Hearthstone · Cypress, TX
A one-doctor clinic that writes about Bitcoin and the tools that steal the evening
Dr. Steve Pelton has practiced since 2000 and owned Hearthstone Animal Clinic since 2007. Pet-owner guides, money that cannot be printed, and software that drafts — never diagnoses.
The Merge
Three things that show up in the same work week
Hover a ring. This is not a product launch. It is how a one-doctor clinic actually thinks about money, notes, and the animal on the table.
The animal is still the job
Twelve minutes with the dog. The rest of the hour is notes, estimates, and a callback about a sentence nobody understood. The guides on this site are the words we actually say in the room.
Owner guidesClick a ring. The overlap is the clinic, not a slogan.
Three doors
Pick the one that brought you here. They are written by the same person who is still in the exam room tomorrow.
Orange Pill deck
Short cards. Flip one.
Hover a card. The full deck is swipeable. Sign in if you want progress saved; the written guides work either way.
If they want your seed phrase
The conversation is over. Nobody legitimate needs those twelve or twenty-four words.
21 million
That is the cap. Nobody at a desk can vote to print more. Whether that matters to you is a separate question.
Hot wallet vs cold
If you cannot restore the backup, you do not have bitcoin. You have a login.
Built in this clinic
The tools that were not for sale
Two discharge apps — drop-off vs surgery — plus a one-click note into Shepherd, a waiting-room gallery, and a lab interpreter. I still sign every record.
- DischargePro for drop-offs · surgery discharge for post-op
- Record → transcribe → Shepherd, one click
- Pawfect Gallery on the lobby screen · Antech interp for the lab call
Example draft — not a real patient
Patient
Bella — 7yr FS Golden Retriever
Diagnosis
Acute gastroenteritis
Draft instructions
Offer a bland diet (boiled chicken and rice) for 3–5 days. Cerenia 24 mg once daily for 4 days. Call if vomiting continues past 48 hours, or sooner for lethargy or blood in vomit.
Clinic cat
This is Crypto
He arrived at the door of Hearthstone Animal Clinic. The name was not a branding exercise. If you want the human story — Texas A&M, a Labrador in the snow, twenty-six years of GP — that is on the About page.
Meet Dr. Pelton