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Did anyone see those news? I didn't see a thread here so im making it. It's pretty huge news, I think it went low on the radar because everyone is talking about 0.13.1 release and segwit, but this is also important. The fees are very low and you can go there with bitcoins in your pocket and enjoy shopping pretty much anywhere. What a nice country, too bad im too poor to be able to live there.

Yes, Switzerland is paving the way for an increasing Bitcoin adoption. We were discussing it already on the forum
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.msg16707336#msg16707336

https://sweepay.ch/ is the company which made this possible apparently

I was just reading this in cointelegraph a few minutes ago , great news ! Swiss was also the first country in the world to have a city where you can pay for public services with Bitcoin (according to CT) . I guess services accepting bitcoin is no longer an issue as they are accepting BTC one after the other , once SegWit and Lightning network are out , Bitcoin would be unstoppable.

this sounds like the same setup as zipzap which was gonna open up thousands of terminals in the uk and beyond for bitcoin sales. then nothing was ever heard from them again. it's cool all the same.

This is specially big because Switzerland is not a country that has enough size to consider 10.000 as small amount. In Switzerland 10.000 and growing means full adoption is comming soon. Pretty much ever kilometer would see one at this pace.

Switzerland is known to have a lot of banks who understand something of how to work with money.
I think I have heared the average monthly income in Suisse is somehow above 5000 dollars.
If they adopt bitcoin that strong, it's a good sign that with bitcoin we are all on the right path!

Switzerland chose path of non invasive legislation and supporting free business. That is why they haven't even tried to legalize/control/regulate cryprocurrency at all.
They know it is not big enough to kill it with bad regulations.

It is amazing, and at the same time, out of the blue news - AFAIK everyone will be able to buy bitcoin on every Swiss rail station from now on! It is better than dozen of BTMs in every city.

Who would have thought that Switzerland would be the first country to embrace Bitcoin like this. I admired them for many years, until I heard that they are working with the US to spy on people. I guess this is just one of the things these governments will have to do, if they do not want terrorism to succeed. ^hmmmmm^

Switzerland - Check, now onto the rest of the world. ^smile^

That's great news man,I think Switzerland is one of the countries that others have to take as an example of how there should be a free market and adopting the new ideas,great country man,let's hope more do it.

yes its a good new because i know that switzerland is one of the safety countries in the world so i think it will be good to see that bitcoin is accepted in over 10.000 locations in swiss. and i hope there are many more country that will do like what switzerland do so bitcoin can be more growth.

Switzerland is very modern and progressive country so I'm not surprised. Swiss people like new technologies so Bitcoin is logical follow up. They should be an example for other countries in Europe. This is also the way they will attract new businesses.

The article you posted mentions 10 000 locations worldwide as of now, it doesn't mean that they are going to open 10 000 terminals right now in Switzerland offering the service of buying Bitcoins to station passengers. But anyway this would be a great way of acquiring Bitcoin for Swiss citizens or people owning a Swiss telephone number which I guess is not a hard thing to obtain once you are in Switzerland.

no doubt if developed countries are very well implementing about technologies unlike those developing country which always lack of implementing these kind of thing even for the sake of their countries goodness,i hope i could afford to be there someday even though i'm always working out to make it happen,by the way does those locations actually accepting bitcoin in so many stores or just few in a place?

Switzerland has been known to be a progressive country for a while now. If there's a country that could be leading the way towards bitcoin mass adoption, Switzerland could be it any day. Kudos to the ones in charge for making it possible for more people to experience using bitcoin in the real world.

Swizz leading from the front, first they have anaonoys accounts which of course can only be revealed under a strict inquiry and not normal circumstances. And it's super expensive spending there money. Now one can earn btc and reduce his expenses out there. I hope many countries follow suit. It's amazing to see them accept it.

Wow this actually is a great news and Switzerland is a major tourist location I was also planing to visit Switzerland in future. This many merchants accepting bitcoin will really help any tourist to make purchases at cheaper rates I think. This is real good news I am really surprised this flew so much under the radar.

as well as in Hong Kong, the place could have made most of the retailers accept bitcoin within a single day, but no third party plans that even though it is easy. you know that kind of payment should be implemented with bunches of trials to prevent ransoming.
congrats about the implementation of bitcoin in switzerland! :)

The answer to the text in bold:

If you want a pre-paid phone number in Switzerland then you have to give your ID to the seller, he will make a copy of it and transmit it to the company from where the SIM card is ... if you make some bad things with that phone number police can find you easy as 1 2 3.

So buying BTC in Switzerland isn't that good as it seems. They will know you bought BTC or sold  using that phone number.

If this is true then it would be a haven for all bitcoin user and owner.  I hope one day it also happens in my country where bitcoin payment is almost accepted in all stores and grocery stores.   It is okay with me if they will do some extra fee as long as I can make use of my btc.

Swiss is the most developed country in the world, good news. I hope we will get more social media in all of the world, not only swiss.

Swiss is modern country, and one hand its not a surprise that they are adopted bitcoin as currency and payment option. On other hand for me this is something new, I didn't hear nothing about this before now.
Yes it`s a bit expensive too live there, and I would love that as well. But when that is not possible, only good thing that can is bitcoin to spread on other countries. Congratulations to them, some countries will always be ahead of the others, someone needs to lead.

Swiss is always ready to adopt new tecnology, and this news should make more impact in European Country, It is the true fact that to live in this country you should be rich. Hope seeing this progress of this country make impact to other country also.

Wow, great news! This is the best way for attract new businesses. And Switzerland is the most developed and progressive country I've ever seen.

I was reading earlier about Swiss railways giving the option to buy bitcoin via their ticket machines, I thought that was pretty good news, this however is fantastic news and if is becomes heavily used it can only inspire other countries to follow suit.

It is very good news for all bitcoin lovers.Although Switzerland is a small country but huge number of tourists visit there from all around the globe every year and if bitcoin is accepted by many merchants,it will surly help spread the word

Switzerland has always been a leader in the financial world so this doesn't surprise me. It's actually very positive news.

From this article I can say that bitcoin is being used only to be spent/sell there but not buy.
So it is used only to top up your phone? How does this work step by step if anyone can explain it.

This is good news. means bitcoin swiss accepted in society. a good development because other countries will follow the example of the Swiss to develop bitcoin in their respective countries.

that is a great news in Switzerland.Looks there a title Make quick and easy purchases with Bitcoin.I hope another country Will follow Switzerland system

That Is a good news. I hope there are over 10,000 place that accept bitcoin in my country too. But I think it is realy hard becouse it will need goverment permission that mean they will take a tax of bitcoin. But what swiss dud is amazing. It is good news for bitvoin future. I hope I have so much bitcoin so I can take a holiday in swiss and spend my bitcoin there, it would be amazing. Swiss is popular country so I think it is good too for bitcoin dissemination. Bitcoin mass adoption will goes faster. I realy happy to read this news.

makes me wanna visit that girl from Switzerland so much more,maybe I buy a swiss sim card as well while I'm at it

there are two minor problems:

You cannot top up Bitcoin by credit card
First day of sale: 11.11.2016

it has not been introduced yet an secondly you can't use credit card to buy bitcoin

That's actually pretty insane to think about. Switzerland seems like such a nice country; neat weapons, lots of banking, pretty open to new technological idea, good currency, and so on.

Surprises me that they would open up 10k locations, but that isn't a bad thing. I'm happy with it.

Good news but I do not think it is that huge in my opinion. It for sure is a really important one due to the fundamental nature that gives Bitcoin more infrastructure to get money in and out of the system. It will also help gain more adoption. I hope we see more brick and mortar terminals accept Bitcoin especially when the Lightning Network rolls out.

They will be selling Bitcoin at every rail station in Switzerland. How this is not HUGE push for bitcoin adoption?
It is better than having a thousand BTMs all over the country. If this experiment will succeed then maybe we will see ever more project like this in other countries?

It's a common practice to hand out your ID when purchasing pre-paid sim cards in foreign countries, I have done the same on numerous occasions while traveling abroad. My point was that people could get a Swiss telephone number and purchase some coins when they are on location that's all. There are legitimate people wanting to get their hands on a Swiss sim card and not all are shady individuals.

I just wanted to let everyone know .... for example let's suppose some guy from another country non EU sees this topic
And he thinks fuck me I'm filthy rich and I want to buy BTC from Switzerland.
He travels to Zurich and when he tries to buy a SIM card the seller ask for his ID, he then is surprised and upon his beliefs will continue the transaction or stop it and go home sad.

I just didn't want him to waste his time traveling all this way for nothing. ;)

We need companies that will accept Bitcoin only.    8)

Swiss is a known place for rich people to store their money because they don't want to pay the high taxes that their origin countries demand. They have a policy of respecting financial privacy, but as we have seen with the leaks, it's not a good idea.

Bitcoin can put at the hands of regular non rich people, a "swiss bank" in their pockets.

I just seen a documentary yesterday on TV that was showing right this. I didn't have much time yesterday to look it all but people at my work were also talking about such thing and I was curious cause they almost never talk about bitcoin.

Well I told them I can sell them a few coins if they want to go there and try , after all we are just a few hours of distance to Switzerland.

I hope other countries take Switzerland as an example and expand the bitcoin even more and people everywhere are more aware about bitcoin in general.

it should be cool to live in such country. the citizen are already rich and now they use bitcoin as payment in over 10.000 locations. it's a huge amount anyway.

I think bitcoin will be famous in a short time after the anouncement. that's good to know this news.

That's outstandingly good news! Overall I did not share the excitement surrounding Bitcoin ATMs, because of the overly onerous and privacy invasive verification requirements of most machines. Apparently these Swiss vending machines chose an acceptable approach, albeit I consider cell phone identification an unneeded obstacle.

What can't be disputed is the fact that Switzerland now has the largest installment of Bitcoin vending locations in the world. The ubiquitous availability of Bitcoin for purchase will likely be a boost for bitcoin businesses in Switzerland. The Swiss people can be really happy to live in a country that embraces financial innovation.

ya.ya.yo!