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Earlier, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) General Manager Strategic Planning and Development, Roel Hellemons said that many people around the world have actually made money with cryptocurrency investments and many of these people travel internationally, so it is sensible to facilitate digital currency transactions at their terminals.
Brisbane airport is the first cryptocurrency airport terminal according to reports from local media. The airport has worked with local and international companies to make the entire terminal cryptocurrency-friendly with doors, coffee shops and restaurants accepting Bitcoin, Ether and Dash. The move to digital currencies makes sense for the airport as the number of crypto-investors increases according to Roel Hellemons, the general manager of strategic planning and development, many people around the world have made money investing in cryptocurrency and a lot of these people travel internationally. So it makes sense to offer digital currency experience within the terminals. The airport partnered with Travelbybit, a cryptocurrency payment system in order to allow travellers the ability to buy digitally. The move highlights Australiansโ growing warmth about cryptocurrencies and digital payment methods in spite of negative perspectives from several other countries like the recent ban from China and the threats from South Korea, this move in the Australian airport was a welcome change for crypto-investors.
โWeโre also proud to be the first airport in the world to achieve this in partnership with a small local start-up business such as TravelbyBit, whose pioneering thinking is drawing attention to Brisbane as a serious breeding ground of innovative thinking. โThis is just the beginning for us as we hope to expand the digital currency option across the business, so watch this space,โ Mr Hellemons said.
Brisbane Airport is only the starting point for digital currency travelers. TravelbyBit has built a network of merchants throughout Brisbane who take payments in digital currencies. From airport transport to luxury hotel accommodation and food and entertainment venue in Brisbaneโs Fortitude Valley which has been rebranded by locals as โCrypto Valleyโ. More than 20 merchants in the area now take digital currency payments.
Caleb Yeoh, CEO of TravelbyBit, said, โWe are building a genuine use case for cryptocurrencies in the tourism industry. The application of digital currencies in this sector makes a lot of sense. Source
If you frequently travel internationally, you have probably endured the expenses and hassle of having to exchange fiat currencies at kiosks, banks or money changers. Promoting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as an international currency or mode of payment really makes sense from this standpoint. Another promising development that may help this idea take off is news about the Lightning network. Let's have a look at it for a moment.
What is the Lightning Network?
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It is one of the most talked about possible solutions for Bitcoinโs scalability problem. We might discuss it in more detail depending on future news. For now, itโs good to have a little bit of an idea of what it is all about. The lightning network is a second layer solution which is supposed to handle transactions in a way that banks do wire transfers. With the analogy of fiat currencies, banks cannot transfer physical money as fast as they can do a wire transfer. So everytime we process a transaction, our bank balance gets updated immediately but no physical money gets moved immediately. The bank collectively adjusts their balances and move physical money to where itโs needed, letโs say, at the end of every business day. The lightning network is analogous to online banking. It gravitates towards centralization at first glance but it can still be considered a peer-to-peer network. It can make transactions faster because the users donโt need to wait for the blockchain to get updated to complete a transaction. The โwaitingโ for the actual Bitcoin to get moved on the blockchain is done in the first layer and the wallet balances are updated sooner in the second layer. I think itโs the easiest way to understand it. If the Lightning network goes mainstream, we can see even bigger news in the future. Bitcoin payments will be much faster and more convenient. Transaction fees will be much lower too as actual Bitcoin transactions are collectively handled by the network on the back end. -Much like armored cars transferring coins and paper bills every day. Weโll no longer wait for half an hour or so to send or receive Bitcoin if we transact on the Lightning network. If this idea takes off and the network becomes a really big web that processes Bitcoin payments, Bitcoin will definitely go mainstream and its value may even reach $30K according to some analysts.
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Wow, this is great news! I wonder what measures they were looking at when selecting which cryptocurrencies to accept. Dash, Ether, and Bitcoin are all top coins, but it would be interesting to see what caused all parties to agree on accepting these 3.
If anyone has any ideas please share!
When negative news dominates, This is a positive news indeed.
It is positive.
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Nigerian musicians are now accepting Bitcoin as payment
Lol. Not yet. Hopefully they learn from 50 cent and start accepting bitcoins as payments
Wizkid accepted Bitcoin as payment
He did? For which of his album or single?
I hope that the Philippines will follow suit. Bitcoin is as good as cash, if it can be spent anywhere.
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it would be a dream for this to hand in LAX. Very good news nonetheless, international level stuff!
It's still a dream but it's very nice to think about Bitcoin as an international currency as English is an international language.
This is great development for the crypto world! I hope other industries will follow!
I hope so. Thanks for your comment.
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At this rate,i think crypto currency would dominate so many currencies and stories about stolen or misplaced cash would reduce...it's a very nice improvement
Air company AIRBALTIC from Latvia also takes Bitcoin as a payment method for tickets, i was kind of surprised to see this ... While everything btc-related is still dead in Latvia, and taxation system is very shady and not-modern :(
Wow. The next 10 years are gonna be incredible to see, and experience!
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very amazing. Thank for sharing.
Thats awesome! I think in next 5 to 10 years fiat currency might get converted in digital currency.
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That's amazing I hope one day, somebody get to endorse SBD
I'm very new to crypto and I can't understand how a traditional company such as Brisbane airport can trade in it when it is so volatile. Are they hoping that the ups and down will cancel each other out? Or will they be constantly adjusting their prices?
yes it is true that crypto currencies will enrich day by day .hope we can also benefited from it.
Would they be using TOA coins by any chance?
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great news
I am excited to see crypto starting to show up in airports
this is great news seeing cryptos go mainstream, this will help a lot of travellers who have coins in their wallet
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A sigh of relief. Nothing can stop it.
I like this idea. My credit card company gets all nervous when I travel and use my Visa in other countries, crypto I don't have to worry about that stuff
Wow ! This is great news !! Thanks for sharing !!
Well done Brisbane! That's the idea to spend abroad in one currency like Etherium.
Very interesting news!
That's awesome news! Soon others will follow
This is awesome news. With currency savings deteriorating (because of inflation & other factors), cryptos are the future..
This is the best news ever
a good positive research the current and future invasion of cryptocurrency,...a nice work
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good news
Its is actually such a great news because i was beginning to get worried because of the accumulation instead of spending crypos just yesterday and i made a post about it on my page.
Glad to read so much good news! The evolution of cryptocurrencies and blockchain is going wery fast. I wish our governments will be so opened for it some day. ( Estonia is perfect example).
Cant wait more news like this one
Cryptocurrency gonna change the financial system in coming time...
Maybe other cities around the world will adopt this first mover initiative!
yeah did this an article about this the other day, but you will not find me using my bitcoins for everyday transactions...
Cryptomonedas estan empezando a demostrar su valor real, solo hay que darle tiempo....
Cool! Hope I can take advantage of that offer one of these days. Cheers!:')
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Hopefully, Phillipines will look into this option and do the same too, because more and more Filipinos are engaging in cryptocurrency.
Is just about time to adopted on basic level to really change the future!