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171 sats \ 1 reply \ @leo OP 4 Jul
It's exciting to see how much this list has grown in just 18 months. But some merchants provide a better experience than others, so to make life easier for visitors and those with limited time, we started with a short list of recommended Bitcoin merchants
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 5 Jul
Thank you for compiling this list for our collective benefit!
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19 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 5 Jul
Bitcoin is getting adopted. Bitcoin is the future
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 5 Jul
Gradually then suddenly!
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18 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 5 Jul
One of my Indian friends living there often tells me that Vancouver is the best place for Bitcoin. The community is evolving at a good speed. There are bigger players who are promoting it. These are all good signs!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 5 Jul
Slowly but surely!
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29 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter 5 Jul
A Vancouver Brewery is selling 'Bitcoin Beer Cans' is something that I was impressed. Whenever I reach there the first thing I'll do is buy a 'HODL' Beer.
https://m.stacker.news/38297https://m.stacker.news/38298
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 5 Jul
it's a great brewery! i went there tonight and spent sats!
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9 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jul
Bitcoin is getting adopted.
I wonder if it has anything to do with how the chinese are trying to get their own money out?
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41 sats \ 5 replies \ @leo OP 5 Jul
There are indeed a few persian and chinese money changers in the city that will cheaply swap Bitcoin to cash. I do suspect most of their volume is in tether though
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jul
I see.
They are using tether to get their ill gotten gains out of china?
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @leo OP 6 Jul
Hard to tell. Maybe they're sending money back to their families, too?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 6 Jul
I thought it was supposed to be hard to move money out of china.
Not impossible, but strongly discouraged.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @leo OP 6 Jul
And sometimes it's hard to move money into China. There are many ways though, Tether is relatively popular but so are insurance schemes and shadow banks
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 6 Jul
What are insurance schemes and shadow banks?
I always heard it is easy to move money into china, just hard to move it out.
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8 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 5 Jul
https://i.postimg.cc/CxYfVMyR/darth-impressive.gif
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 6 Jul
High praise!
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8 sats \ 1 reply \ @1GLENCoop 5 Jul
I clicked thru on a few of them. None of the ones I randomly selected showed anything on their websites about bitcoin.
Please recommend to each and every one that they should proudly display "We accept bitcoin as a payment option" on each page of their website. Doing so would likely earn them a news article, aka free advertising, and draw in additional business.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 5 Jul
I do admit most of their websites are out of date and poorly maintained. I'm glad whenever I see a sticker at the door
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @spraveenitpro 4 Jul
Go Vancouver Go!!!!
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatsMate 4 Jul
I see them on BTCMaps! Very nice little community up in Vancouver!
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8 sats \ 2 replies \ @160ed04091 5 Jul
one of the down side is the fact Bitcoin's price can be highly volatile. The value of Bitcoin can fluctuate significantly within a short period, potentially leading to losses for merchants if the value decreases after a transaction is completed
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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @teemupleb 5 Jul
In that case merchants should use exchange solutions that convert the received bitcoin automatically to their fiat bank account
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @leo OP 6 Jul
Yeah this seems sensible, but in our experience in Vancouver, merchants want sats, not dollars
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