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Title: If we could get these chains to consider Bitcoin... Post by: MoonShadow on May 27, 2011, 09:10:22 PM http://reason.com/archives/2011/05/26/dollar-store-nation
Then either Wal-Mart would be jumping in within a month, or the government would be jump on them within a month. For that matter, a Bitcoin article in Reason would be epic! Title: Re: If we could get these chains to consider Bitcoin... Post by: bittrader on May 28, 2011, 01:32:27 AM Related to this: we need more effective ways to accept bitcoins for in-person, point-of-sale transactions.
Title: Re: If we could get these chains to consider Bitcoin... Post by: abyssobenthonic on May 28, 2011, 08:03:56 AM http://reason.com/archives/2011/05/26/dollar-store-nation Then either Wal-Mart would be jumping in within a month, or the government would be jump on them within a month. For that matter, a Bitcoin article in Reason would be epic! The only mention is this Hit & Run entry (http://reason.com/blog/2011/04/20/digital-cash-sparks-digital-de). Would not be surprised to see a mention in print at some point. (Reason does run pieces not by their staffers... perhaps a bounty (disclosed within the piece, of course) for someone who writes an article on Bitcoin that gets published there?) On Wal-Mart, a vigorous market in exchanging BTC for gift cards is probably the best bet (and the most reliable cash-in/cash-out method for bitcoin: the feds are not going to tell Wal-Mart to stop offering gift cards or adhering to KYC as it will inconvenience far too many voters. It's easy to go after folks who wire money overseas or who send a ton domestically via WU or whatever, but cracking down on retailer gift cards?) |