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If you read my article on Vancouver restaurants accepting Bitcoin, you might still be wondering why businesses would bother with the digital currency.

After all, while over a dozen eateries in town have joined the Bitcoin economy, the restaurateurs I spoke to said they hadn't gained much in the way of customers and revenue from this.

Watch Bitcoin: Buenos Aires and you'll see that the case for Bitcoin is much stronger in countries like Argentina, where the state currency is experiencing rapid inflation and credit-card companies charge merchants higher fees.

Produced and directed by Valerian Bennett, the short film was shot in July and recently released by TheProtocol.TV.