Prague's cryptocurrency cafe: a perfect brew of beans and bitcoins

[alyssa85]

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/apr/26/prague-bitcoin-coffee-cafe-cryptocurrency-paralelni-polis

Prague has long been home to opulent coffeehouses, where everyone from Kafka to Einstein gathered to debate the burning issues of the day. Fast forward to the 21st century and the tradition of the coffeehouse as radical hub continues in the form of Paralelní Polis’s Bitcoin Coffee in the suburb of Holešovice.

Founded by anarchic ethical hacker collective Ztohoven, the cavernous ground floor space is fitted with the industrial light fittings and paper honeycomb furniture found in hip cafes, but there’s a difference – the only form of payment accepted is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

Is there anyone here from Czechia that has used the cafe?

[cellard]

I can see this thread becoming another blocksize wars were idiots want to centralize the network by raising the blocksize to 8+MB so we can have half-assed over-the-counter transactions to buy coffee.

Sorry Roger, the dream of buying Coffee with bitcoin is only possible with Lightning Network and segwit.

https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/857357930777149440

Get with the program.

[Qartada]

I'm not from there, but I've been there.  It's a cool place - lots of people sitting around on laptops, a Bitcoin ATM and some space upstairs where Anonymous and other groups do meetings sometimes.  More than just a cafe, more of just a home for crypto enthusiasts in general.

[Nagadota]

I can see this thread becoming another blocksize wars were idiots want to centralize the network by raising the blocksize to 8+MB so we can have half-assed over-the-counter transactions to buy coffee.

Sorry Roger, the dream of buying Coffee with bitcoin is only possible with Lightning Network and segwit.

It wasn't going to happen, you just felt like aggressively starting it on a thread that's unrelated to that to push your agenda.

Clearly you don't actually care about the place, so no point invading the thread.

[alyssa85]

I'm not from there, but I've been there.  It's a cool place - lots of people sitting around on laptops, a Bitcoin ATM and some space upstairs where Anonymous and other groups do meetings sometimes.  More than just a cafe, more of just a home for crypto enthusiasts in general.

Thanks. It's obviously profitable if they're managing to rent out quite a bit of space.

[Kprawn]

For so long a debate has been going on, if Bitcoin is suitable to buy a cup of coffee every day and now we see this happening more often. A historical

place like this, only accepting Bitcoin?.... It must be a dream.   .... I am curious how they are doing this... some coupon system? I know we use a

coupon system in our local pub, to prevent "delays" with mempools being spammed.  

[Qartada]

For so long a debate has been going on, if Bitcoin is suitable to buy a cup of coffee every day and now we see this happening more often. A historical

place like this, only accepting Bitcoin?.... It must be a dream.   .... I am curious how they are doing this... some coupon system? I know we use a

coupon system in our local pub, to prevent "delays" with mempools being spammed.  

People who use Bitcoin there won't be using it because it's actually more convenient than fiat - in fact no one ever has unless they're delusional.  They just like bringing money to Bitcoin related businesses - it'll be a small collection of people which are interested and come there regularly for their edgy internet activity and Bitcoin purchases.

[alyssa85]

For so long a debate has been going on, if Bitcoin is suitable to buy a cup of coffee every day and now we see this happening more often. A historical

place like this, only accepting Bitcoin?.... It must be a dream.   .... I am curious how they are doing this... some coupon system? I know we use a

coupon system in our local pub, to prevent "delays" with mempools being spammed.  

They're using actual bitcoins. According to the following reddit thread from 2 years ago, they explain to visitors how to download a bitcoin wallet, direct them to the bitcoin atm in the corner, and once their wallets are loaded up, they purchase their coffee and cake with bitcoin:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jfkyd/bitcoin_caf%C3%A9_in_newly_opened_parallel_polis/

Here is an image of the place:

[szpalata]

This is encouraging and needs to replicated worldwide. I feel Bitcoin is going places with this thread and so I will urge all of us crypto enthusiasts to get on board and push similar projects in our respective communities and cities.