Jason King, founder of Sean's Outpost, is running across America from Miami to San Francisco to raise money for the homeless.

Jason left Miami on Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the North American Bitcoin Conference, and is scheduled to arrive in Orlando on Friday January 31.

BitPay is hosting a welcome party for Jason in Downtown Orlando at Church Street starting at 5:30 pm on Friday. The bus should arrive around 5:45 and will stay parked on Church Street all night long, during the Orlando Magic home game. Jason should be arriving on foot sometime between 5:45 and 6:15 pm.

Help support Jason in his run for Bitcoin Across America by welcoming him to Orlando. Meet at Don Jefe's Tequila bar at 41 W Church Street and look for the big yellow bitcoin bus.

The Quickbooks support is the killer app here.  The articles almost bury the lead.

Along with Quickbooks integration you get the whole basket of compliance regimes that every small business needs in order to feel very confidant that they are going to be able to use Bitcoin just like all their other payment methods without any new headaches.

They get GAAP, they get clear unit of account, they get tax compliance, they get a way for their accounting to accommodate it without doing any extra technical stuff.
The merchants want to focus on the things that make their business a success.  Keeping their inventory fresh, providing great service, being awesome at what they do whatever that is.  This provides them the opportunity to do that rather than deal with the arcane ephemera of Bitcoin issues.

So chill out, and thank BitPay for their contribution (it's not selfless, but keep in mind they need Bitcoin to be a success for their business to run).

Just a warning to fellow non-profits who have provided documentation, it looks like our status may have been switched to merchant, so fees are now erroneously incurred.

ATLANTA -- May 14, 2013 -- BitPay Inc, the world’s leading payment processor for bitcoin, announces it has hired Bitcoin core-developer Jeff Garzik. Jeff has been working part-time on Bitcoin for the past three years, contributing to the core Bitcoin protocol, while he worked full-time for Red Hat in North Carolina. The job at BitPay will allow him to work full-time on Bitcoin, BitPay, and related open-source projects to benefit the Bitcoin community.

“BitPay recognizes the need for more resources and developments in the core Bitcoin protocol, especially in the areas of scalability and reliability,” says Tony Gallippi, co-founder and CEO of BitPay. “We strongly encourage other Bitcoin companies to do the same, either through crowdfunding efforts or direct contracts, grants, or scholarships.”

That 1% you get back at the end of the year on your credit card is denominated in a currency that has over 10% yearly loss in value.

Customers are now able to buy mobile gift cards using bitcoins and redeem them at over 50,000 physical retail locations across the USA including GAP, Lowes, Sephora, GameStop, American Eagle, Sports Authority, Nike, Marriott, Burger King, Fandango, Brookstone, and many more household brands.

Any shopper in a participating retail store, with bitcoins on their Android device, can easily convert bitcoins into a store gift card and pay for their purchase. The whole process takes less than one minute and can be done on a single mobile device.