Comedian Louis C.K Begins Accepting Bitcoin

Jeremycoin

legendary

Activity: 1022

Merit: 1003

𝓗𝓞𝓓𝓛

Quote from: AtheistAKASaneBrain on August 15, 2015, 11:21:57 AM

While im glad mega celebrities like CK Louis begin accepting BTC, I have serious doubts if their followers will have a clue what the hell Bitcoin is. Hopefully they are curious and check it out tho.

That's totally true, human will always curious.
That's why it is a good thing when a famous people start to use Bitcoin Wink

AtheistAKASaneBrain

hero member

Activity: 770

Merit: 509

While im glad mega celebrities like CK Louis begin accepting BTC, I have serious doubts if their followers will have a clue what the hell Bitcoin is. Hopefully they are curious and check it out tho.

Jeremycoin

legendary

Activity: 1022

Merit: 1003

𝓗𝓞𝓓𝓛

I'm waiting for the moment where we can pay a concert with Bitcoin Cheesy

Or pay a ticket to watch a movie on a theater with Bitcoin

RGBKey

hero member

Activity: 854

Merit: 658

rgbkey.github.io/pgp.txt

This is awesome, he's very widely known and hopefully this can get us more exposure.

freeyourmind

sr. member

Activity: 364

Merit: 252

Quote from: eternalgloom on August 15, 2015, 07:25:37 AM

Quote from: turvarya on August 15, 2015, 06:10:30 AM

Wow, that is huge.
I am not really familiar with that stuff, but I guess Louis C.K is currently more popular than Mike Tyson.

I wonder, how he came to it. Louis C.K doesn't seem like a tech savy person, but neither seems Tatiana Moroz(quite the different, since I started listening to her show on the LTB network).

I guess artists will be the next big adopters for crypto currency/p2p-networks, since they got screwed over by a lot of companies in the last few years.

I agree, especially if they are not tied to publishers or whatever, I think Bitcoin will become popular among independent artists.
They can save quite a lot because of the low transaction fees etc.

In the past few years, a lot of comedians have broken free from submitting to TV networks and are able to market themselves on social media and most of them have successful podcasts. So bitcoin is a great way for them to bring in some additional income. I know Joe Rogan is a bitcoin user as well.

eternalgloom

legendary

Activity: 1792

Merit: 1283

Quote from: turvarya on August 15, 2015, 06:10:30 AM

Wow, that is huge.
I am not really familiar with that stuff, but I guess Louis C.K is currently more popular than Mike Tyson.

I wonder, how he came to it. Louis C.K doesn't seem like a tech savy person, but neither seems Tatiana Moroz(quite the different, since I started listening to her show on the LTB network).

I guess artists will be the next big adopters for crypto currency/p2p-networks, since they got screwed over by a lot of companies in the last few years.

I agree, especially if they are not tied to publishers or whatever, I think Bitcoin will become popular among independent artists.
They can save quite a lot because of the low transaction fees etc.

turvarya

hero member

Activity: 714

Merit: 500

Wow, that is huge.
I am not really familiar with that stuff, but I guess Louis C.K is currently more popular than Mike Tyson.

I wonder, how he came to it. Louis C.K doesn't seem like a tech savy person, but neither seems Tatiana Moroz(quite the different, since I started listening to her show on the LTB network).

I guess artists will be the next big adopters for crypto currency/p2p-networks, since they got screwed over by a lot of companies in the last few years.

eternalgloom

legendary

Activity: 1792

Merit: 1283

Great, I've always enjoyed watching his shows, hope that more celebs will follow.
Stuff like this can only help make Bitcoin more popular.

amiryaqot

legendary

Activity: 1050

Merit: 1000

Quote from: Daniel91 on August 15, 2015, 05:29:27 AM

Quote from: jones techbit on August 14, 2015, 07:05:49 PM

Bitcoin is the perfect solution for artists to sell their goods online and maintain full control. This is definitely the way forward.

I think that bitcoin is perfect solution for anyone who sells or offers something over the Internet

In the beginning is not easy to get popular and famous names on our side, but as bitcoin is growing in its popularity more and more users (famous and ordinary) will recognize the advantages of bitcoin and begin to actively use it.
Time works in our favor and I think that bitcoin is very near to become mainstream.

That is just beginning and very soon world famous celebrities will start accepting this innovation, bitcoin is perfect currency for daily usage so we have to wait for this to happen when bitcoin will be the only mainstream currency.

maku

legendary

Activity: 1288

Merit: 1000

It is a shame that some of you are unfamiliar with Louis C.K. I used to watch his every standup show on youtube back in the day.
He is really good comedian, but on top of that his jokes are very didactic imo. Bitcoin acceptance from celebrity of his caliber is really big.
Some of his fans might investigate what bitcoin is because of that.

Daniel91

legendary

Activity: 3374

Merit: 1824

Quote from: jones techbit on August 14, 2015, 07:05:49 PM

Bitcoin is the perfect solution for artists to sell their goods online and maintain full control. This is definitely the way forward.

I think that bitcoin is perfect solution for anyone who sells or offers something over the Internet

In the beginning is not easy to get popular and famous names on our side, but as bitcoin is growing in its popularity more and more users (famous and ordinary) will recognize the advantages of bitcoin and begin to actively use it.
Time works in our favor and I think that bitcoin is very near to become mainstream.

bitnanigans

sr. member

Activity: 266

Merit: 250

Ha! This is great. I've enjoyed most of his comedy shows. Is it also possible to purchase the videos? I can't seem to find that option on the site.

jones techbit

full member

Activity: 138

Merit: 100

Bitcoin is the perfect solution for artists to sell their goods online and maintain full control. This is definitely the way forward.

tiggytomb

legendary

Activity: 1848

Merit: 1000

Good news, I have seem a small bit of his stuff and it has been pretty good. He is quite the top comedian around the place so this can only be good news for Bitcoin.

H_H

newbie

Activity: 42

Merit: 0

This is probably the most chatter he's gotten in a while

haha

I used to watch his show but when I got new cable he fell off my dvr schedule

Good for btc that he is taking it even if off of bitpay

Shows you how 'mainstream' and 'hip' it is becoming

Now if a major singer would just say here is my new song and YOU MUST USE BTC

Bingo instant major news in a positive light

Falconer

legendary

Activity: 2660

Merit: 1141

Quote from: ?? on ??

Quote from: Falconer on August 10, 2015, 04:00:17 AM

Quote from: Looncan on August 09, 2015, 01:02:47 PM

If he did this work also artists in Turkey
I was really tired of carrying cash

Well actually you could carry a debt card or credit card then Cheesy

Quote from: Za1n on August 09, 2015, 07:38:18 PM

If you want mainstream adoption, we need someone like Ticketmaster to accept BTC. Either through Bitpay, which is meh but still would be good publicity, or directly which would be huge. I personally despise Ticketmaster, but for the most part they are the only game in town for most big venues.

Sometime we need a movement by the celebrities for bitcoin to gain popularity in society imo.

It's sad but that's how Macs got so popular, a more expensive laptop with less functionality yet used by celebs so bought often by college freshman.

The first criteria people have when buy something is the brand, thats why Apples products always be popular, no matter what the function of those products. Well I hope when bitcoin used by many celebs, then people could be interested with that and they will know that bitcoin have many advantages with it.

Falconer

legendary

Activity: 2660

Merit: 1141

Quote from: Looncan on August 09, 2015, 01:02:47 PM

If he did this work also artists in Turkey
I was really tired of carrying cash

Well actually you could carry a debt card or credit card then Cheesy

Quote from: Za1n on August 09, 2015, 07:38:18 PM

If you want mainstream adoption, we need someone like Ticketmaster to accept BTC. Either through Bitpay, which is meh but still would be good publicity, or directly which would be huge. I personally despise Ticketmaster, but for the most part they are the only game in town for most big venues.

Sometime we need a movement by the celebrities for bitcoin to gain popularity in society imo.

Possum577

sr. member

Activity: 434

Merit: 250

Loose lips sink sigs!

Quote from: ashour on August 09, 2015, 11:48:12 AM

Quote from: gentlemand on August 09, 2015, 11:35:35 AM

The more the merrier and he is a big deal. It's weird that Bitpay is listed as a payment option on his site and not Bitcoin.

He chose bitpay probably because they auto convert the btc to usd and then send to his bank account. Most services who accept bitcoin throw bitpay actually only receive usd and not bitcoin.

Bitpay found a great niche to facilitate bitcoin payments AND get more press and notable people, organizations, and causes to accept bitcoin for payment.

Louis C.K. is great...check out his comedy, buy this show (give him BTC0.05, he's worth it), enjoy it, then check out some of his other work. He has a TV show called Louie as well. He's quite well known in the business.

The Bitcoin Co-op

legendary

Activity: 1268

Merit: 1006

This is awesome news! Cheesy

Louis CK is a hilarious guy, and he doesn't have a rap sheet like Mike Tyson to criticize.

Za1n

legendary

Activity: 1078

Merit: 1011

If you want mainstream adoption, we need someone like Ticketmaster to accept BTC. Either through Bitpay, which is meh but still would be good publicity, or directly which would be huge. I personally despise Ticketmaster, but for the most part they are the only game in town for most big venues.

Topic: Comedian Louis C.K Begins Accepting Bitcoin (Read 1698 times)