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Catch the story here http://bitcoinfaucetrelay.com/mcdonalds-might-start-accepting-bitcoin-soon/ ;D

I highly doubt that is the case but everything is possible 8)

if Mcdonalds decide krypto is good ,KFC and burger king will probably  offer it too .......
this could be a major milestone

if this Happens Bitcoin Will Rise Over 10,00$$ i think ;D

If they do it will be yet another place where Bitcoin can be spent to further reduce the price. I don't why this news excites holders.

Because the bitcoin will be worth more if they accept it the more money put in the more bitcoin is worth the more i get paid  HEHE  ;D

I don't know if this is Worldwide !

Because longer term it inevitably leads to more buyers. More adoption.

Imo the egg must come before the chicken on btc adoption (ways to use btc comes before mass adoption because most don't care about btc ideologies, and are 'happy enough' with status quo).

That ad doesn't look like it'll be bitcoin.

If it is then... nah.

Plus, if they're randomly accepting it... Of course it wont be Bitcoin.

why could mcdonalds not accept btc  if dell ,microsoft ,newegg and overstock accept it ?

this is very good if Mcdonalds realy accept bitcoin
another big company that adopt bitcoin as payment
but i think it just be implemented in several country

this has nothing to do with mc donalds and bitcoin.

McDonalds burger = sucks

McDonalds presenting to you the Bitcoin Burger - some crispy organic blockchain chicken with Nakamoto sauce and grilled Satoshi cheese on top.

This is nothing but rumour based on the faintest of murmurings.


Nah. Bitcoin adoption isn't bad for bitcoin or the price. More merchants is essential for the value in the long run.

You mean it would be better for Bitcoin if nobody actually uses it?  :-\

Get a grip. Bitcoin will only rise if it's being put to use, not if people are just sitting on it and waiting passively for something magical to happen. Then again, whenever you spend bitcoins, make sure to buy back on the market or exchange. That's how you spend bitcoins and avoid price reduction (from merchants dumping bitcoins) at the same time.

more merchants more users less coins = high price of bitcoin

Some people seem to think that because the price has fallen and remained low after some merchants got involved that this means it's bad for bitcoin which is ludicrous. It's basic supply and demand and for bitcoin to be a viable currency we need many more merchants across the globe.

Buy the rumor so they say haha.  Mcdonalds accepting bitcoin would be awesome. Haven't ate their food in about 3 years but could pave the way for more high street chains to accept which is something i would make much use of.

breakfast sausage for bitcoin. very good.

This would be awesome but let's face it, it wont happen.

"Why don't you just tell me how much it is?"
"That is how much it is!"

Well, here's my speculation. The tone of the last sentence, indicates that the employee is trying to convince the customer that it is worth "that" much, if i were to hatch a guess... The digital currency is probably worth more than the USD. Which means the display would have shown the value of a meal with several decimal places, thus the confused look on the customer. Anyone have an idea what sort of digital currency is worth much more than the USD? Hmmm?

My Local Mcdonalds is actually giving out free burgers for Hugs today . Surprised by that .

It will be good if they allow Burgers to be purchased with bitcoin.

That should be very good news i think.
I think the price will go up if it's so.

their twitter has confirmed that its not bitcoin they'll be accepting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2Sm2XGv_s

it even had the line "have you got your cellphone with you" at the beginning - what a tease.

Good News!
This is great if McD seriously accept btc, the price will rise like microsoft accept btc.

Wake up you dummies. MCdonald's wasn't talking about bitcoin.


The "new form of payment" they were referring to is this "lovin' thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2Sm2XGv_s&feature=youtu.be

I think they have to accept it to get cutting edge against enemies  8)
MCDonald revenues have dropped, they have to test and adopt new innovative technology
Bitcoin is just what they need 8)

MCDonald's definitely needs to do something to stand-out. They have been losing market share for some time now.

Please don't take offense,  but this could be one of the dumbest comments on this forum. 

More places to spend bitcoins will mean more adoption which is always a great thing. We will have to wait and see what their announcement really is though.

http://youtu.be/iq2Sm2XGv_s

Exactly what i was thinking.

Lol so the new type of payment was.... LOVE ?

Lamest thing I've ever heard.

McDonalds and Bitcoin is a couple meant to happen, will be so cool to buy burgers moving your smartphone.

I believe this was their exciting announcement yer.

What a load of shit for news ....
If you get a free burger for a hug and some love
Wonder what you get for ejaculating on the cash register 

yeah it was very cool, if possible all the fast food will accept bitcoin as payment?

i don't see why they couldn't if some bars can accept it for beer.... Probably just a matter of time

no they are trading hugs and selfies for food

Why would an ordinary customer do that? Bitcoin offers no advantage over traditional payment. More merchants mean casual holders only get a chance to cash out.

Buying back bitcoins is a good way for enthusiasts to keep the coins flowing but even if merchants just sell them straight on using a payment processor someone is still buying them so the money is still flowing in and out of bitcoin.

Someone is buying them but the demand is lower and lower. Thats one of the reasons you see price moving only one way.

Agreed that the demand is getting lower and lower..but if McD starts accepting BTC.. the demand will grow.. and other brands will soon start accepting BTC..which will only do good for BTC.

So disappointed...it was not btc :(

Why makes you think the price will rise so much if McDonald's starts to accepting bitcoin, McDonald's would just have to dump all those coins daily to pay suppliers or employees.
Now if they start to pay their employees in BTC and their suppliers accept BTC they would have no reason to dump and yes the price would probably rise, but not to 10k a coin, that's wishful thinking at this early stage.

dont worry we will be adding btc next year

I'll have a double BTC burger please... hold the lettuce

Dammit, i want my BTCig Mac or to buy at BTCurger at BTCurger King :p

so what mcdonald accepted after all?

apple pay or something like that.

I would eat a crappy chicken sandwich sand fries from them to support this if it happens.  I know people say this drives the market down, but long term this is turning into a legit alternative currency option.

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I promise to go up to my local mcdonalds and eat some of their fries, this is probably the only thing that wont kill you?

This would be pretty freaking cool if it did happen.

I can see it now. Me and my buddies are chonged as hell. Broke as hell but we got some BTC. We are munched out for some food. So we go to McDonalds and buy our munchies with Bitcoin. Then we all chuckle in disbelief that our Magic Internet Monies bought us hardcore munchies. Sweeeet.

if they did an exclusive  deal with apple-pay or some other crypto  i will not eat their shit again
not that its worth eating anyway ,but we all make stupid choices sometimes :D

Would eat some crappy potatoe fires from them too if they had accepted Bitcoin.

i think they should jump on it ,think of the userbase and its all profit from a new community of food eaters
people on localbitcoins would meet in mcdonalds to do trades etc and likely have buy food or drinks there

if burgerking or KFC does it first it will just make them look silly adding it 6 months later ,mcdonalds should be the leader of the pack and then the rest will follow

considering that McDonald's credit cards payment's processing is the fastest in the world, no one would prefer BTC over cards.
the name speaks for itself...it's FAST food

its not always fast ......ive had to wait 3 minutes sometimes when theyre run out of bigmacs or fries :(

Or it allows people to go from casual holders to active Bitcoin currency users.

http://www.ibtimes.com/free-mcdonalds-how-win-pay-lovin-currency-1803124

The currency was "Lovin".

Yet Another Alt Coin (YAAC)

I really don't think McDonalds would see their sales increase very much from accepting bicoin. Their target market is very different from the 'average' bitcoin user. They may see increased foot traffic but most of that increased traffic will not result in sales

As someone who actually works @ McDonalds, I don't think it's going to happen soon. Maybe in the next year or 2 it may happen. They would have to update their systems, or get whole new systems to accept BitCoin.

I personally hope they don't start accepting bitcoin.  I have a weakness for the filet o' fish sandwich that I'm able currently able to control.  If McD's starts to take my 'coin, my diet will be shot.

Indeed. I´m sure it´s just a question of time.

Dell, microsoft, and newegg are online retailers. It's easier to process through a website than it is in the drive through @ McDonalds.

Well, I´ve got some cups of coffee etc. with bitcoin and it seemed mighty easy.

For MCD it´s just a question of will.

Correct. Every purchase using Bitcoin will result in an immediate sell order to take the price down further. This has been the case with major companies 'accepting' Bitcoin in past. They don't actually 'accept' Bitcoin. They just make you easier for you to pay with Bitcoin. They convert the Bitcoins to fiat on the fly.

Only thing that can be a boost if they actually hold on to the BTC they accept.

If MCD started accepting bitcoin it would result in pretty huge demand increase for bitcoin I guess.

The other day I straight up ate 20 mcnuggets.. bitcons cant unclog arteries..

also, if they have escrow this will be devastating news for the hamburgler!

not really. People aren't going to go out of their way to buy BitCoin to spend it @ their local McD's

How would you know ?

It´s possible that the massive publicity for bitcoin from MCD accepting bitcoin would be harmful for bitcoin demand and I´m sure someone here knows this already. But I think it´d be a risk worth taking.

Not until Bitcoin transactions are super-easy like cash or credit cards
OR
Bitcoin provides some significant benefit for buyer to pay via Bitcoin.

Until then, the only people paying via Bitcoin would be the BitcoinTalk forum members.

If it makes business sense to MCD they´ll do it. And they won´t consult BCT know-it-all-before-it-happens experts. Maybe for counter-indicator purposes but that´s unlikely.

MCD accepts BTC = Massive publicity and demand takes BTC to $150

MCD´s competitors and other big rings accept BTC = It´s a full blown crisis. BTC tanks to $100

Starbucks accepts BTC = Doomsday, BTC is months from ceasing to exist

MCD will consider this question seriously in 1 or 2 years I think.

Well, when I learn that MCD may be considering accepting BTC I immediately think Ah, they have wind of some of the competition considering the same. And this will affect the speed of their decision making.

It is plausible McDonalds' will start to accept bitcoin in selected stores in major countries as a marketing campaign. We know that global sales are dropping and they need a new breed of customers.

get your head outtta your ass .......starbucks = doomsday LOL

Just making fun of the experts around here. Idiots that have told others to hodl a tanking BTC for a year now. No wonder that they now think that publicity and demand will lead to a fall in price.

i bought 5K btc in the $2 range and hodled them by accident (forgot about  them until i seen bitcoin on tv in the november  2013 rapid uprising )

luckiliy i was able to retrieve the wallet they were in and when it finally synced a few k was worth  5-6 million usd and i nearly had a heart attack, i havent worked a day since

the point of the story is ,there is nothing wrong with hodling for a year or 2

$200 coins in a 2 years will likely be $2000 coins ,maybe a bit later or maybe even  sooner but i cant stress enough these are still early days ,we are all still early adopters

miss another  train if you like but dont complain about it because we have had ample "cheap" months to acquire  some btc

The constantly tanking BTC price is first and foremost due to anemic trading volume and microscopic buying interest. So, it has been a sitting duck for short sellers. But of course you see every excuse imaginable to avoid identifying this elementary market concept. The favorite among clueless experts around here has to be that BTC acceptance by major retailers and the publicity and interest it brings will lead to even more decline. It´s really amazing. Those morons have been broadcasting this poppycock for a year now while BTC has been cratering and there´s no letup.  ;D

I would imagine they'd roll them out in the stores that have a kiosk that allow you to order on a touch screen. That is just a matter of using BitPay and tweaking a few lines of code.

speading like this is good for sure, wi will see coca cola/kinder and other accpeting it soon i guess, they price should skyrocket in the end

Too bad guys... looks like they're not accepting bitcoin but something called 'lovin'.
http://www.businessinsider.my/mcdonalds-to-accept-selfies-as-payment-2015-1/#2mhZdwJySzfz1p1P.97

OK....awkward.

They will find out quickly that the charge backs on that currency are insane.

Haha... a worthy conclusion to the reveal of the newly accepted currency. Was a long shot for it to be bitcoin anyway.

MCD stock has been going flat. They need to boost sales.

I never eat their crap but if I could pay with bitcoin who knows, might make an occasional visit.

http://finviz.com/chart.ashx?t=MCD&ty=c&ta=0&p=m&s=l

Do you think bitcoin would have boosted their sales? And vice versa?

Since the stock has been going flat chances are excellent that they´ve been looking at ways to boost sales and accepting bitcoin is probably one of those ways. It´s not the only way. People who run big corporations are usually free of this terrible generalizations disease that is so prevalent in society.

If i were an MCD executive I´d be pushing something like this in meetings

If MCD will accept it, we will all get fat. :D

No really, it would be a great step for BTC to become even more mainsteam.

I don't think that this is possible as Mcdonals can easily accept real cash and bitcoin is like gambling almost where the price keeps fluctuating and it will be a loss for them if they do accept but will be a benefit for the people who want to use their bitcoins though.

good news, my loyal visitors mcdonald :)

What do u mean by even more mainstream? its not even close to mainstream as of yet..

Every big interprise is getting in, if Microsoft is in the rest will follow, they know its the perfect time to get big ass gains in the future.

Lets hope this is true.
This should be very good news and very good for the price of BTC i think.
Every promotion should be welcome for the future.

Fat bitcoiners ? Not good.

That chart only shows a successful business to me. They need to step up their game and stop fucking around and accept Bitcoin just like everyone else needs to.

Absolutely.

Sadly it is already close and it still didn't skyrocket the value, atleast 30% of world population (don't involve 3rd world countries) already have heard of bitcoin.

McDonald's have always had a history of marketing towards children for sustainable growth.

Crypto blockchain technology is future so I'm sure it's on their radar, as by rationale, to tomorrows adults blockchain tech will be standard.

Is this not similar to house Subway began accepting Bitcoin; namey via franchisees? If I am not mistaken McDonalds could move in the same direction.

I would say they have more of a history of marketing towards the masses. Their offering 'happy meals' is/was a way for them to get families to purchase multiple meals with their children.

Unfortunately bitcoin is not quite used by the masses 

McDonalds will not be accepting BitCoin anytime soon. You'll be hearing about it tomorrow. They will be accepting apple pay, google wallet and something called soft card.

There is not really reason to wait for a confirmation when there i a small amount of payment especially when this happen with a mobile phone.

Give the mainstream time. I'm not sure if it would even be a good idea something like McDonalds started accepting bitcoin right now. They would likely get next to zero sales and probably only think there's no demad for it and end up removing the option.

Why would that be ?

Why do you think? How many bitcoin users are there? Not many. How many will go to mcdonalds. A tiny fraction of a percent. How many Mcdonalds restraunts are there? Gazillions. If they did accept bitcoin I'd bet most stores would likely never even get a paying customer.

Since you know so much for a fact; please tell me

how many tiny fractions do you get when you divide a gadzillion by not many ?

I never said it was a fact just offered my opinion, but to answer your question you get next to zero, so that's why it's largely pointless.

So, since next to nobody uses bitcoin now - in your opinion - then looking forward say a year do you figure a little more than next to nobody will be using it then ... fewer ... nobody at all ?

Do you think executives of big corporations typically try to plan ahead, be ahead of the curve if you will ?

i hope so...it will make life easier because if we dont have money in pocket,we just use bitcoin :D

People use bitcoin, just not the amount of people worthwhile for McDonalds to realistically roll it out worldwide, and if they do they'll probably just come to the conclusion that its not worth the hassle then get rid of it, which will be bad news for bitcoin. And if the execs were that forward thinking and ahead of the curve then why haven't they and every other corporation on earth started accepting it yet?

This moron has all the answers and knows what´s worthwhile for MCD, why is he asking me ?

On ignore. Totally contentless. Waste of time. Bye.

You are (trying) to make the point that McDonalds execs are likely so ahead of the curve, so I'm asking if that's the case why haven't they already done so, so I'm backing up my original point whilst refuting yours, so clearly you are the moron who cannot comprehend this and choose to ignore and run away from your opinions you cannot back up. The ignore button is for cowards, so well done.

That was very good news, I still have faith that bitcoin

Just keep spreading the world and every fast food restaurant will implement bitcoin as the valid payment currency

if they accept bitcoin as payment method, that would be good news
because McD have a lot merchants around the world and one of biggest name in fast food industry :D
maybe this can increasing number of people adopting and using bitcoin as daily payment

That's true. Not a Gazillion, only 35,000 or so. And like I said, I work there and they have been accepting NFC payments about 2 years BEFORE Apple pay, but not many people pay with their phones, especially in drive through because the customer has to give me their phone to do the transaction because the NFC reader can't reach a retarded driver that can't pull up close enough to reach the reader with their phone. Will you give me your phone when you have to make a BitCoin transaction? Probably not!

Only what Apple does is cool, that's the society we live in.

Bitcoin is already valued at greater than $10.00

35,000 people are using bitcoin ? You can´t be serious.  ;D

No, I meant that there are 35,000 McDonalds locations in the world.

Sorry Cryptonitex. Brainlock here.

The good news, and I always visit on weekend .

and would be pleased if the payment can be done with bitcoin

It happens haha.

Sadily I don't think this is going to happen this time. Maybe within the next few months they will accept BitCoin.

In any event; if a behemoth like MCD announces that it will accept Bitcoin you can be sure that the price will move quite fast and violently. The float is Tiny. Any serious buying volume comparable to Wall St. stocks it could jump by hundreds of dollars virtually within the hour.

the main reason they probably dont want it yet is a lot of the retards that work there can barely make a normal transaction with cash

they have a lot of people just working summer or casual jobs that dont have clue what thyre doing and the cost to train the ever changing staff in 35,000 branches how to handle a bitcoin tranaction at this time probably doesnt seem worth it in a cost/ reward ratio

hopefully the will see it and embrace it but i dont think a corporation that size will jump in for just a few potential users

any extra burgers they would sell in btc at the moment would not cover the staff training at this point IMO so it would have to be a "for the future " to get it installed 

Great for adoption if it's true, especially since it would be in the purchase of non-computer goods. That would diversify the products available for sale even more so than what's already out there.

Unfortunately this diversification would have people getting fatter and unhealthier... then again that's not bitcoin's fault.

But it won't be available in my country. McDonald does not even do home delivery when my house is just 15 minutes from the outlet. I want Dominos to start accepting bitcoin as it will be more useful.

It would be great for better addoption but i dont think McDonalds will do that anytime soon. Bitcoin must first grow and become more stable price wise before you pay your junk food with it.

They should accept Dogecoin for their Dogeburgers.

If McDonalds have announced they are accepting a "digital currency", it will have to be bitcoin. There is no other alternative. If it is a new payment method they are working with credit card companies, they wouldn't be calling it "digital currency".

They might call it a digital currency just for marketing purposes, though.

they will use something like bitpay to directly convert the bitcoins.
if they want they can use it right now. but i think it is just a fantasy.

Honestly, this is probably one of the most logical responses here.

Most cashiers these days can't count out change, and they're only interested in a few months of work, not being a full time employee, often due to school restrictions. So the cost of training the cashiers would be completely wasted, and there would be a small ROI with the proportional users of Bitcoin in comparison to the population that uses cash/credit/debit.

As great as it would be to have such a company start accepting Bitcoin, with both the social and financial implications, I (and many other people in this thread) think that the possibility of such a thing happening is really low.

price volatility doesnt matter anymore when there are services like bitpay to get the $ rate instantly that merchants could use

the car dealer who sold the lamborghini to goat did it this way IIRC but btc was around $1100+ then so that was a great time to buy a lamborghini for btc lol :)

even if hes already sold it he will make an easy couple of  hundred k profit ........

I don't think they do home delivery anywhere bro.  Not that I know of anyway.

Yeah, and washing it down with this ale would be perfect

http://www.nada.kth.se/~alun/Beer/Tasting-Notes/images/bitburger.gif

in thailand every mcdonalds delivers

freephone 1711 or order online http://mcdelivery.mcthai.co.th/menu.php?category=1

im sure they do it in other countries but i try to avoid eating that shit if possible :)

In all seriousness, bitburger sounds great, it would be a real hit.

Not enough demand for worldwide rollout IMO.

In South Korea too.  A dude on a scooter will bring that to your house for an extra $1.  

https://kenmaingot.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/mcdonalds-korea-scooters.jpg?w=300&h=231

$1?! That's nothing. I'd do that every time

I can't see MCDonals accepting bitcoin any time soon. I think this was just a baseless rumour. It would be great if they did accept it at some point. Many McDonalds places have automatic ordering where you choose and pay for your order on machines so bitcoin could easily be accepted on those.


Is that a official MdDonalds site? I've always wondered why they don't deliver. I know there are some services in my country which act as like taxis for people who go get your order and deliver it to your door for a small charge.

I think McDonnalds accept bitcoins is a fake news because they have the 3D printer almost ready to make cheese burgers

great, now we can wait for an additional 30 minutes more after the order is placed and wait for the transaction to go through and get 1 confirmation :D

I hope so I will buy a sausage & egg mcmuffin :-*

That will be awesome! If McDonald's start accepting BTC.. Finally another way to spend my BTC! :D

Whatever... fuck this shitty company responsible for unhealthy food, ugly humans, and abused animals.

well i always did fancy a mc chicken even though i doubt there is any chicken in it.

None the less its good to cheat on healthy food i think just don't make it a every meal thing.

I agree. In fact, for those of us who have to gain some weight an occasional burger, deep-fried chicken or chocolate sundae is encouraged. :P

Man I was already a bit conscious about my weight.. now i think its doone..once McD starts accepting BTC.. Im getting fat. Is subway going to accept BTC soon? 

Me to :)
In fact, I already heard about this several times so I really hope this will happen soon, hopefully not just in USA but in whole world.
This will be really great news and help us to spread news about BTC to average people, and eventually it will help us to become mainstream finally.

Macdonalds has been a soldier of cash/dollar.
As of now, I couldnt see Macdonals even going near to bitcoin.

BitCoinscious Eating will be a thing. I misread that at first and thought it was funny, especially talking about food.

I did saw a video on youtube on how do they make the burgers, but believe me if they do with a 3D printer, I think it should be absolutely better

Well, there will be the test-tube burgers coming soon, maybe they'll be cheap enough that McDonalds can actually make some decent food?

The 3D printing technology for food seems to show promise, and I'm curious to see where it goes. It cod be very useful for assisting poor countries with getting food, as you'd just send a few barrels of various pastes/materials and then they'd be able to print food for a fairly long while.