Steak 'n Shake and Spar Supermarkets Roll Out Nationwide Bitcoin Payments ⚡
Bitcoin as a medium of exchange is on the rise with some ambitious programs worldwide.
Bitcoin Commerce is in the headlines worldwide! Find the stories here and some insights into the tech that powers it.
USA fast food chain Steak n Shake is committed to rolling out Bitcon payments nation-wide
Spar Supermarkets in Switzerland goes from Bitcoin payments pilot to nationwide program
Apple finally opens up IOS to third party payments…hello IOS bitcoin!
Important updates to BTCPay Server and LNBits - some Bitcoin Commerce go-to tech
Looking for a laugh? Check out our Bitcoin meme of the week at the back of the Roundup! 😁
Find it all here, and thanks from the Velas Team!
Steak ‘n Shake Rolling out Nationwide Bitcoin Payments
USA fast food company Steak ‘n Shake just announced that they will be accepting bitcoin payments nationwide starting next week.
Details on how the bitcoin payments will work aren’t clear yet, but 100 million customers should be able to pay with bitcoin soon!
This will be a great story to watch to pick up the details, for example: will they be accepting LIghtning Network payments? Will they HODL the BTC they earn as a savings vehicle?
There aren’t many details available yet. In the meantime, check out this Bitcoin Magazine article for more info:
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Spar Supermarkets Goes from Pilot to Nationwide
Spar Supermarkets is rolling out Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments across Switzerland.
The rollout follows news of a one-store pilot program we reported on in the previous edition of the Roundup. According to the Decrypt article, customers are able to scan and pay to a static QR code at the register, which notifies the cashier when payment has been sent.
If you’re interested in the tech behind this, make sure to check out the LNBits blog that goes in-depth on how it all works.
https://decrypt.co/316625/major-supermarket-chain-spar-to-launch-bitcoin-payments-across-switzerland
https://news.lnbits.com/news/paying-for-groceries-with-bitcoin-inside-spars-lig
Apple Forced to Allow Third Party Payments
A USA court has forced Apple to open IOS apps up to third party payments. Up till now, Apple’s policies have prevented IOS apps from allowing users to pay for things like app upgrades with bitcoin.
This will likely open up a whole suite of benefits to IOS users, business and developers! We’re curious to see what cool apps add bitcoin payments now that it is possible.
Definitely great news for Bitcoin Commerce. Find out more here:
Bitcoin Commerce Go-To Tech Upgrades
We often feature stories about businesses building with Bitcoin.
For example, how customers at Spar Supermarkets are able to make instant, super low-cost bitcoin payments with a simple, scannable QR code.
Some of the go-to tech that makes it possible just got some important upgrades. BTCPay Server, a go-to for e-commerce payments, now features upgraded Shopify and BigCommerce support.
And LNBits, which makes creating in-app Lightning wallets a snap, just announced their enterprise-ready version 1.
Check out the releases here for some inspiration on your own Bitcon project:
https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v2.1.0
https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.0.0
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