Latvijas Banka brīdina par riskiem, pērkot vai mainot “Bitcoin”

Lielāka riska par Latvijas bankas un sabrauktā ezīša “veiksmes stāstu” nevar būt.

Nauda ir jebkas, ko vismaz divas puses ir ar mieru izmantot, lai apmainītos ar produktiem vai pakalpojumiem. Protams, monopolam tas nepatīk.

Es gan domāju ka Bitcoin ir tīri tehniskas problēmas pastāvēt nākotnē – bet par to ka tiek pārtraukts monetārais monopols. Tiesa, bitcoin to nepaveiks.

Lai nu kā…

airBaltic – World’s First Airline To Accept Bitcoin

Riga. 22.07.2014

Latvian airline airBaltic has become the world’s first airline to accept Bitcoin as payment for its tickets to 60 destinations in Europe, Middle East, Russia and the CIS.

Martin Gauss, airBaltic Chief Executive Officer: “airBaltic has been ranked among TOP 10 most innovative airlines globally. Introducing the Bitcoin payment option is a part of our innovative approach to service with a central focus on our customer.”

airBaltic accepts Bitcoin as payment for tickets on its website http://www.airbaltic.com. The ticket prices on the website are displayed in euros. When airBaltic customers pay for their flight, their Bitcoins are converted into euros at the current exchange rate. To make accepting Bitcoin possible, airBaltic teamed up with Bitpay, a third-party payment processor that converts Bitcoins into euros. The Bitcoin payment option is available when purchasing the cheapest tickets, known as airBaltic Basic class.

Bitcoin is a software-based payment system introduced in 2009. Payments are recorded in a public ledger and bitcoin is its unit of account. Bitcoin payments are accepted by such companies as WordPress.com, Overstock.com, Expedia, Dell, and others.

As announced recently, airBaltic achieved a net profit of EUR +1 million for the full year of 2013, one year ahead of the initial business turnaround schedule. airBaltic serves 60 destinations with direct flights from its home base in Riga, Latvia. From every one of these, airBaltic offers convenient connections via North Hub Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, CIS and the Middle East.

https://www.airbaltic.com/airbaltic-worlds-first-airline-to-accept-bitcoin

“Bitcoin” nav valūta, tam nav likumīga maksāšanas līdzekļa statusa un tas neatbilst

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