Dutch Supermarket Joins Arnhem's Growing Bitcoin Economy
Adding to the impressive roster of 40 merchants in the Dutch city of Arnhem that already accept bitcoin, a city centre supermarket has now also made the decision to accept payments in the digital currency. With the move, the Spar Arnhem Centraal has become the first franchised supermarket in the Netherlands to accept bitcoin. The owners say that they started processing cryptocurrency payments yesterday via a point-of-sale system provided by Dutch firm BitKassa. Notably, the integration came about after encouragement from the organisers of the Arnhem Bitcoincity project, which kicked off in....
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Three weeks ago we wrote about the first supermarket where you can pay in Bitcoin in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Spar Arnhem Centraal, opened in March 2014, is a relatively new supermarket near Arnhem central station and the city center. It offers the usual assortment of consumer goods and groceries found in all supermarkets. Also read: The First Bitcoin Supermarket in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Bitcoin enthusiasts in Arnhem call their city "the Bitcoin City" and claim that it's the world's most Bitcoin-friendly city. The event "Arnhem Bitcoin Metropolis" took place on November 28, and the Spar....
Arnhem, the capital of the province of Gelderland and one of the largest cities in the Netherlands, has the first supermarket where you can pay in Bitcoin. The Spar Arnhem Centraal started to accept Bitcoin this week. Spar Arnhem Centraal, opened in March 2014, is a relatively new supermarket near Arnhem central station and the city center. It offers the usual assortment of consumer goods and groceries found in all supermarkets. The supermarket is a key feature of modern life, because it offers a one-stop opportunity to buy everything that we need for daily life. I have long been persuaded....
Over the past years, the Dutch town of Arnhem consistently made headlines for its exceptional Bitcoin project: Arnhem Bitcoincity. Launched in 2014, the initiative started with 15 bars and restaurants accepting bitcoin and has since grown to include more than 100 brick-and-mortar bars, restaurants, stores and more. With some 150,000 inhabitants, Arnhem might even be the most Bitcoin-dense municipality in the world, and can perhaps be considered a testing ground for Bitcoin-use for retail payments. To celebrate the project's two-year anniversary, its local initiators – Annet de Boer,....
Fifteen of Arnhem's local bars, restaurants and cafes will begin accepting bitcoin tomorrow, 28th May. The Arnhem Bitcoinstad - or Bitcoincity - is a one-day event during which bitcoiners can pay for food and drink using their digital currency, and meet like-minded people looking to do the same. A bitcoin ATM will also be installed specially for the day in case folks need to reload their wallets. Located roughly an hour and a half from Amsterdam, Arnhem is the capital of the Gelderland province in the east of the country. This event is being organized by three bitcoin enthusiasts: Rogier....
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....