[2014-05-29] DISH Becomes Largest Company to Accept Bitcoin

[bryant.coleman]

never heard of "dish" but maybe its a us thing

DISH is a true technological giant. One of the biggest stocks (in terms of market cap) in the NASDAQ exchange. 

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ADISH&ei=psCIU-CtEMejkgWs84DgCw

[LiteCoinGuy]

It would not surprise me if At&t, Verizon, etc started accepted bitcoin within ONE YEAR from now.

Toooo Dah Moooohn!

da Mooooohn? to daaaa MAArrSSSS!


@bryant.coleman

thx  . there are alot of companys in the world that "nobody" knows but which are big companys in their field.

[LiteCoinGuy]

also here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/will-dish-bitcoin-payments-help-the-currency-VU9b1oqeS3mLPnXfEBfhOg.html


cant believe that there are 4 people on bloomberg that are ALL PRO BTC - lol .... times moved fast.

[LiteCoinGuy]

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/how-coinbase-partnered-with-dish-Nn_kUPvHTbyyMnnGLhvC5A.html

[tins]

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140529-905983.html

This is amazing. Great way to win over some customers from Direct TV. If DISH can steals away enough customers from Direct TV, it may cause Direct TV and their parent company (AT&T) to decide to accept BTC as a payment method as well.
Really huge deal to begin with...but this could turn into the biggest thing to ever happen to bitcoin.

[acs267]

I think Dish accepting it kind of boosted up the price a little, well the Media coverage, at least. And they're going to start on July 1st, right?

[bryant.coleman]

If we look at the volume of transactions, it is clear that DISH is much bigger than any of the currently existing pro-Bitcoin retailers (including Overstock). But still, this news has not received as much coverage as it deserves from the mainstream media. 

[freedomno1]

If we look at the volume of transactions, it is clear that DISH is much bigger than any of the currently existing pro-Bitcoin retailers (including Overstock). But still, this news has not received as much coverage as it deserves from the mainstream media. 

You know the media, sometimes they focus on it sometimes they skip things.
I'm sure we will see a lot of this type of news later when they catch up.

[bryant.coleman]

You know the media, sometimes they focus on it sometimes they skip things.
I'm sure we will see a lot of this type of news later when they catch up.

Hmm.. I was just comparing the media coverage on this announcement and comparing it to that when Zynga, Wordpress and Overstock made similar announcements on Bitcoin.