We spoke with the guys behind the bitcoins for pizza startup:

A New Startup Lets You Buy Pizza with Bitcoins, But the Dollar Still Rules | Motherboard

We spoke with the guys behind the bitcoins for pizza startup:

Pizza For Coins is a deep internet enthusiast's dream start-up. The site allows users to order Dominos Pizza delivery with bitcoins , perfect for those who love eating cinna-sticks as they browse through Silk Road, but are not fans of the Federal Reserve or PayPal. For a .09BTC fee - close to $2 based on today's conversion rate - 'patrons' can use the cryptocurrency to order, say, a large 14" pizza (sans-toppings) for a total of .72BTC, or about $18. It's no 5-5-5 deal, but the opportunity to use bitcoins at a large, well-known company marks a change in the bitcoin game, even if it's going through a middleman. I talked to Matt and Riley, the creators of Pizza For Coins, and they clarified a few things about their just-out-the-oven fresh site that launched on February 5th. The company "does not have a legal partnership with Domino's Pizza, but we do have an account with the...

Full article: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/bitcoin-pizza-shopping

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