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BitcoinerSr. MemberActivity: 429Merit: 268 [EXPIRED] [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 03, 2011, 05:00:41 AM

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The business should have at least tens of thousands of customers and a revenue of at least 50 -100 million USD.

The business must accept Bitcoins as payment for the most of their services.

The business must provide a reasonably convenient way to pay with Bitcoins. If it's an internet business, they should process the Bitcoin payments automatically.

The bounty recipient(s) must prove that they convinced the business to start accepting Bitcoins. Contact Sirius by a PM or IRC when the business has shown interest in accepting Bitcoins.

The bounty will be paid when the business has accepted Bitcoins as payment for 3 months. If they accept Bitcoins for less than 3 months but at least 3 weeks, the bounty will be 200 BTC.

The bounty expires on 31.12.2011. The business must make the decision to try out Bitcoins before that.

These terms are subject to change.

Ask me if you're unsure if your business qualifies. Feel free to contribute to the bounty amount.



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Hero MemberActivity: 574Merit: 504 Re: [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 03, 2011, 11:02:35 PM #2



Quote I do not know of our plans to accept bitcoins as payment. I think that it is safe to say that we will not be accepting bitcoins until they widely used across the public sector. I hope this helps!

I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.' From Linode's Lee Matos:I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

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Hero MemberActivity: 588Merit: 500 Re: [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 04, 2011, 03:24:17 PM #3 Quote from: mizerydearia on October 03, 2011, 11:02:35 PM



Quote I do not know of our plans to accept bitcoins as payment. I think that it is safe to say that we will not be accepting bitcoins until they widely used across the public sector. I hope this helps!

I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

From Linode's Lee Matos:I presume this type of hesitation to accept bitcoins until bitcoins are 'widely used across the public sector' is prevalent excuse across many businesses, and without any of them taking initiation and instead preserving hesitation, then there will never be an established 'wide use across the public sector.'

I don't expect that the government will ever accept bitcoins. I don't expect that the government will ever accept bitcoins. 3KzNGwzRZ6SimWuFAgh4TnXzHpruHMZmV8

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LegendaryActivity: 3206Merit: 1736Viva Ut Vivas Re: [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 04, 2011, 06:32:49 PM #9 Quote from: bwagner on October 04, 2011, 05:57:49 PM Could those developing software please post links to this site so we can match them with our potential businesses? I know that there are some POS systems out there and more under developement.



I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.



You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.



Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner. I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner. First seastead company actually selling sea homes: Ocean Builders https://ocean.builders Of course we accept bitcoin.

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LegendaryActivity: 1100Merit: 1000 Re: [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 04, 2011, 06:40:09 PM #10 Quote from: Elwar on October 04, 2011, 06:32:49 PM Quote from: bwagner on October 04, 2011, 05:57:49 PM Could those developing software please post links to this site so we can match them with our potential businesses? I know that there are some POS systems out there and more under developement.



I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.



You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.



Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner.

I am not thinking that the POS part is as big of a deal as the accounting portion.You have a day's worth of customers paying in Bitcoins going into a wallet and you have to trust an employee somewhere not to access that wallet and copy it onto his home computer. That end of things needs some work.Right now it is ideal for a small business with a single owner.

You can route all your incoming payments to a offline wallet, only authorized person will have access to it.

Similarly, employees cannot initiate transactions or have access to the business bank account. You can route all your incoming payments to a offline wallet, only authorized person will have access to it.Similarly, employees cannot initiate transactions or have access to the business bank account. If you don't own the private keys, you don't own the coins.

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NewbieActivity: 14Merit: 0 Re: [BOUNTY] 1000 BTC for getting a major business to accept Bitcoin October 05, 2011, 01:02:37 AM #16 I don't understand this offer. In my point of view it doesn't make any sense. You could also say: "I will give 1000 BTC for free, if you are a big company and accept Bitcoins".

It is nearly impossible to "convince" a huge company to accept Bitcoins. And even if I'm successful and get a company to accept Bitcoins, why should the company tell anyone that it was me who had the idea for it? In fact, if they get to know that you will pay 1000 Bitcoins, they will just create a fake account and get the money for themselves. Even if I post in this thread that I've asked company xyz to do it, someone else (or a fake account from the company) could show up and say "I asked them 3 days ago! I was first!".

So what's the point?