Yes, You Can Spend Your Bitcoin This Black Friday

Black Friday, a popular shopping phenomenon in the United States that occurs the day after Thanksgiving, is getting a bitcoin-related promotion. The effort, dubbed Bitcoin Black Friday, aims to list the best deals for anyone paying with bitcoin. Existing bitcoin merchants can sign up now, but they are also hoping to entice new merchants to accept bitcoin. Signing up is free. "Bitcoin Black Friday is simply a way to help BTC consumers, help BTC merchants," founder Jon Holmquist told CoinDesk. Holmquist thinks that bitcoin's distributed, peer-to-peer nature makes it a bit difficult to....

Bitcoin can surely turn your Black Friday's shopping experience into an interesting "bargain hunting" adventure. In the USA, Black Friday is a term used to describe the day following Thanksgiving, and it flags the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, especially that most US merchants offer special discounts for their customers on that day. Bitcoin Black Friday is a special website that gets together all merchants accepting bitcoin payments on Black Friday. It is totally free to list your product on Bitcoinblackfriday.com, if you accept bitcoin payments, and get the chance to meet....

Amazon is jumping the gun this year by already starting their "Black Friday" sales five days early. Although Amazon does not accept bitcoin, using bitcoin for these purchases can drop an additional 10 to 25% off of some of the best prices on the Internet. If there ever was a time and place to spend your bitcoin - this might be it. As Amazon is the biggest on-line retailer, using your bitcoin for purchases might send the message that bitcoin is here to stay. Perhaps proof of this fact may finally drag them kicking and screaming into the future. New bitcoin broker and escrow services allow....

Bitcoin Black Friday has become a household name to Bitcoiners around the world, even those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving, the reason for Black Friday's commercial existence. Over the past year, larger and larger merchants have started experimenting with holding the bitcoins that they receive, or offering bitcoin discounts or even bitcoin-only deals. This year's Bitcoin Black Friday is likely to set a new standard for Bitcoin-only deals. Also read: The Future of Everyday Life with Digital Currencies. BitPay Reminds Bitcoin Merchants to Participate In Bitcoin Black Friday. Earlier this....

This article has been updated with the offer from Ledger. It's that time of the year again. Get your bitcoin wallets at the ready and prepare yourself for a day of frenzied discounted online shopping. Bitcoin Black Friday is back! Founded by digital currency entrepreneur Jon Holmquist, the event, which sets out to unite cryptocurrency enthusiasts and retailers for a day of bitcoin-fuelled consumerism will take place tomorrow. Now in its third iteration, Bitcoin Black Friday is often cited as one of the year's busiest periods in terms of bitcoin transactions. James Walpole, a marketing....