Boozy Brit Buys £300 worth of Pizza in Bitcoin Blunder
A British Reddit user wishing to thank a fellow-user in the US got drunk and mistakenly bought £300 worth of pizza for strangers in the States using bitcoin. Daniel Sobey-Harker suggested to his boss that they should reward the US user who had gained their startup (Campus Society) some exposure by ordering him a pizza online. Unfortunately, Daniel found it wasn't quite as easy as he wanted, so he appealed to the Reddit community for advice, asking: Several hours and 9 beers later, he was a “tad merry” but finally had a solution. He could use bitcoin to buy Papa John's vouchers, which he....
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