Russian Bar Franchise Killfish Will Take Your Bitcoin For Vodka
Russian winter, voluptuous blondes, vodka and a wad of cash don't tend to mix well and they are guaranteed to result in a particularly nasty morning. Luckily a Russian bar franchise has started accepting bitcoins as a form of payment, so inebriated bar goers should have less explaining to do tomorrow. Killfish bars allows users to create their own wallets using credit cards and multiple mobile payment services, as well as bitcoin. Russian tech magazine Tjournal gave it a try and it worked. One bitcoin would add $706.16 (at the time of writing) to the wallet and there is just a small fee to....
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