Amsterdam Gets it Own Bitcoin ATM
Lovely Amsterdam. Home to a lot of wonderful things, and that list now includes a bitcoin ATM. It's being claimed as the city's first bitcoin ATM, be we can't independently verify that fact, so we'll just go ahead and say it's one of the first. Located at the coffee/tea shop Courtyard of Wise (just three minutes of a walk to the 'Amsterdam Centraal' railway station), the machine is manufactured by BTC-O-MATIC, a start-up firm we haven't previously heard of. The kiosks come in four different models, costing operators anywhere from $4,000 to $7,500 per unit. Those models: Flyex ($4,500),....
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