Vancouver Becomes Home to a Second Robocoin Bitcoin ATM

Vancouver Becomes Home to a Second Robocoin Bitcoin ATM

When they said that Canada is becoming the place for bitcoin-centric activity, they weren't lying. Amid the slew of bitcoin ATMs (made be several manufacturers) in the country comes another, a Robocoin ATM installed in the country's western coast in Vancouver, according to this post on Reddit. The announcement came from an unnamed representative of the the ATM's operator Thursday evening: "I know this may not be as exciting as the Dish Network acceptance or possibly the acceptance from Ebay and PayPal, but here is one more 2-way Bitcoin ATM for the Vancouver area!" The device is located at....


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