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Title: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Geist on May 09, 2013, 05:53:42 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. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: chsados on May 09, 2013, 05:54:48 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? Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Geist on May 09, 2013, 05:58:27 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? There's already a thread in Press, I was curious how people thought this could affect the price.BTW: why is this in speculation? Also, downloading app now, but in the Updates it says: Quote 1.4 Gyft now accepts bitcoin payments. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: chsados on May 09, 2013, 06:38:44 PM 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. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Ultraviolet on May 09, 2013, 08:15:36 PM This is actually a pretty big deal.
Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: fitty on May 09, 2013, 08:37:35 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. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: wormbog on May 09, 2013, 08:55:59 PM 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!! Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: siggy on May 09, 2013, 09:25:48 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 :-[
Sigg Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Elwar on May 09, 2013, 09:46:21 PM 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. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: fitty on May 09, 2013, 10:05:41 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 :-[ Sigg Yup, no iOS. Hopefully that changes. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: bitarrow on May 10, 2013, 11:44:58 AM most people use Ios = fail
Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: ronaldlee0917 on May 10, 2013, 12:08:36 PM most people use Ios = fail Not really...Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: chiropteran on May 10, 2013, 12:46:42 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 :-[ 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. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: fitty on May 10, 2013, 01:06:56 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 :-[ 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/ (http://androvm.org/blog/) Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Code_red on May 10, 2013, 04:02:33 PM I have tried on two androids now and both say non supported device wtf
Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: cypherdoc on May 10, 2013, 04:22:58 PM It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying. its true. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: fitty on May 10, 2013, 05:45:27 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 :-[ 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/ (http://androvm.org/blog/) Both the tablet and phone VMs get a "device not supported" when trying to install gyft. Bleh. Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: bitcon on May 10, 2013, 07:45:45 PM It's okay though, Apple is slowly dying. its true. apples dont die they only rot and sprout more trees. ;D Title: Re: You can now buy Gift Cards from Gyft with Bitcoin Post by: Hfleer on May 11, 2013, 01:37:28 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. |