2% of the orders Pizza.be, the Belgian takeaway.com, receives are in Bitcoins!
This is for you skeptics that didn't believe people would use Bitcoin as a payment system for normal products and services. The reddit user G1lius posted an update about the Belgian version of takeaway.com, Pizza.be, receiving more than 2% of their total orders in Bitcoins! This is amazing news and clearly demonstrates that Bitcoin works as a payment method for normal goods and services. Now let's wait and see how it works out for Overstock.com. We will keep you updated.
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After just 21 hours Overstock.com has processed Bitcoin orders for more than 124 000 USD. This is great news and comes out just a few hours after that Pizza.be reported that more than 2% of their orders are being paid by Bitcoins. After 21 hours on @overstock.com, we've had 780 #Bitcoin orders that accounted for $124,000 in sales. Wow! - Patrick M. Byrne (@OverstockCEO) January 10, 2014