The trip to Bitcoin Cash City
Do you pay for everything in Bitcoin Cash? It can be done. Programmer Jonathan Silverblood recently spent more than 2 months in Townsville, Australia, also called “Bitcoin Cash City” with the sole purpose of paying for everything he could with Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
The Bitcoin Cash payment method appeals to Silverblood because it is part of his income and is less expensive than other forms of payment.
Bitcoin Cash as payment method
Townsville is known as Bitcoin Cash City, thanks to a conference of the same name held for the first time in 2019. The strong connection to Bitcoin’s forked token stems from the fact that many merchants seem to accept Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as payment method.
Jonathan Silverblood, had already attended the Bitcoin City Cash conference in 2019 and was fascinated by the trading sector influenced by BCH cryptocurrency. Therefore, once the Covid-19 restrictions were over, he decided to return to the city.
The programmer, returning from the trip, says:
“Going to this destination was all about spending BCH and was also kind of an excuse to spend more than I usually do, while getting more work done by letting my family and kids have a vacation with their grandma.”
What can be paid for in Townsville with Bitcoin Cash
Silverblood is a Bitcoin Cash enthusiast and programmer. General Protocols, his employment for the past three years is entirely paid in Bitcoin Cash (BTH), which is why he was fascinated by Townsville.
“Using it to pay for things while I was there just made sense, partly because I already have my income paid in BCH, and partly because it’s so much less effort than some of the other forms of payment I use.”
The programmer was able to pay for many services with Bitcoin Cash: breakfasts, lunches and dinners, but also different services such as Steam and Netflix gift cards and even some household bills.
“Some days were quite busy; we bought breakfast, lunch, ice cream, bread and dinner, but sometimes my family wanted to go elsewhere instead of eating at the specific BCH accepting merchants.”
However, the experience has not been completely perfect, says Silverblood, in fact it seems that in Bitcoin Cash City sometimes there can be problems with Wi-Fi and there are clearly also some sellers who do not accept cryptocurrency as a payment method.
“I also found that not all sellers were open to the idea of using BCH because they didn’t want to ‘complicate bookkeeping’ and ‘couldn’t handle the volatility.'” For most sellers I spoke to during my journey, it seems to the fact that the number of customers paying with crypto is just too small to motivate additional staff training costs, additional hardware such as WiFi and payment terminals.”
Despite some hiccups, the 69-day vacation to Townsville (Bitcoin Cash City) was an amazing experience for the programmer. In fact, he said he will fly for the BCH 2022 conference in St Kitts, another location that accepts Bitcoin Cash as a payment method.
The Finnish programmer Silverblood is sure that there will be many cities that adopt such payment methods in the future. Deposit crypto will be a revolutionary breakthrough for cities and their services.
