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Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by epaga on Saturday November 23, 2013 @09:00AM (#6785928)
To chime in here, one of the largest sites for ordering out in Germany, lieferservice.de, accepts Bitcoin. They have hundreds of participating restaurants.

Here's a picture of the food on our table, paid with Bitcoin:

https://twitter.com/epaga/status/399221499749343232

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Re:Someone just made a $147,239,214 Bitcoin transfer by jganetsk on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:14AM (#6786139)
My guess: Bitcoin is just facilitating the transaction. Restaurants are likely settled in Euros. I wonder how they hedge the volatility. There needs to be a BTC hedging market.
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