Foodler bitcoin orders growing by 30 percent a month
When US restaurant delivery network Foodler began accepting bitcoin payments in April, it formed a natural combination for programmers: code and steaming boxes of delivered food. So it makes perfect sense that Foodler co-founder Christian Dumontet set up the interface to make Foodler bitcoin-friendly during a few late nights of delivery-fueled coding. "Our Bitcoin integration was written with Thai food," said Dumontet, a former Cisco Systems software engineer who says he did most of the coding over the course of a week. In that week, Boston-based Foodler transformed the art of dining on....
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Want a pizza delivered? Hungry for some Chinese takeout? Restaurant delivery service Foodler is now accepting bitcoins from customers placing online orders for food. Foodler handles online ordering for takeout and delivery services from more than 12,000 restaurants across the US. Customers with Foodler accounts can now choose a bitcoin payment option on their account page. Their bitcoin deposits are converted at current US dollar exchange rates into "FoodlerBucks," a form of credit that can be then used to pay for takeout, delivery and tips. Payments can be made either online or via a....
The Chicago Sun-Times made a splash last week when they became the first major newspaper in the United States to accept bitcoin for subscription purchases. The move followed a purely voluntary paywall trial in February which allowed website visitors to donate bitcoin to the Taproot Foundation. In total, there were about 715 bitcoin donors, 63 percent of whom donated around 25 cents. With 78,000 visitors that day, there was about a one percent conversion rate, better than any credit card conversion rate the Sun-Times has ever gotten. And with last week's news, newsBTC has been provided with....
Why is China's interest in Bitcoin growing? The country's increased interest in the currency has shown no signs of abating over the past couple of months, leading to all kinds of fun theories about currency wars. Chinese downloads of the original Satoshi client, as maintained by the Bitcoin core development team, have increased in recent months. For the month of January, China ranked seventh amongst downloaders of the software, accounting for just 3.66 percent of downloads. As recently as April, Chinese downloads accounted for 13.15 percent of the total, lagging the US, which downloaded 27....
Ann (not her real name) is an entrepreneur based in Colorado. In the past month, business sales have grown by 16 percent month on month, and 54 percent year on year. But Ann doesn’t accept credit cards for her sales as it’s too expensive and at times against some bank’s rules. She prefers Litecoin, a […]
To say that the price of bitcoin has been interesting lately is a bit of an understatement. In fact, the price of bitcoin has gone up a whopping 45 percent in the past month (based on data from BitStamp). To outsiders and those unfamiliar with the digital currency, that could come as a shock. For community members, however, it's all part of the excitement. The recent price surge has prompted many to wonder whether we could be entering the next big bitcoin bubble. One part of that could include a price jump past $1,000 - and so we asked you whether you thought this was a possibility this....