Quote from: John Kirk on April 06, 2014, 02:59:32 PM

http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2014/04/bitcoin-atm-bites-the-dust.html

I live in Albuquerque, and went to the smoking bar mentioned in the article last weekend to check out the Bitcoin ATM, but it was already gone.

It is unfortunate that it didn't last long here. It seems to me that smoking bars would be really off-putting for most people. Heck, as a non-smoker, I was even hesitant to go there, although my curiosity finally won out. When I went, there were three bouncers at the door checking IDs. When I asked them about the Bitcoin ATM, they laughed and said that it was gone because Bitcoin went bankrupt. Undecided

Not to be pedantic, but the article is wrong. The Albuquerque Bitcoin ATM was the first in the USA, but not in the world. The first was set up in Canada.

Thanks for the article. It is nice to have follow-up stories and sad that this ATM operator has no clue about customer demand. A 21+ only bar for heavy smokers doesn't attract many bitcoiners. He was obviously blinded by the allure of being first.