Keep the article and call him on Jan 1, 2017 and check :-)
The truth is that unless US will default or devalue the dollar, nobody will stop accepting it.
Topic: [2014-08-23] Bitcoin Accepted Here; Dollars, Not So Much (Read 1115 times)
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/08/22/bitbeat-bitcoin-accepted-here-dollars-not-so-much/
Yeah, it’s pretty right. “I’m a big advocate of sound money,” CEO Stephen Macaskill told us over the phone. The dollar, no longer backed by gold, is controlled by “political whim,” he said. It’s not a currency he wants to hold.
Okay, that’s fine, that’s his opinion. But that’s different than stating you won’t accept dollars. We pressed him, sensing a fudge. Surely, we asked, on Jan. 1, 2017, if somebody wanted to hand you dollars for gold, you wouldn’t turn that business away, would you?
Yeah, it’s pretty right. “I’m a big advocate of sound money,” CEO Stephen Macaskill told us over the phone. The dollar, no longer backed by gold, is controlled by “political whim,” he said. It’s not a currency he wants to hold.
Okay, that’s fine, that’s his opinion. But that’s different than stating you won’t accept dollars. We pressed him, sensing a fudge. Surely, we asked, on Jan. 1, 2017, if somebody wanted to hand you dollars for gold, you wouldn’t turn that business away, would you?
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