Has anyone paid with bitcoin yet?

Today was my turn trying to pay with bitcoin at a Square merchant.

We ordered take out from a restaurant near us. I knew they used Square but we haven't eaten there since the bitcoin rollout. The online payment options didn't have bitcoin but I figured I could still ask about it when I went in to pick up our food.

There was no line, so I asked the cashier if anyone has paid in bitcoin yet. She said no and hadn't heard of that being an option. I told her that Square had supposedly enabled it on all their terminals.

This is a place we've eaten a bunch of times, so this was a friendly chat and I was just coming at it as someone who was curious about the situation. I asked her if we could try to figure out if it was an option and I'd buy a dessert if we found it. After we scrolled through the payment options (of which their are a bunch) looking for it, she told me the owner hasn't updated the system in a long time.

It was a little disappointing but I'll ask again next time and make the same offer of buying some pie or whatever if they can turn it on. The interaction was much less awkward than I expected (really not at all awkward). I think the curiosity angle will work well for me in the future.

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