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It seems that McDonald's "CyberMac" in an Asian country accepts Bitcoins. Wow!

Wow, so taste, much unhealthy wow

LMAO.

fake.

Original image can be found on this page:
http://www.tofugu.com/2008/11/02/the-japanese-mcdonalds-menu-im-actually-lovin-it/

I laughed too :( I hope really bad English doesn't become a thing on this forum :P

fake and gay

fake is ok but gay is very interesting I need some more news about this how you find this gay  :D

I heard a rumor that in 2014 McDonald's, due to increasing pressure from other burger restaurants, planned to slowly incorporate actual food products in their menu eventually replacing their current line up of flavor enhanced bits of cardboard.

If this would be true, the BTC will rise above 1500 :)

mmm burgers for dogecoin. Thats an idea I can get behind  ;D

Don't worry, this forum seems to be full of very intellectual and intelligent people! Other forums however....

why, in europe, we don't have all this choice ?  :'(
I'm hungry now (23h10) ::)

Fake, gay, stupid. Nobody would accept DOGE, also 'dat ingleza'.

Lol, I think you would be surprised.....

"muchO Wow, much good!"  :P

I dunno why but I piss myself laughing whenever somebody says or types “fake and gay” lol.

What is McDonald's advertising in this commercial?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnBAp_G3SyA

"This February, McDonald's will be randomly accepting a new form of payment."

Lots of customers looking at -- receipts? -- with quizzical looks on their faces like they're not sure what they're looking at.

Customer: How about you just tell me how much it is?

McD cashier: That is how much it is!

I'm not convinced it's bitcoin but if not, then what is it? Valentine's Day kisses??

I ALMOST got excited. This coupled with the NYSE and Winklevoss and Gates news would do for an epic rally.

Most likely start in some advanced  countries, but how are they going to accept dogecoin. ???

http://s1.postimg.org/8u83ztfyn/mcds.jpg (http://s1.postimg.org/8u83ztfyn/mcds.jpg)

hmmmmmm

when asked if they will be accepting alt-coins or crypto currencies ....

That would be nifty... able to buy a bite to eat with my cell phone when I leave my wallet at home.

They said the same thing to almost every guess.

every McDonald is more or less independent and can accept BTC if they wish. Or don't accept if they don't.

So I don't think say that McDonald's in general accepts BTC makes sense

I opened a reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2tokzt/mcdonalds_accepting_bitcoin/

will it be true?

Something silly and "uplifting" like a smile or something. Definitely not any actual currency.

Totally this.

I am just keeping quiet at this type of news , still remember the event when Microsoft, paypal or other large merchants started to accept bitcoin payment! Probably not good news! It is just adding another big merchants who will dumping their bitcoin sales!

Yes, I think your on the right track  :)

http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/pair/smile/btc/poloniex/10-days (http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/pair/smile/btc/poloniex/10-days)  ???                 :D

If it were real.. I definitely gonna try McDonald again! It has been a long time since I bought McDonald. - I dont like 'junk' food.. :L.


Can we have a link to the original tweet?

All of these are fake..If really McDonalds accepting bitcoins than it was in the top chart news in the international newspapers.

I wonder if like how Subway startin acceptin bitcoin via their franchisees if McDonalds can do the same? I am no expert on American burger shops but what I can say is if they have franchisees, couldn't a bitcoiner start a McDonalds and accept BTC? I am not sure how MiccyDeez works, obviously.

Of course no news in international newspaper because McDonalds never said want accept bitcoins, they only said want use other type of payment. The people here just made the thing

Oh right... well thank you for explanation.
For just the moment I was inspired with this news, that I will have choice and possibility to pay for meal in my favorite ''fast food' with BTC.
It seems not, unfortunately.

They said bitcoin not dogecoin

Maccoin ftw!!

Is really McDonald's accepting Bitcoins??

lol dont think so, cant imagine they'd add bitcoin litecoin and dogecoin at the same time.

More and more company accept bitcoin.

True I would have had to say I'm Loving it
Before going into a Mcdonalds joke, that said someday in the future having fast food places take digital currency would be great
Doesn't seem like its a far off dream to be honest, it might just take a bit more time to become part of a reality.

hahaa ,, lol
your comment guys make em laughed  ;D
but yeah , who know in future they will accepted bitcoin

Yeah.. Accepting DOGE will probably not happen..However BTC being accepted at these stores might happen in the future...n Hopefully soon.! waiting to buy a Burger with my BTC.!

When they do accept BTC, the price will take a nose dive! When bigger companies / merchants adopt BTC, they will convert nearly 100% of their BTC into fiat.

They do this to pay wages and running cost in fiat. This will push the price down and it will be bad for Bitcoin.

We need to target areas where people spend their money. { Internet service providers / Electricity providers or resellers / Grocery shops etc. } When these people accept BTC, people will have a incentive to receive BTC as payment for salaries.

There should be less reasons for them to convert back to fiat. 

In which country??

Seriously. Did you read just the OP?

I can see the dogecoin mania has spread to here. Come on guys, let's be serious. That's obviously fake.

2014 was the worst year for McDonald's since their inception, 15% loss in sales.

So it looks good they're gonna accept Bitcoin soon like all of those endangered dinosaurs (Overstock, Dell, Microsoft), as some sharp tongues keep scoffing.

i will not discuss if i like mcdonalds or not ( well i dont like mcdonalds :P ) but if someday mcdonalds accept our BTC then for sure this will be a great news for all of us, will be another big step that must be done.


agree with you ;)

i have to agreed also, if you look at if this major fast food chains begin taking btc has a form of payment, mostly all of them have franchises all over the world making a good impact on adoption.

Wow..fast food with Bitcoins! It would be create to get the 100 million or so obese Americans all using Bitcoins!

My life will be complete once I can bring a girl over McDonalds and pay happy meals with my smartphone.

But suddenly your smartphone have only 5% battery and die when you already make order

I am sure they would ask you to pay first :P
Else that would be  the suckiest part to happen. But I think also everyone carries fiat in their pockets

I'm gonna say it's hugs.  Look at the image. (https://www.google.com/search?q=McDonald%E2%80%99s+will+be+randomly+accepting+a+new+form+of+payment&channel=fs)  "Give Lovin, Get Lovin"

This is probably one drawback to using bitcoin. If you do not have access to ample electricity (or batteries) then you will be unable to spend your money.

Another thing is that McDonalds is not exactly the most romantic place to take someone on a date to LOL

Who says you need ample electricity? I like the idea of USB wallets, the only problem is how would you protect the content in it from getting overwritten or stolen? USB wallets don't require ample electricity. I also like the idea of Bitcoin debit cards.

It's obviously bitcoin, I mean, why else would they surprise laugh upon learning of new payment system?

he will leave smartphone as collateral until he find a way to pay. Or something like that

lol..just another guy spamming to increase his posts count/activity..lol!

haha,,, well. This will change the view of a country against bitcoin.
make them become very enthusiastic about bitcoin.
shops and services bitcoin exchange rate against the dollar will be popping up like mushrooms

I think, the easiest solution is, that they just plug in your smartphone. They already have free WiFi, why not Free Charging

http://www.cnet.com/news/starbucks-to-hook-up-wireless-charging-stations-in-shops/#!

Hope they can solve the every-device-a-different-charger problem

You mean the "Everyone uses the same charger, but Apple"-problem?

Much cheese, very ketchup, such coins wow. It looks photoshopped to me though  ;)

Doubt it.  Their entire demographic has largely not heard of Bitcoin nor care about it yet. 

On a side note, I wouldn't spend a single BTC on anything on their menu.  And I could probably be persuaded to spend BTC on some pretty useless stuff.

What Mcdonalds are you going to where you give lovin to get lovin?  If it's hugs this could be the next Planking craze!

Really? If they do accept cryptocoins that would be absolutely massive. Just set up a qr code on the back of their screen and be able to pay in 1 second using bitcoin. Move all bitcoins from that address to a cold storage or convert to fiat when the day is over, and then change the address.

...until the inevitable Big Mac Hack Attack TM.

actually, this stupid and untrue story went viral fast. My non-tech-savvy, non-interested in BTC wife told me Mickey Deez was accepting BTC a few days ago. dafuq is that? Disinformation is better circulated than actual news now?

and McDon's is bad for BTC IMHO, I don't even like to use their washroom, and  I only have to smell the fries from across the street to get diarrhea.  

It is good if you are in a hurry though. You can just hand your buddy 5$ and say "Hey man, I can't break for lunch. Would you mind flushing this down the toilet for me?"

https://evilsquirrelsnest.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/hamburglar.jpg?w=640
"I will control all your cereals private keys"

photoshop much

Either way it seems to be a successful campaign by McDonalds. They get quite the buzz and at the same time they get an open survey on what payment systems people would like them to support.

Good advertising. Most likely the new payment method is exactly what they've shown. At random a customer has a chance to be charged with "a smile" instead of $x.xx. Maybe 1 in a 100?

The clues are the "at random" and the customer smiling. There ya go.



PS. Can't wait for devious employees starting to randomly charge things other than a smile....

If that is the case then wow.  I can't imagine disliking a scam (in this case, scam=bad food with intentional addictive additives to their food) restaurant more but I now know it is possible.

If McDonalds starts accepting bitcoins
Ronald McDonald will be a "cryptoclown"
LOL

Not sure if there is a pun that I am missing there.

it's not gonna happen soon
but i'm sure McDonalds starts accepting bitcoins when price is more stable

Why would they care at all about price stability? I doubt if McD is gonna pay their staff and resources in bitcoins right away, so they'll use any of the free payment provider to receive their BTC turnover in EUR or USD. Zero risk or price instability.

Essentially, there is NO reason for McD (or any merchant) to not accept Bitcoin.
 

This would be huge if McDonalds did start accepting btc but it's not gonna happen. I don't think bitcoin is even used enough right now for McD's to bother with it though I hope I;m very wrong.


You're not missing anything, it's just a shit joke lol.

Would be great if it were true. Imagine employees having to keep up with the speed of QR codes being scanned. It'll be hilarious.  ;D

Developing a simple tx index with blockchain would be super simple. A little screen listing the latest transactions and how much they are in usd, just that. No inputs, outputs, tx ids, or anything, just to list the latest prices, maybe you can sign your name with the tx in a public note to be used for verification.

What?

For McDonalds (or any merchant) to accept Bitcoin, no employee or anyone in their entire organization would ever have have to deal with transactions, the blockchain, signing, or even bitcoin amounts. They can simply use one of the many Bitcoin Point Of Sale solutions that are available today. It works just like a regular EUR or USD cash register or card payment, except being faster, easier, free, and more secure.

Exactly. If they can use a regular chip and pin device or a mobile tablet then they can use bitcoin. No additional training will be needed for staff. I hope merchants realize this eventually as they're missing out on saving money through fees and I really want to start spending my coins even if it's for a crappy bigmac  :D.

It's
Pay With Lovin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2Sm2XGv_s

I don't think so, We can't even use credit/debit card as a payment in MaDonald(China area),let alone use Bitcoin.

Also, Mcdonald might suffer losses for the Bitcoin price volatility.

Not really, Bitcoin is pretty popular among people right now. It wouldn't hurt for them to integrate Bitpay/any other POS solutions into the system. They can pretty much reduce fees for credit card transactions, saving loads of money. With bitpay, it can be nearly as fast as using cash or credit cards.

What do you mean "let alone". You make it sound if accepting Bitcoin is even harder than accepting credit / debit cards. Well, quite the opposite, actually. Of all payment methods (including cash), Bitcoin is the easiest, cheapest and safest to accept.

Ah geez, not that shit again :-\ No, McDonald (or any merchant) doesn't care the slightest bit about price volatility. They use a payment provider (for free) and they get paid in Euros or Dollars. Zero risk involved for them.

Have you thought why they don't accept credit cards? It's likely to do with fees they charge, though you can use them for even small purchases at mcdonalds in my country.

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they will sooner or later and i am waiting for that day when i will be able to fill my car feule with bit coins at local gas station my life will be complete then :p

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If you think racionaly then it would be good move for mcdonald, just scan the qr and then goodbye. No additional work with metal pieces of money.

Well..what you r talking about can happen through netbanking as well..with fiat currency..withoug getting the metal/paper involved..but anyways..BTC would be awesome in that place.! :)

But btc=almost no fees! ;)

Sometimes you have to pay high fees tho, if you want to put money quick in a exchange i sometimes pay a pretty high free to not miss a pump lol

I actually did not see a pay with selfies promotion coming though I am not surprised that it wasn't BTC.

It really doesn't sound like they are accepting a new form of payment though.  It is just a promotion and the promotion will occur at pre-specified times. 

Regardless, I am not going to be trying this.  I don't miss their fries or anything else that much.  I hope a homeless person or two will take advantage though.

Yeah, having more places to spend bitcoin is cool and all, but we also need more places to earn bitcoin besides just buying them.

But you so should go in. And then loudly proclaim you prefer to pay with cash. You'd surely get a lot of lovin' from doing that.

All these huge ass brands getting on bitcoin and the marketcap still so low, its obvious they are keeping it down in purpose.

What huge brands are getting involved because McDonalds certainly isn't. And who is keeping the price down and how and why? Doesn't make any sense.

i would be quite happy if i could spend my dogecoins on smth so useful as burgers, after all dogecoin is on decline... just hope they dont put some doges in... :D ;D

why do not you try to sell burgers and receive payment for Dogecoin. would be great if you started introducing bitcoin or Dogecoin in your city. do not need to store large  . :D

thats my car man

but i dont want to sell amburgers i want to eat them  :P and nearly nobody knows or use crypto in my city anyways.. but we have macdonalds :P