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Cov chains loj muab Gibraltar txhawb BTC

07/27/2022
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"Tab sis koj tsis tuaj yeem yuav kas fes nrog Bitcoin," tus Bitcoin (BTC) critics chanted. Gibraltar, ib tug me me British Overseas Territory nyob rau hauv Teb chaws Europe cia li ntswj lub qhov nyob rau hauv uas FUD li nrov kas fes saw Costa Coffee tam sim no txais Bitcoin hla xob laim. 

Hotel Chocolat, Card Factory thiab Gibraltar bakery kuj lees txais Bitcoin ua ib qho txiaj hauv British Overseas Territory. Cov npe nrov franchises coj kom zoo dua Bitcoin's Lightning Network (LN) kom txais cov neeg siv khoom cov nyiaj. LN yog qhov zoo tagnrho rau microtransaction cappuccinos, xa ntawv them nqi lossis kev nqis peev hauv dej khov raws li tus kws sau xov xwm Joe Hall pom thaum lub sijhawm Gibraltar khw muag khoom.

xob laim-enabled Bitcoin tub lag luam hauv Gibalatar. Tau qhov twg los: CoinCorner

Kev them nyiaj yog tam sim no, tsis muaj kev sib txhuam thiab them cov tub lag luam tsawg dua li Mastercard lossis Visa them nqi. Neil Walker, tus thawj coj tswj hwm ntawm Sandpiper GI - pab pawg tswj hwm cov khw muag khoom lag luam - hais rau Cointelegraph tias thaum siv daim npav Lightning-enabled, "Nws tsis txawv rau kev siv daim npav rho nyiaj tsis sib cuag."

"Nws yooj yim npaum li koj tuaj yeem coj mus rhaub thiab them nyiaj tsis muaj credit card, koj tuaj yeem coj mus rhaub thiab them xob laim, luam theej duab QR code. Thiab whilst kuv tsis tau teem sijhawm, kuv xav tias nws yuav luag tib yam ceev. "

CoinCorner, kev sib pauv Bitcoin ntawm Isle of Man, koom tes nrog Sandpiper GI, los pab hauv equipping cov tub lag luam nrog Bitcoin Lightning point of sale (PoS) devices.

Walker tau qhia tias txawm rau Bitcoin naysayers, qhov yooj yim uas cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov tub lag luam tuaj yeem hloov pauv yog qhov tsis muaj hlwb. Nws hais rau Cointelegraph, "txawm hais tias koj ntseeg hauv Bitcoin lossis tsis yog, koj tuaj yeem siv lub network xob laim los txiav koj cov nqi pauv thiab them nyiaj ntawm mobile." Muab hais tias nws yog kev them nyiaj nruab nrab, nws hais tias cov neeg siv khoom tuaj yeem hla cov nyiaj tau yooj yim:

"Lub sijhawm ntev, lub tswv yim ntawm kev them nyiaj nrog bitcoin zoo li neeg txawv teb chaws rau cov lag luam thiab cov tib neeg, tab sis nrog kev tshaj tawm ntawm Bolt Card thiab muaj peev xwm "kais thiab them" ntawm xob laim, cov neeg siv kev paub yog ceev, yooj yim thiab paub txog. sawv daws."

Gibraltar zoo siab txais tos 8 lab tus neeg ncig tebchaws mus rau hauv pob zeb hauv ib xyoos, los ntawm cov tebchaws suav nrog Tebchaws Meskas, Canada, South Africa thiab United Kingdom. Ntxiv rau, Walker kwv yees tias kwv yees li 15,000 tus neeg ua haujlwm hla tebchaws hla tebchaws Spain mus ua haujlwm hauv Gibraltar txhua hnub. Gibraltar siv Gibraltar phaus thaum Spain siv cov euro, yog li kev hloov pauv txiaj, xa nyiaj thiab kev ncig tebchaws tuaj yeem yog tus tsav tsheb muaj zog rau kev siv lub ntiaj teb, tsis muaj ciam teb txiaj.

Txhawm rau them rau kas fes hauv Gibraltar, cov neeg siv khoom tam sim no tuaj yeem luam theej duab QR code lossis tsuas yog coj mus rhaub them nyiaj siv NFC-enabled Bitcoin Lightning card. Qhov kev xaiv them nyiaj nrov tshaj plaws ntawm Satoshi cov neeg siv nyiaj yog Bolt Card, CoinCorner innovation. Molly Spiers, tus thawj coj ntawm kev lag luam ntawm CoinCorner hais rau Cointelegraph tias "Bolt Card tau ua qhov tseem ceeb rau kev txais yuav Bitcoin."

Bitcoin saws nyob rau hauv British Overseas Territories yog booming, boosted los ntawm qhov yooj yim ntawm kais-thiab-mus them nyiaj. Tshaj ntawm Isle of Man, ib lub koog pov txwv uas nws cov pej xeem nce ob npaug ntawm Gibraltar's 35,000, Bitcoin saws "tau tawg dhau 6 lub hlis dhau los," Spiers hais rau Cointelegraph. "Peb tau mus los ntawm ib ncig ntawm tsib lub lag luam lees txais Bitcoin, txog tam sim no ze li 10x qhov ntawd!"

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Thaum Isle of Man tau ua nws tus kheej lub mantle, "Bitcoin Island," Walker quips tias Gibraltar tuaj yeem hu ua "Bitcoin Rock." Tseeb, cov npe tsev neeg ntawm Costa Coffee thiab Hotel Chocolat koom nrog cov npe loj hlob ntawm cov tub lag luam uas lees txais Bitcoin hauv Gibraltar. Essardas Luxury, piv txwv li, tau txais Bitcoin txij thaum ntxov 2021, thaum lub khw me me ywj siab txais Bitcoin thiab qee zaum cryptocurrencies suav nrog cov nyiaj ruaj khov thaum thov.