One of the biggest online retailer for technical related stuff in Sweden is called webbhallen, and they started accepting bitcoin one year ago. They sell products such as laptops/desktops/games/sound systems, even things such as health products and refrigerators (although I doubt many people buy their refrigerators from that site...). They are very popular among the younger generation and especially tech-savvy people tend to buy stuff from webbhallen, although I guess they're getting more popular among the older generation as well now.
Anyway, they stopped accepting bitcoin a few month ago. Reason? Only 3 people had bought things with bitcoin during the last year - 2 of which were flagged suspected of money laundering. They implemented it mostly for marketing reasons and closed it down when the buzz died down.
The point is, if Sweden which is is arguably the most developed country in the world when it comes to fin-tech, can't get more than 3 transactions in an entire year (2 of which were cancelled) on the biggest online retailer of tech-related stuff, then adoption is not even remotely close. Any company implementing bitcoin payments are not doing it because they think anyone is going to pay with it, they're doing it for free marketing and the buzz. Webbhallen arguably has the best chance of any company in the world to actually get customers paying with bitcoin - since they only got 3 people in an entire year, I'm sure you can all imagine how many people are going to pay with bitcoin in other countries, and other less tech-savvy companies. Take this as a warning to anyone who thinks mass adoption is just around the corner as long as more companies start accepting bitcoin.
Submitted September 20, 2017 at 10:17PM by DenEvigaKampen http://ift.tt/2xRQUyK Bitcoin
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