How a Restaurant can Implement BTC - page 3.

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Quote from: Zetler on April 20, 2014, 08:27:21 AM

If I owned a restaurant, I'd add a QR code on the bill. It would be an optional feature.

I agree 100% and have designed a similar approach. It must be done within the existing POS systems to be successful.

The coinkite approach won't work long term, and here's why...
http://blog.atlantabitcoin.com/bitcoin-at-the-point-of-sale-wont-find-success-until-its-integrated/

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You can ask them if they want to pay with bitcoin, and if they do, give them a tablet using coinbase/bitpay to calculate the exchange rate, and then you will receive it in fiat.

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There should be some swipe and shop bitcoin card, so owners can keep the machine, and the clients can swipe and bitcoin gets deducted.

coinkite has this feature. You can use coinkite terminal with bitcoin and litecoin debit cards, but also with regular bitcoin and litecoin.

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Zetler,
Interesting but I have few questions.
Where are you from? I can guess you are not from US,
there are a lot of restaurants in the United States which areaccepting Bitcoin since a long time
not only in the restaurants there are a lot other business which are accepting Bitcoin in this time.

Dogtanian

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Why not just use a payment processor or a tablet with your QR code on etc?

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Quote from: longjohnnoob on April 20, 2014, 08:47:56 AM

What about the fluctuating exchange rate?

The POS software would need a small module or code library to connect via API to an exchange rate data feed... Or, even simpler, the value could be set maybe once a day and the software just multiplies or divides.

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Quote from: Zetler on April 20, 2014, 08:27:21 AM

If I owned a restaurant, I'd add a QR code on the bill. It would be an optional feature.

The implementation wouldn't be too difficult. A programmer could make this in one day.
Waiters could be taught how to deal with it in one hour.
Risk of cheating would be so low that zero confirmations would be needed (status pending sufficient).
What would be printed on the bill would be something like this:

Optional:
Pay with BITCOIN.
$21.12 USD = BTC0.04189 XBT
[QR Code]
Scan and pay with your smartphone.
Ask waiter for further instructions.

Very interesting idea, but payment for a meal in a restaurant with receiving a check isn't a big problem and it doesn't take long to write a payment check as you do it with computer. But of course Bitcoin payments would make it slightly faster and more comfortable for some people. Of course there must be a choice to choose to pay with FIAT money receiving a check or with bitcoins through app. Maybe we'll have it one day.

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What about the fluctuating exchange rate?

Zetler

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If I owned a restaurant, I'd add a QR code on the bill. It would be an optional feature.

The implementation wouldn't be too difficult. A programmer could make this in one day.
Waiters could be taught how to deal with it in one hour.
Risk of cheating would be so low that zero confirmations would be needed (status pending sufficient).
What would be printed on the bill would be something like this:

Optional:
Pay with BITCOIN.
$21.12 USD = BTC0.04189 XBT
[QR Code]
Scan and pay with your smartphone.
Ask waiter for further instructions.

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