Spekulatius
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May 25, 2013, 09:21:37 PM |
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This is one beautiful city!
So are the women and the beer! I can attest to that! We went there a few weeks ago for a couple of interviews with the local Bitcoin crowd and met at Bratislava's hackspace "progressbar.sk". Our main character lives there btw.. |
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The Bitcoin network protocol was designed to be extremely flexible. It can be used to create timed transactions, escrow transactions, multi-signature transactions, etc. The current features of the client only hint at what will be possible in the future.
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Stemby
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July 16, 2013, 01:53:56 PM |
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I'm not 100% sure of the veracity of this, but www.coinmap.org shouldn't be too bad of an indicator. According to the website there are 13 physical businesses accepting Bitcoin in the Bratislava city centre including several restaurants, bars, cafés and music scenes. Where are they? Currently I can find only 2 businesses in Bratilsava, on CoinMap. Ciao! |
“…virtual currencies, could have a substitution effect on central bank money if they become widely accepted.”
ECB Report, October 2012
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July 16, 2013, 01:55:26 PM |
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I'm not 100% sure of the veracity of this, but www.coinmap.org shouldn't be too bad of an indicator. According to the website there are 13 physical businesses accepting Bitcoin in the Bratislava city centre including several restaurants, bars, cafés and music scenes. Where are they? Broke most likely. Like Meze Grill. |
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Stemby
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July 16, 2013, 02:08:50 PM |
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Broke most likely. Like Meze Grill.
? I can't understand. What do you mean? |
“…virtual currencies, could have a substitution effect on central bank money if they become widely accepted.”
ECB Report, October 2012
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July 16, 2013, 02:17:35 PM |
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...According to the website there are 13 physical businesses accepting Bitcoin in the Bratislava city centre including several restaurants, bars, cafés and music scenes. ...
What do you think is the importance of physical brick and mortar businesses accepting Bitcoin in terms of mass adoption?
It's crucial for mass adoption, but don't ignore the difference between "Bitcoin-only" & "accepting Bitcoin." If the bodega down the street excepted only peso, i'd certainly know the MXN<->USD rate, and have some pesos handy for emergencies like running out of smokes or raspberry pop tarts. If, OTH, the bodega simply accepted peso along with $, my life wouldn't change one bit -- i'd continue using the dollar & have no incentive for dealing with peso. |
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July 16, 2013, 02:19:14 PM |
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Very interesting!! It is only a matter of time until everyone realizes the Powaa!!! Thanks for the read OP  |
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greyhawk
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July 16, 2013, 02:40:52 PM |
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Broke most likely. Like Meze Grill.
? I can't understand. What do you mean? No one pays with bitcoin. Everyone hoards them. So businesses who offer payment as a last ditch effort to avoid going bankrupt will not actually benefit and die anyways. |
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Stemby
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July 16, 2013, 02:47:05 PM
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No one pays with bitcoin. Everyone hoards them. So businesses who offer payment as a last ditch effort to avoid going bankrupt will not actually benefit and die anyways.
Ok, now I understand. So, really were there 13 businesses in Bratislava reported by OSM/CoinMap? |
“…virtual currencies, could have a substitution effect on central bank money if they become widely accepted.”
ECB Report, October 2012
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July 16, 2013, 05:36:38 PM |
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Slovakia is a country that has seen lots of change those past 20 years, so the people there may be more open to new things than in some other places where everything has been staying the same for decades.
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I used to be a citizen and a taxpayer. Those days are long gone.
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July 17, 2013, 04:59:41 PM |
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I havent been to bratislavia but I can tell you that eastern europe in general is full of people with a high amount of distrust of banking and the goverment. Bitcoin gives them a way to securely buy things online and will be a huge boom for them.
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ErisDiscordia
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July 17, 2013, 08:12:35 PM |
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Sorry to let you down but I know this city very well and besides the one place already mentioned (progress bar, which is not actually a bar but a flat turned into a kind of hackerspace) there are no businesses accepting Bitcoin there (or I must have missed them somehow..). Sure wish there were. So far the Bitcoin capital of the world has to be Berlin. Or maybe San Francisco. EDIT: there are a bunch of other organizations starting to accept Bitcoin like the one organizing a yearly Vegan festival a coalition lobbying for improvement of biking conditions in the city or a 3d printing lab. No bars/restaurants or shops and the like, though. btw as for "beautiful city" you forgot to show what the other side of the Danube looks like   |
It's all bullshit. But bullshit makes the flowers grow and that's beautiful.
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July 18, 2013, 06:56:22 AM |
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As I know, the Slovakia has no Euro (don't confuse it with Slovenia). How do the people here receive and exchange Bitcoins?
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Stemby
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July 18, 2013, 07:03:44 AM |
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As I know, the Slovakia has no Euro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_SlovakiaSlovakia has been an EU member state since 2004 and adopted the euro currency at the beginning of 2009.
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“…virtual currencies, could have a substitution effect on central bank money if they become widely accepted.”
ECB Report, October 2012
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