Restaurant in Beijing accepts bitcoin  

北京有商家支持比特币 全球1400家店支持

在被投资者疯狂追逐的同时，众多商户也看中了比特币的应用前景。昨日记者了解到，北京一家餐馆已开启了比特币支付。据了解，这家餐馆位于朝阳大悦城。服务员称，该店从11月底开始接受比特币支付。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – A restaurant in Beijing has begun accepting bitcoin as a form of payment since the end of last month, the Beijing News said Thursday.

A customer who consumed at the restaurant, which is located at Joy City shopping mall in Chaoyang District, paid his 650-yuan bill with 0.13 in bitcoin.

Customers can pay their bills by transferring bitcoins to a designated account, a waiter at the restaurant said.

Statistics from a currency atlas website show that over 1,400 physical shops in the world accept bitcoin. Most are based in the US and European countries, and less than 20 are in China.

But quite a few online stores in China have accepted the digital money. Jiasule.baidu.com announced its support for bitcoin in October. Around 200 items currently on taobao.com can be purchased with it.

A bitcoin was traded for US$1,117 on Wednesday on Mt. Gox, an online platform for bitcoin transactions.