerned within the Bitcoin area on knowledgeable degree.
I often inform them that they will begin by incorporating Bitcoin into what they at the moment do for a residing, although, I haven’t had an excellent instance of somebody doing this that I can level them to — till this morning.
When it’s time for the purchasers of osteopath Rob Shaw, primarily based in Essex, UK (simply outdoors of London), to pay him for his providers, he presents them with the choice to pay with British kilos or bitcoin through a Musqet PoS system.
First Bitcoin fee accepted with @Musqet_Bitcoin POS terminal. This system reduces conventional fee charges and likewise permits Bitcoin transactions. Study extra by listening to this @Princey21M podcast. #Bitcoin 👇🏻 https://t.co/8Ac9VgOopL pic.twitter.com/VHBa4mmERM
— Chelmsford Osteopathic Apply (@essexosteopath) Could 29, 2024
(Please be aware he doesn’t go right into a lesson on Bitcoin’s underlying expertise or the rules of Austrian economics as he does this.)
Rob shared that right here and there a consumer will act stunned when introduced with the choice to pay with bitcoin however that almost all merely make their selection between the 2 and proceed with making their fee.
Rob’s efforts have led to 2 of his purchasers now frequently paying in bitcoin, and he additionally offers a touchpoint for individuals who have but to start paying with it.
On this manner, Rob is a Bitcoin bridge.
(And, sarcastically sufficient, it was a company referred to as Bridge 2 Bitcoin that launched Rob to Bitcoin as a fee expertise for his enterprise.)
He’s subtly introducing individuals to Bitcoin, giving them the choice to cross over into Bitcoin land within the course of.
Some would possibly name this “orange-pilling” (a time period I don’t like a lot as a result of it feels too coercive), however I’d argue that this can be a extra refined technique to current bitcoin to individuals. In providing it as an official fee technique for skilled providers, it legitimizes Bitcoin and prompts these unfamiliar with it to start viewing it in a brand new mild.
If professionals world wide employed such an method, Bitcoin adoption would speed up notably.
So, as a substitute of feeling that you need to drop no matter you’re doing for work to hitch the Bitcoin trade full-time, think about being a bridge to Bitcoin and bringing the Bitcoin trade to what you’re already doing.
Be like Rob, be a Bitcoin bridge!
