Bitcoin-Only Red Bull Vending Machine Goes To Hackers Congress
Red Bull, a multi-billion dollar energy drink company, has announced the deployment of a Bitcoin-only Red Bull machine. The world’s first Bitcoin-integrated Red Bull signature energy drink vending machine was introduced for the Hackers Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, an event sponsored and attended by the Bitcoin industry’s leading experts and companies such as Andreas Antonopoulos and Trezor. 3rd Hackers Congress Paralelni Poiis also features Bitcoin Coffee, in which event attendees and presenters can purchase pastries, coffee, and drinks using Bitcoins. Red Bull’s Interest in....
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Attendees at this weekend’s Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis were able to buy Red Bull from a vending machine using bitcoin. The three-day hacking congress sponsored by the Institute of Cryptoanarchy was held in Holešovice, near Prague. The vending machine at the hackers congress is one of several concepts that Red Bull has come up with to generate attention. Red Bull Media House, the company’s media arm, enjoys a reputation for its entertainment or informational value — rather than as simply marketing. Unorthodox Marketing. Red Bull created, produced and distributed Felix Baumgartner’s....
Last week, Cointelegraph reported Red Bull’s introduction of a Bitcoin-only Red Bull vending machine at Hackers Congress in Prague. Martijn Wismeijer, representative of General Bytes, the manufacturer of the machine, tells us about manufacturing Bitcoin ATMs, 3D printing process and future collaborations. Wismeijer says: "By standardizing on our own Bitcoin computer we can rapidly create new applications using the tools we already have. We like to see it as LEGO for Bitcoin applications." Manufacturing Bitcoin ATMs. The Red Bull’s Bitcoin-only vending machine was originally....
MIT’s Media Lab unveiled a vending machine that accepts bitcoin with a quirky twist — it was stocked solely with Soylent. Soylent and Bitcoin? A picture of the vending machine was tweeted out by MIT’s own Ethan Zuckerman last night. In it, you can see the machine was mostly empty aside from a few bottles of Soylent. The vending machine even comes equipped with a QR code for people to conveniently scan. The machine first came to public attention sometime last year, as a few people tweeted about the possibility of MIT Lab getting a bitcoin-compatible vending machine. Speculation made its way....
A Cryptocurrency vending machine has been found at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Just recently MIT Media Lab’s Ethan Zuckerman tweeted to his followers about the campus’ machine, which accepts bitcoin and is stocked with nothing but Soylent meal replacement drinks. The Bitcoin-Friendly Vending Machine at MIT Media Lab. Previously, the....
As the number of bitcoin-friendly merchants grows, so does the number of items and services users can get for bitcoin. It can now buy you a pricey Alienware gaming laptop, some home furnishings at Overstock or lunch and a couple of drinks in a number of establishments around the world. Here we look at unconventional and cool gadgets that accept bitcoin. They are still few and far between, but they offer a glimpse into the future and demonstrate that digital currencies can augment or even replace cash in the vending machine industry and a few other niches. Smart vending machines have been....