Topic: Announcing the Bitcoin Kiez rollout - page 4. (Read 20350 times)
so you can only link a customer to a payment via the paid amount?
This is awesome. Next time I get to Berlin I will make sure to buy something.
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
How it is done:
Joe runs the ROOM77, and accepts Bitcoin for two years now. So he knows his stuff. He is in touch with his fellow shops, bars, restaurants and neighbors. Being enthusiastic about Bitcoin, it was inevitable to turn them to Bitcoin - one after one! :-)
Yes, I think this is the way - Talk to the people. This is much better "advertising" than large billboard ads!
Yes, exiting stuff happens here, Berlin Bitcoin Kiez.
..and this is just the beginning!
Ente
I meant how does the system work. Just a smartphone or is there more to it?The new merchants all installed the Satoshi client on their laptops. We simply printed one of their public keys to a plain sheet of paper, including a QR-code and and btc.to-link to that address, which was put up on the wall.
Customers can now copy that address and send the required amount in BTC. We assume that most customers will use the Schildbach/blockchain.info client for Android or easywallet for iPhone to pay. Both offer automated currency conversion, so you can simply type in the required amount in EUR.
The merchant can check if the payment got in by opening up blockchain.info with his public address (which we bookmarked on their laptops).
Not sure if that's the most convenient option, but it seems to work. We'll most likely smoothen out the process soon, but need some feedback from the merchants or their customers first. We also had a discussion what client we should use for the merchants, and we decided to stick to the Satoshi client for the time being, combined with the additional features provided by blockchain.info.
This is awesome. Next time I get to Berlin I will make sure to buy something.
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
How it is done:
Joe runs the ROOM77, and accepts Bitcoin for two years now. So he knows his stuff. He is in touch with his fellow shops, bars, restaurants and neighbors. Being enthusiastic about Bitcoin, it was inevitable to turn them to Bitcoin - one after one! :-)
Yes, I think this is the way - Talk to the people. This is much better "advertising" than large billboard ads!
Yes, exiting stuff happens here, Berlin Bitcoin Kiez.
..and this is just the beginning!
Ente
I meant how does the system work. Just a smartphone or is there more to it?10 GOTO BAR
20 DRINK IF DRUNK GOTO TOILET THEN GOTO 40
30 GOTO 2O
40 POINT PHONE AT QR
50 PAY
60 GOTO NEXT BAR
This is awesome. Next time I get to Berlin I will make sure to buy something.
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
How it is done:
Joe runs the ROOM77, and accepts Bitcoin for two years now. So he knows his stuff. He is in touch with his fellow shops, bars, restaurants and neighbors. Being enthusiastic about Bitcoin, it was inevitable to turn them to Bitcoin - one after one! :-)
Yes, I think this is the way - Talk to the people. This is much better "advertising" than large billboard ads!
Yes, exiting stuff happens here, Berlin Bitcoin Kiez.
..and this is just the beginning!
Ente
I meant how does the system work. Just a smartphone or is there more to it?
Can you describe a little more information as to Counts BTC to Financial Statement,and is it legal in Germany? thx
Get in touch with me, I wish to add you guys to http://bitcoinnavigator.com
I added all three new locations.
Ente
This is awesome. Next time I get to Berlin I will make sure to buy something.
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
How it is done:
Joe runs the ROOM77, and accepts Bitcoin for two years now. So he knows his stuff. He is in touch with his fellow shops, bars, restaurants and neighbors. Being enthusiastic about Bitcoin, it was inevitable to turn them to Bitcoin - one after one! :-)
Yes, I think this is the way - Talk to the people. This is much better "advertising" than large billboard ads!
Yes, exiting stuff happens here, Berlin Bitcoin Kiez.
..and this is just the beginning!
Ente
This is awesome. Next time I get to Berlin I will make sure to buy something.
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Now we need the same in Munich.
Could you explain how it is done?
Get in touch with me, I wish to add you guys to http://bitcoinnavigator.com
I miss Germany. Hopefully next time I live there I'll be able to do so exclusively with Bitcoin. Fuck the Euro!
Awesome! 
I had the honour of making the first BTC payment at Fabelhaft
Now imagine how I felt: even though I have been _selling_ beers for bitcoin for almost 2 years now, this was the first tme I could actually _buy_ one
.Joe
This its really, really cool. You guys rock.
Now I need to find an excuse to go to Berlin!
Now I need to find an excuse to go to Berlin!
Keep on, i think a few conversion like that is the way to go ,even if they convert 100% to fiat. any team to do it in Paris?
Those "respectales shops" are the only ( and the best) protection we'll have when states will put their fat noises in bitcoin.
Those "respectales shops" are the only ( and the best) protection we'll have when states will put their fat noises in bitcoin.
Love this!
I had the honour of making the first BTC payment at Fabelhaft / Wunderbar with the beautiful hostess, a primo hug and high-fiving all around.
If any of you have plans to visit, make it the first thursday of the month for the BERLINERBITCOINER meetup.
If any of you have plans to visit, make it the first thursday of the month for the BERLINERBITCOINER meetup.
This is great, bitcoin is really spreading!
Thumbs up. May the Kiez grow big.
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