Sun, Beers and Bitcoin in Santiago
Bitcoin is gaining momentum in South America with a nightclub in Santiago now accepting bitcoin as payment for beers, burgers and cocktails. The California Cantina, a trendy restaurant, sports bar and nightclub in the Providencia neighbourhood of the Chilean capital, claims to be the first nightclub in South America to accept bitcoin payments. The owner, James Lyles, says a friend introduced him to bitcoin and he was immediately blown away by the potential: "I just found that it was one of those things that was going to make paying and the transactions between people a lot easier. And it....
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De Beers, one of the leading diamond-producing companies globally, recently announced the deployment of its blockchain-based diamond source platform at scale. The platform will “enable the provision of provenance information from source to Sightholder to store on a secure blockchain.”
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One of the world’s top diamond miners, De Beers, recently said it had deployed a blockchain-based diamond source platform at scale. The platform, which is known as Tracr, gives the so-called sightholders the ability “to....
Andrew Reeve, CEO and founder of Honest Brew, thinks Bitcoin may become the preferred method of transferring funds online. Oh, how fast things change in the wonderful world of Bitcoin. Last Friday, Ohio regulators decided to ban Bitcoin-for-alcohol sales in the state. Today, I am glad to bring you a positive story about Bitcoin and alcohol. Let me introduce you to Honest Brew, a United Kingdom based company that wants to help you find and enjoy your favorite beers, wherever you want to drink them. What's more, they decided to accept Bitcoin as a method of payment. Bitcoins for beer, the....
De Beers has launched its long-awaited blockchain-powered Tracr platform to track and manage diamond production. Global diamond mining firm De Beers has launched a proprietary blockchain-powered platform to manage its diamond production and distribution.The firm has long been at work on a blockchain system to trace, record and manage its diamond mining, production and distribution across the globe. The Tracr platform was first piloted and tested back in 2018, and the company has finally released the platform at scale to serve the wider diamond mining industry.De Beers has already....
Nubis Bruno, an Argentinian web developer, has designed a way to help organic farmers in his country sell their goods online using Bitcoin. Farmers in the Buenos Aires, the capital, struggle to sell their products in the cities markets. The alliance between Nubis Bruno and Santiago Zaz is changing this for the better. Bruno is a Bitcoin entrepreneur and co-founder of a Bitcoin exchange in Buenos Aires. “We became friends when I rented an apartment from him, and a few months ago Santiago told me that he was ... selling organic vegetables in Buenos Aires area, and ... he was selling also....
The Olympia Brew Fest, an annual summer beer festival at the Port Plaza in Olympia, Wash., will accept bitcoin for the purchase of admission. The announcement marks a measure of progress in bitcoin as a payment method for alcohol. Festival organizers claim they will be the first in the world to accept bitcoin. The festival, Aug. 1 from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., will feature more than 30 hand-picked, Northwest breweries and over 60 different beers. Tickets can be purchased online using bitcoin or credit cards at olybrewfest.com. Only paper tickets will be accepted; tickets will not be scanned....