Old Shoreditch Station coffee bar in London's Silicon Roundabout now accepts bitcoin
London establishments are slowly but surely turning to bitcoin. First the Pembury Tavern started accepting the digital currency, now The Old Shoreditch Station - a coffee shop near Silicon Roundabout. On a recent flight between the French city of Perpignan and London, the owner of the coffee shop met a bitcoin evangelist, who extolled the virtues of the digital currency and convinced him to accept it as a payment method in his shop. Nick Letchford, managing director at The Old Shoreditch Station, said: "We are a forward-thinking business and have always prided ourselves on supporting all....
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