Dozens of Bars and Restaurants in The Hague Will Soon Begin Accepting Bitcoin
Beginning on the 20th of March, dozens of local bars and restaurants in The Hague, Netherlands will begin accepting bitcoins. The event is called Bitcoin Boulevard, and it's all taking place on the World Canal, otherwise known as Culinary Avenue - making these businesses really accessible and allowing visitors to pay for their food and drink with the digital currency. "With a smartphone, with the right app or an online wallet anyone can pay. But first buy some Bitcoin of course," said Peter Klasen, spokesperson for Bitcoin Boulevard (according to a translation made by a user on Reddit).....
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The Netherlands were the first Bitcoin Boulevard in the world as of March 20th. Eight restaurants, bars, and an art gallery located on quaint old canal streets in The Hague, unofficially have renamed their area to Bitcoin Boulevard. You can pay for your meals and drinks with Bitcoin starting from that day. Having already worked together as Avenue Culinaire to promote the fine cooking of their restaurants, the entrepreneurs of these bars and restaurants now join forces to promote the option to pay with Bitcoin -the much talked about digital cash- in what is labeled as The Bitcoin....
The concept of having your very own Bitcoin Boulevard is such a powerful tool in order to drive bitcoin adoption to new heights. We have seen multiple success stories in The Hague, Cleveland and Amsterdam. The first German Bitcoin Boulevard is coming to the city of Hannover, capital of Lower Saxony. Hannover’s Bitcoin Boulevard is not the first attempt to push Bitcoin adoption in a big German City. Berlin has its very own In Bitcoinkiez (bitcoin neighborhood), with roughly 20 locations accepting bitcoin as a payment method. Berliners can spend their precious cryptocurrency at all sorts of....
Bitcoin Boulevard got its Bitcoin ATM at the very last moment, thanks to the community and Bitcoin Suisse. The Netherlands will see their first Bitcoin ATM opening up on Thursday in the city of The Hague, coinciding with the official launch of Bitcoin Boulevard. The cryptocurrency has been omnipresent in the whole country after the news about the boulevard was made public. Last-minute Bitcoin ATM. The Bitcoin ATM will be posted at Restaurant Eten bij Werelds. The restaurant is one of ten participants in The Hague's first Bitcoin Boulevard. Visitors of this boulevard will be able to pay....
The Hague, Netherlands played center stage to one of the first bitcoin boulevard events in the world two months ago, bringing together cryptocurrency users and businesses in spectacular fashion. A group is hoping to continue this with Arnhem Bitcoincity, taking place in, well, Arnhem - in the east of the Netherlands. "We found a bunch of local businesses willing to try and accept Bitcoin. It's actually similar to the 'Bitcoin Boulevard' event that was organized two months ago in The Hague, which was a big success. And also a great way for people not involved in Bitcoin yet, to see how well....
Arnhem's Bitcoincity event took place on Wednesday 28th May, with the organisers hailing the one-off Dutch bitcoin extravaganza as "a great evening, where the atmosphere got even better after more bitcoins were traded for beers and wines". Inspired by The Hague's 'Bitcoin Boulevard' - two canal side streets that took the decision to adopt bitcoin on an ongoing basis, the event was planned to encourage wider acceptance of the digital currency in the Dutch city. According to the organisers, around 15 cafes, bars and restaurants took part in the event, accepting 96 bitcoin payments and....