April 1st: Zappos! CEO Tony Hsieh Announces Bitcoin Refunds In Honor Of Satoshi
Zappos! today shocked the world by following in the footsteps of internet merchant giant Overstock.com in entering the Cryptocurrency sphere. Tony Hsieh, Zappos! CEO, announced today via video and wall of text that Zappos! would issue all refunds in Bitcoin. Zappos! specifically cited the Internal Revenue Service's Virtual Currency Guidance as their inspiration for this revolutionary business decision. Now that Bitcoins are 100% legal in the eyes of "the man" it only makes sense that Bitcoin be used wherever possible. Shoe returns were the obvious next step for the Bitcoin economy, all of....
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It's the first of April, and while I don't particularly care to spend an hour making up a story that will probably fail to make you laugh, I leave the deed to Zappos.com, who's April Fools' Day joke is worth mentioning. Just in case you've been living under a rock, Zappos.com is a huge online shoe and clothing store. The company posted a breaking news story that may appeal to bitcoin fans: The company says it'll be issuing refunds for returns in bitcoin. CEO Tony Hsieh broke the news in front of the company's Customer Loyalty Team to silence and a few coughs. One employee jumped up in....
HashRabbit, a startup that supplies enterprise-focused software to facilitate the management and security of bitcoin miners, has raised $500,000. The funding comes from Tim Draper's Draper Associates along with VegasTechFund, an investment firm run by Zappos founder Tony Hsieh. Alongside the funding announcement, HashRabbit is making its software suite available to all bitcoin miners. The company also has announced a partnership with mining hardware manufacturer Spondoolies-Tech, whose gear is compatible with HashRabbit's management software. Chris Shepherd, co-founder and CEO of....
A trendy downtown Las Vegas cafe is slated to trial bitcoin payments on Tuesday in attempts to see if it will be a payment system that ends up working out for them. This information comes from this Reddit post submitted Monday afternoon. It's going down at the Gold Spike on Las Vegas Boulevard. Highly-rated, the business is owned by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. More specifically, the test is taking place during a bitcoin meet-up that starts at 7PM tomorrow evening. It could pan out to be a good thing for the cafe, and the submitted of the above-mentioned Reddit post urges enthusiasts to....
Hungary becomes the first country to honor Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto with a public statue.
A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, has been unveiled in Budapest, Hungary. “The statue is made of bronze, the face is made of a special bronze-aluminium composite, thus every visitor can see their own face when looking at Satoshi. We are all Satoshi.” Statue Representing ‘We Are All Satoshi’ in Honor of Bitcoin’s Creator A statue of bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, was unveiled Thursday in the capital of Hungary, Budapest. It is located in Graphisoft Park. According to the initiative’s....