Bitcoin-accepting Subway sandwich shop discovered in the US
Another Subway sandwich shop is now accepting payment by bitcoin. The shop, in Allentown, Pennslyvania in the US, is the second bitcoin-accepting Subway to come to light after an outlet in Moscow was found to be offering a 10% discount to bitcoiners. Hints that the shop accepted bitcoin first emerged in a photo of a shop window bitcoin advert for the shop on 8th November. Sceptical Redditors questioned whether the photo was legit: "Anyone could have taped the sign to the window," wrote one. Two days later, on 10th November, video proof was posted by redditor xzclusiv3, showing a purchase....
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The number of things you can buy with bitcoin has just become a little bit bigger. Now you can add Subway sandwiches to your list of bitcoin-friendly products. If you live in Russia, that is. What's more, the Moscow-based Subway shop is offering a 10 percent discount for customers who are savvy enough to pay with the digital currency. The shop is likely the first Subway sandwich shop anywhere in the world to accept bitcoin payments. The advertisement appears in a photo tweeted on 3 November by bitcoin software developer Alberto Gomez Toribio. He says the photo was taken by a friend who is....
Subway is quickly becoming the bitcoin fast-food franchise, albeit unwittingly and unofficially. A third Subway sandwich shop, following the lead of shops in Moscow and Allentown, Pennslyvania, is now accepting payments from customers bearing bitcoin. The latest outlet, this time in Bratislava, Slovakia, has accepted bitcoins since 13th November, when the first payment was made to the wallet associated with the shop. Since then, a modest five payments have been made. With now three Subway shops across the world accepting bitcoin, questions are beginning to be asked about whether it is....
Source: twitter.com/gotoalberto. Here's an interesting little gem. According to Twitter user @gotoalberto, a Moscow Subway franchise owner is apparently accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for purchases. Not only that, but the store is offering a 10 percent discount if customer pay in Bitcoins. We wonder what Subway corporate has to say about this, but this is Russia. Anything goes. We're not sure if this is normal in Russia among Subway stores, but a post on Instagram from three months ago also shows a Subway store accepting Bitcoin, though it's unclear if it's the same location. [via....
The largest franchise in the world, Subway, is testing out the Lightning Network layer-2 Bitcoin payments solution and receiving encouraging results in Berlin, Germany. No, it’s not Groundhog Day. Subway is accepting Bitcoin (BTC), again — but this time it’s using the fast, nearly free Bitcoin Lightning Network.Kicking off the 7-day #usingbitcoin week with Lunch at Subway, Chausseestrasse in Berlin! 50% off when paying with #bitcoin #spendyourbitcoin pic.twitter.com/f81kdMOnEQ— felix (@felixbillert) October 19, 2022 The world’s largest franchise by number of restaurants is trialing....
Readers may recall our interview with Toby Hoenisch, the CEO of OneBit, which uses near-field communication technology to utilize the MasterCard payment network with a cell phone application. A user with OneBit can pay anywhere the MasterCard swipe system is in use, using Bitcoin. For many, an application like this will change the conversation regarding Bitcoin. It will no longer be about whether or not a certain store accepts bitcoins because the app executes the payment in the local currency. The new alpha version of the application is currently being tested in the various districts that....