Quote from: Lethn on August 20, 2014, 10:53:55 AM

Watch hackers immediately fuck with petrol stations when that happens blatchcorn, I'm actually really concerned about how everything is beginning to have an internet connection now.

Definitely! I figured this method would allow the internet connectivity to remain far enough removed from the actual pump, that the effectiveness would be minimal. However - what would stop anyone from slapping their own QR code overtop the original?

Quote from: TheAccountant on August 20, 2014, 11:04:58 AM

Murphy USA has a text/SMS service where the user can text (generating an ACH on their bank account) and they receive a code that can be used at the pump (which are connected to a network). No reason the ACH couldn't be a Bitcoin transaction, saving the vendor even more money.

That's really awesome, it definitely would be a minimal changeover IMO.

Quote from: iluvpie60 on August 20, 2014, 01:07:07 PM

you can already load visa credit cards with bitcoin and it pays from your account. the main issue is that we are looking for too many ways to spend bitcoin with businesses. we need MORE people to spend the bitcoin right now, not more businesses to accept it(that sohuld be later). the demand for people to use bitcoin isn't high enough, we need tens of millions more using it before prices will start to go back up.

Yeah, but I'm not worried about driving the price of bitcoin up, since I'm a daily currency styled user, the actual price per bitcoin hardly means anything to me, whether it's at $5 per or $1000 per, I just changeover the amount I need in order to pay for the transaction, or get paid for the transaction. The individual price is negligible as far as I can tell. While it would be nice for the amount of BTC i am holding to go up in value, I typically never hold more than 1 BTC at a time, meaning my gains would be minimal.

Quote from: justmy2cents on August 20, 2014, 04:03:57 PM

What I'd really like is to be able to buy groceries at my local Kroger store with Bitcoin.

As for the gas pumps, there's always a clerk at the cash register. Do the Bitcoin transaction with the clerk.

That would definitely be great, and truly the same process could be applied at a self-checkout aisle. The only reason I came up with this is because on the other thread, they were discussing how a pay at the pump solution would increase adoption since most people don't want to go inside and talk to the clerk...many of us have social anxiety you know! Embarrassed