Quote from: Nellayar on September 09, 2020, 12:33:40 PM

Quote from: Upgrade00 on September 09, 2020, 06:28:27 AM

According to this article the service cuts across 15,000 restaurants in France, not 1,500.
Overall, It's a good step forward for publicity and adoption as people would struggle less to find ways to spend bitcoins. They firm also plans to make inroads into other countries like the U.S, leading to more adoption.
But, this part of the article caught my eye;

...Payments using Bitcoin will be calculated based on the current price charged by Bitpay. However, if a Bitcoin payment is cancelled, the customer will be refunded in Euros, with payment being sent to a customers traditional bank account.

When you make your initial payment, Bitcoin is already converted into Euros. The rate applicable at the time of your payment will therefore be the rate applied for reimbursement, the website says.

If I use Bitcoin there is a likelihood that I wish to remain private, compelling users to divulge their bank details for a refund when an order is cancelled doesn't quite sit right with me. Understandably, they are using a payment processor, so all transactions made in bitcoins are immediately converted to fiat, they could however still hold some bitcoins in reserve precisely for this sort of situations.

Wow, cryptocurrency becomes more popular! This article can be a stepping stone for bitcoin to introduce in the whole world. It is not already a new idea that merchants will adopt the new mode of payment in order to convey some customers to buy. And as a customer, I think there are many customer right now specially those who are millennial will prefer to pay in bitcoin. We always look forward for cryptocurrency to become mainstream and popular in the world. And as pioneers, I believe we should be happy because we are already a foot step forward for investing in bitcoin.

As this was a good start for the bitcoin to be known in public, the safety guidelines of paying cryptocurrency might raise questions for the anonymity of the wallet, and the paying method itself, through bitpay. Many parts of bitcoin is still unknown to the many, and most of the users are partly just going with the flow of the masses as they see it as good investments. We can't just abandon the thought of thieves lurking around, waiting for a great chance to attack and claim your coins easily now that it is in public market. Commonly, payments through bitcoins are private and anonymous but in public, we cant think of it the same, as the government may interfere about the rules of payments.