While Bitcoin’s Value Goes Up and Down, Retailers Remain on the Sidelines
Only 3 of the top 500 online merchants accept bitcoin.
Only 3 of the top 500 online merchants accept bitcoin.
Bottomline prediction: If bitcoin makes it to the mainstream, it won’t be because it finds a following on Main Street.
Touted to small businesses as a low-cost alternative to the high fees of credit card transactions, Bitcoin today is demonstrating the flipside of its promise: a wildly fluctuating value.
If you don’t already know about Bitcoin, the digital currency, maybe these trippy visuals will inform you.