Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Where to spend your bitcoins?

This post will show you that there are many ways to spend your bitcoins beside buying drugs and other illicit goods and services on Silk Road, the underground marketplace shut down some time ago.

Let's start with some art. If your are visiting Amsterdam, the dutch capital, then you might want to have a caricature of you and of course you can pay using bitcoins (it is even cheaper).


Bitcoin continues to gain popularity as a digital currency, but what businesses actually accept them? Here are some other places to spend your bitcoins.

Internet : Wordpress, the popular blogging platform accepts Bitcoins as payment for upgrades and allows users to install plug-ins for accepting the currency on personal websites that use the free service.

Travel : If you plan a trip to space, then be informed that Virgin Galactic is now accepting Bitcoin for space flights on board the SpaceShipTwo.

It is also possible to spend your bitcoins in a travel if you prefer to stay on the planet Earth. Expedia, the online travel site, announced it will start accepting Bitcoin for hotel bookings. If people utilize the service, the company said it will eventually bring it to other areas of the site like air travel, car rental, and other vacation services.

AirBaltic, the Latvian airline, may be the first to accept payments in bitcoin

BTCTrip is an online flight and hotel booking service that was one of the first in its industry to serve the bitcoin community.

CheapAir.com, the California-based online travel booking website, started taking bitcoin.

The UK’s Theatre Tickets Direct has recently started accepting bitcoin, offering a ticket booking service for mostly London shows, such as West End theatre and musicals.

Eat and drink : Order a Domino's, Papa John's, or Pizza Hut pizza with Bitcoin using the website PizzaforCoins.com and receive it at your door.

Bitcoin.Travel is a respected site, offering a mappable list of accommodation, apartments, attractions, bars, and beauty salons around the world. Coinmap also maintains a worldwide database of establishments.

This restaurant in Amsterdam accepts Bitcoins.



Online shopping : The gift card retailer website Gyft allows you to purchase gift cards for more than 200 retailers using Bitcoin as payment. All you need is a Bitcoin wallet to purchase the gift card and you're good to spend it at the store location or website. Retailers include: Whole Foods, Best Buy, Sephora, Gap, Sears, Victoria's Secret, Target, and Home Depot.

Overstock, on of the major retailers started accepting Bitcoins. Overstock sells surplus and liquidated items, as well as new furniture, apparel, home goods, and electronics.

On Etsy, there are numerous sellers that accept Bitcoin.

Online gaming : Zynga accepts Bitcoin as a payment option for its in-game virtual currency, tokens, for many of its games.

Sport clubs : The Sacremento Kings and San Jose Quakes are two sports teams that now accept Bitcoin for ticket purchases and team apparel.

Jewelery: Bitcoin Now Accepted at REEDS Jewelers.

Invest in property: Cai-Capital Limited is an established property Acquisitions and Sales company, offering overseas and UK clients the opportunity to purchase properties in London and the South of England. they offer access to the UK Property Market using Bitcoin investments.

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