Bit by bit, bitcoin is gaining currency

By David Potts
Updated October 12 2014 - 10:23am, first published October 1 2014 - 12:15am
The Old Fitzroy Hotel in Woolloomooloo was one of the first pubs in Sydney to accept payment by bitcoin credit. Sophie Brown pays for her drink with the Bitcoin app on her phone. Photo: Wolter Peeters
The Old Fitzroy Hotel in Woolloomooloo was one of the first pubs in Sydney to accept payment by bitcoin credit. Sophie Brown pays for her drink with the Bitcoin app on her phone. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Retailer Bill McWilliams at home in Melbourne. McWilliams has started accepting the digital currency bitcoin as payment for vinyl records. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Retailer Bill McWilliams at home in Melbourne. McWilliams has started accepting the digital currency bitcoin as payment for vinyl records. Photo: Wayne Taylor

When you can buy a round of drinks at the local with something that can't be seen let alone held, you know bitcoin has made it.

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