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Re:OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet by BillinghamJ on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @01:01PM (#9335422)
It may not be big in the US market yet, but I can tell you for sure - here in the UK, it's huge. Almost all transactions I do in chain stores are done with contactless.

I believe it's a similar story in Canada.

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Re:OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet by TylerE on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @01:04PM (#9335447)
Keep in mind that in the US chip-and-pin is still virtually unknown.
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Re:OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet by BillinghamJ on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @01:09PM (#9335484)
Exactly. It will come along, and soon. And while all the terminals are being upgraded to support ICC, most of them are being bundled with NFC.
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