A number of Canberra businesses are embracing bitcoin as part of their daily operations proving the digital currency is not just for dubious purchases on hidden networks.

The owner of the V Spot Café in Civic Chrissie Wittich said the “novelty aspect” of bitcoin appealed to her, but the currency has come to suit her business model and generate interest in the business.

V Spot Cafe assistant manager Monica Furastec Danilevicz shows how the cafe accepts bitcoin payment. Credit:Melissa Adams

“We do quite a few things different here and bitcoin was just another one of those things at first,” she said.

“As a new business it was good to have different options available to customers.”