Imbis, the St Kilda based, java-slinging, sass-mongering coffee shop, have started taking sweet baby doges for real life goods and services.

I stumbled in, bleary eyed, seedy faced and full of existential doubt, expecting a QR code and a baaaaad attitude. Instead there was the doge client, pride of place, on a tablet, with it’s very own stand.

Now these guys have been taking my bitcoins for months, and are largely responsible for my energy levels in the morning, so they are by no means new to crypto.

What excites me is that thanks to the innovation of crypto based protocol, anyone can set themselves up to transfer and exchange value digitally with very little effort.

Tl;dr. Coffee for doge. Fiat stinks. Crypto rules.

Imbis are located at 25 Blessington St, St Kilda. They take bitcoin, doge, and occasionally fiat.

@samueltates