Inside London's First Bitcoin Voucher Shop
A shop selling bitcoin vouchers has opened on the edge of London's financial district. Called Azteco, the store allows customers to buy bitcoin with cash from an attendant. Customers arrive, decide how much bitcoin they want to buy and hand the attendant cash. The attendant then prints out a voucher containing a code that can be redeemed at the Azteco website. A 3% commission is charged on each transaction. Conversion rates are taken from BitcoinCharts.com. Azteco's founder, Akin Fernandez, said his service is designed to make buying bitcoin as simple as possible for the general public.....
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