Celebrate Two Years of Arnhem Bitcoincity During “Bitcoin In Use” Event
Arnhem Bitcoincity is one of the most compelling digital currency initiatives taking place in Europe these days. Getting consumers to buy and spend Bitcoin seems to be working well in this region. On May 28th, the team of Arnhem Bitcoincity will celebrate the two-year anniversary of this initiative with a special event. Special Arnhem Bitcoincity Event On May 28th. It is hard to imagine the Arnhem Bitcoincity initiative has been around for nearly two full years already, especially when considering very few people thought this project had any chance of success in the long run. But as it....
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Fifteen of Arnhem's local bars, restaurants and cafes will begin accepting bitcoin tomorrow, 28th May. The Arnhem Bitcoinstad - or Bitcoincity - is a one-day event during which bitcoiners can pay for food and drink using their digital currency, and meet like-minded people looking to do the same. A bitcoin ATM will also be installed specially for the day in case folks need to reload their wallets. Located roughly an hour and a half from Amsterdam, Arnhem is the capital of the Gelderland province in the east of the country. This event is being organized by three bitcoin enthusiasts: Rogier....
Over the past years, the Dutch town of Arnhem consistently made headlines for its exceptional Bitcoin project: Arnhem Bitcoincity. Launched in 2014, the initiative started with 15 bars and restaurants accepting bitcoin and has since grown to include more than 100 brick-and-mortar bars, restaurants, stores and more. With some 150,000 inhabitants, Arnhem might even be the most Bitcoin-dense municipality in the world, and can perhaps be considered a testing ground for Bitcoin-use for retail payments. To celebrate the project's two-year anniversary, its local initiators – Annet de Boer,....
We have been hinting at it for quite some time now, but Ghent has officially been announced as Belgium’s first Bitcoincity. Following the footsteps of our friends and colleagues in The Netherlands – or to be more precise, several of the people involved in the Arnhem Bitcoincity initiative – it is due time to put Belgium on the global Bitcoin map. Mark this date on your calendar if you are living in or near the city of Ghent, as this is the day on which a major Bitcoin event will take place – which I will be attending in person. The Ghent Bitcoincity event will educate people from all....
Adding to the impressive roster of 40 merchants in the Dutch city of Arnhem that already accept bitcoin, a city centre supermarket has now also made the decision to accept payments in the digital currency. With the move, the Spar Arnhem Centraal has become the first franchised supermarket in the Netherlands to accept bitcoin. The owners say that they started processing cryptocurrency payments yesterday via a point-of-sale system provided by Dutch firm BitKassa. Notably, the integration came about after encouragement from the organisers of the Arnhem Bitcoincity project, which kicked off in....