[EXPIRED] [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin - page 4.

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Quote from: Elwar on October 04, 2011, 02:32:49 PM

Quote from: BurtW on October 04, 2011, 01:57:49 PM

Could those developing software please post links to this site so we can match them with our potential businesses? I know that there are some POS systems out there and more under developement.

I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.

You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.

Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner.

You can route all your incoming payments to a offline wallet, only authorized person will have access to it.
Similarly, employees cannot initiate transactions or have access to the business bank account.

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Quote from: BurtW on October 04, 2011, 01:57:49 PM

Could those developing software please post links to this site so we can match them with our potential businesses? I know that there are some POS systems out there and more under developement.

I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.

You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.

Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner.

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Could those developing software please post links to this site so we can match them with our potential businesses? I know that there are some POS systems out there and more under developement.

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I do believe that large companies will need some software that would help them deal with Bitcoins.

I am not saying that it is impossible to create that software, but that the software has not yet been developed because we are not at that level yet.

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I will contact my local Federal Reserve bank...

*fingers crossed*

Bitcoin Oz

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Wat

Thinkgeek.com is the obvious choice.

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Quote from: error on October 04, 2011, 11:24:17 AM

Quote from: mizerydearia on October 03, 2011, 07:02:35 PM

From Linode's Lee Matos:

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I do not know of our plans to accept bitcoins as payment. I think that it is safe to say that we will not be accepting bitcoins until they widely used across the public sector. I hope this helps!

I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

I don't expect that the government will ever accept bitcoins.

I'll bet that there will eventually be some gang strong enough to claim local supremacy but not strong enough to mandate a money and will just go with the flow and use the natural money.

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Quote from: mizerydearia on October 03, 2011, 07:02:35 PM

From Linode's Lee Matos:

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I do not know of our plans to accept bitcoins as payment. I think that it is safe to say that we will not be accepting bitcoins until they widely used across the public sector. I hope this helps!

I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

I don't expect that the government will ever accept bitcoins.

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From Linode's Lee Matos:

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I do not know of our plans to accept bitcoins as payment. I think that it is safe to say that we will not be accepting bitcoins until they widely used across the public sector. I hope this helps!

I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

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I'm offering a 1000 BTC bounty for getting a major business to accept Bitcoins as payment. Conditions:

The business should have at least tens of thousands of customers and a revenue of at least 50 -100 million USD.
The business must accept Bitcoins as payment for the most of their services.
The business must provide a reasonably convenient way to pay with Bitcoins. If it's an internet business, they should process the Bitcoin payments automatically.
The bounty recipient(s) must prove that they convinced the business to start accepting Bitcoins. Contact Sirius by a PM or IRC when the business has shown interest in accepting Bitcoins.
The bounty will be paid when the business has accepted Bitcoins as payment for 3 months. If they accept Bitcoins for less than 3 months but at least 3 weeks, the bounty will be 200 BTC.
The bounty expires on 31.12.2011. The business must make the decision to try out Bitcoins before that.
These terms are subject to change.

Ask me if you're unsure if your business qualifies. Feel free to contribute to the bounty amount.

Suggestion: Try to get a poker site to accept BTC

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