You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin

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Quote from: Geist on May 09, 2013, 12:53:42 PM

http://uptweet.com/viewStory?id=1253

Looks like there is now an easy way to pay for stuff with bitcoin no matter where you are. Sure, you're restricted to the stores Gyft supports, but chances are there would be a Burger King around somewhere if you're starving.

This, added to the Bitcoin Conference on the 17th and China getting into Bitcoin, all I can say is I can't wait until next week.

I saw this news also. I think I will try this sometime.

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Quote from: cypherdoc on May 10, 2013, 11:22:58 AM

Quote from: chiropteran on May 10, 2013, 07:46:42 AM

It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying.

its true.

apples dont die they only rot and sprout more trees. Grin

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Quote from: fitty on May 10, 2013, 08:06:56 AM

Quote from: chiropteran on May 10, 2013, 07:46:42 AM

Quote from: fitty on May 09, 2013, 05:05:41 PM

Quote from: siggy on May 09, 2013, 04:25:48 PM

so is this an android only thing? i found and downloaded the app on IOS, but the only option avaliable when i go to buy a card is to pay by credit card Embarrassed

Sigg

Yup, no iOS. Hopefully that changes.

It won't change, Apple won't allow bitcoin purchases in iPhone apps.

It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying.

Blah, really? Has anyone ever run Android on a VM? Here's a decent lead, still researching.

http://androvm.org/blog/

Both the tablet and phone VMs get a "device not supported" when trying to install gyft. Bleh.

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Quote from: chiropteran on May 10, 2013, 07:46:42 AM

It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying.

its true.

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I have tried on two androids now and both say non supported device wtf

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Quote from: chiropteran on May 10, 2013, 07:46:42 AM

Quote from: fitty on May 09, 2013, 05:05:41 PM

Quote from: siggy on May 09, 2013, 04:25:48 PM

so is this an android only thing? i found and downloaded the app on IOS, but the only option avaliable when i go to buy a card is to pay by credit card Embarrassed

Sigg

Yup, no iOS. Hopefully that changes.

It won't change, Apple won't allow bitcoin purchases in iPhone apps.

It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying.

Blah, really? Has anyone ever run Android on a VM? Here's a decent lead, still researching.

http://androvm.org/blog/

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Quote from: fitty on May 09, 2013, 05:05:41 PM

Quote from: siggy on May 09, 2013, 04:25:48 PM

so is this an android only thing? i found and downloaded the app on IOS, but the only option avaliable when i go to buy a card is to pay by credit card Embarrassed

Sigg

Yup, no iOS. Hopefully that changes.

It won't change, Apple won't allow bitcoin purchases in iPhone apps.

It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying.

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Quote from: bitarrow on May 10, 2013, 06:44:58 AM

most people use Ios = fail

Not really...

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most people use Ios = fail

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Quote from: siggy on May 09, 2013, 04:25:48 PM

so is this an android only thing? i found and downloaded the app on IOS, but the only option avaliable when i go to buy a card is to pay by credit card Embarrassed

Sigg

Yup, no iOS. Hopefully that changes.

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Wow...this actually is a pretty big deal. Being able to pay with bitcoins at major retailers.

Of the trifecta:
Able to buy anything online: Check (bitspend)
Able to buy anything at stores: Partial (Gyft)
Able to pay bills with bitcoin: Not yet (bitcoinbillpay currently working on it)

Not too shabby.

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so is this an android only thing? i found and downloaded the app on IOS, but the only option avaliable when i go to buy a card is to pay by credit card Embarrassed

Sigg

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The way the app works has a pretty poor flow. You've got to buy a card and send it to yourself before you can use it. The start of the process is buried and non-intuitive (thanks for the tip chsados).

That said, this is still great news!!

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Quote from: Ultraviolet on May 09, 2013, 03:15:36 PM

This is actually a pretty big deal.

Huge deal. When amazon put a stop to the btc to giftcards it really sucked. This is awesome news.

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This is actually a pretty big deal.

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To purchase:
at the top of the app do you see the arrow button? click it and go to the third tab and search for your username you created the gyft account with.
then a screen will appear with available giftcards - select the one you want and its pretty self explanatory from there.

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Quote from: chsados on May 09, 2013, 12:54:48 PM

just downloaded the app on android - for some reason it only seems like you can add cards purchased from the store. where do you buy in the app?

BTW: why is this in speculation?

There's already a thread in Press, I was curious how people thought this could affect the price.

Also, downloading app now, but in the Updates it says:

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1.4

Gyft now accepts bitcoin payments.

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just downloaded the app on android - for some reason it only seems like you can add cards purchased from the store. where do you buy in the app?

BTW: why is this in speculation?

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http://uptweet.com/viewStory?id=1253

Looks like there is now an easy way to pay for stuff with bitcoin no matter where you are. Sure, you're restricted to the stores Gyft supports, but chances are there would be a Burger King around somewhere if you're starving.

This, added to the Bitcoin Conference on the 17th and China getting into Bitcoin, all I can say is I can't wait until next week.

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