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Topic: Budapest gets bitcoin taxis - page 2. (Read 1926 times)

hero member
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February 13, 2016, 10:14:12 AM
#21
hmmm i think this is a great news for the community, i hope the confirmation time wouldn't be a serious problem when the service going launch, but i belive this thing will be more attract people to use bitcoin or at least get to know what is bitcoin
full member
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February 13, 2016, 09:52:21 AM
#20
Yeah I'd like to know how they handle confirmation times too. Do customers need to leave some ID or something in case the transaction gets cancelled?
If the taxi driver has any hidden camera in his car then i don't think it's needed any ID, i was wondering what will happen if the transaction gets stucked with low-zero fee.

I think the idea is to have the customers register on thecoinpay.com then pay from there.

That forces you to use one particular taxi service if you want to pay with Bitcoins through an intermediary. I often find a taxi doesn't show up and have to ring a competitor's service to hire one. I wouldn't want to be forced to stand waiting in the freezing cold for hours waiting for one particular company's taxi to show up when it's very busy. It would be better if any taxi company accepted Bitcoins directly, but it's early days.
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 09:34:34 AM
#19
I saw this yesterday and think its great, no problems of change, you can pay exactly as much as your fare is and/or add a little extra as tips for drivers.

Another plus for drivers is they don't have to worry about getting robbed, which they do with cash sometimes. Can't steal Bitcoin sitting safe in a wallet somewhere else. Smiley
sr. member
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February 13, 2016, 09:30:16 AM
#18
oh its nice to see that more and more companies are starting to accept it more and more, i hope that more cities will do that
copper member
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February 13, 2016, 09:24:42 AM
#17
Yeah I'd like to know how they handle confirmation times too. Do customers need to leave some ID or something in case the transaction gets cancelled?
If the taxi driver has any hidden camera in his car then i don't think it's needed any ID, i was wondering what will happen if the transaction gets stucked with low-zero fee.

I think the idea is to have the customers register on thecoinpay.com then pay from there.
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 09:07:18 AM
#16
This is very good news that business peoples are accepting bitcoin as payment option, but this can also be happened only by the help of the government , until government accepts bitcoin in the law till then more business people wont come out. for that like Budapest other country should also accept Bitcoin then only common people will come forward and accept bitcoin.
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 08:46:45 AM
#15
Yeah I'd like to know how they handle confirmation times too. Do customers need to leave some ID or something in case the transaction gets cancelled?
If the taxi driver has any hidden camera in his car then i don't think it's needed any ID, i was wondering what will happen if the transaction gets stucked with low-zero fee.
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 08:45:06 AM
#14
Yeah I'd like to know how they handle confirmation times too. Do customers need to leave some ID or something in case the transaction gets cancelled?
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 08:42:58 AM
#13
What a great news, will the taxi driver wait for one or three transaction confirmation Tongue, other countries should follow this idea.
hero member
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February 13, 2016, 08:39:41 AM
#12
This is good from standpoint acceptance!
But i will probably will use cash for taxi. Bitcoin is my investment.
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 08:37:40 AM
#11
Hungary sure has an aopen minded mind on bitcoin technology,but I'm sure as the technology evolve we will be seein gmore and more cities following budapest leads I'm sure not only taxiz but also restaurants hotels on major parts of the world
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 08:18:37 AM
#10
this is a very interesting news, and every news about a new way of spending bitcoin sound awesome to me.

but i am more interested to know the result of it in a while (like a month) to see how many people have used it, how much problems did they have (like with confirmation time), did anybody double spend?
legendary
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Bitcoin accepted here
February 13, 2016, 08:12:07 AM
#9
Don't forget that Budapest is an important tourist destination, apart from being one of Europe's largest cities, so we shouldn't underestimate the daily exposure for Bitcoin.
sr. member
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February 13, 2016, 08:02:33 AM
#8
Now atleast some of the common people will search about bitcoin when they see this taxis for first time. Good news for growth of bitcoin. Smiley

This is one of the best thing happened to bitcoin till now, bitcoin's value will increase with leap and bounce now
legendary
Activity: 1946
Merit: 1007
February 13, 2016, 08:00:58 AM
#7
If I understood this correctly the taxis are not really bitcoin taxis but only officially accept bitcoin through coinpay services.

Would've been much nicer if they actually accepted bitcoin in its bitcoin form instead of trading it for fiat right away again.

Good thing ofcourse is the added exposure that this gives!
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 07:53:05 AM
#6

Depends upon their perimeter size, or traffic density.
Any city that requires at least one Blocktime (10 minutes) for most of all travel distances suits  Grin
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 07:43:24 AM
#5
Now atleast some of the common people will search about bitcoin when they see this taxis for first time. Good news for growth of bitcoin. Smiley
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 07:40:41 AM
#5
this way will make bitcoin popular in real life through real world advertising, really good,next,i want to hear someone paying physical newsletter subscription with bitcoin  Grin
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 07:07:41 AM
#4
That's cool.
Great to see Bitcoin getting accepted more and more. I would like to know how much taxis this provider is owning.It was just written that it's one of the bigger providers in the city.


Another short article outside Bitcoin related websites.
http://bbj.hu/budapest/budapest-taxi-teams-up-with-coinpay-to-accept-bitcoin_111355
legendary
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February 13, 2016, 05:54:45 AM
#3
That's a good thing about BTC, as will be introduced to more tourists.
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