It's good to see Bitcoin grow in smaller communities where even someone from there was surprised to see such developments. In places like this, what they usually do is use a payment processor which helps in facilitating the transaction.

It's only in a few cases I have seen a direct shop that accepts Bitcoin paymentne on-chain; it's always either through a centralized payment gateway which both the merchant and the buyer can use to transact. Either way, it's a good move, but even if I were to patronize the shop, I would not want to pay with Bitcoin; I would prefer to use another payment option and hide my holding/involvement in crypto from the outside world.

It’s unexpected but really good to see that stores even in rural areas are brave enough to implement bitcoin in their businesses. If there’s a place you’d expect bitcoin to be used, it’s usually not the rural areas because most of the time they are always a few steps behind the urban cities when it comes to technology and innovation. He must wait and I’m sure him being one of the first to use bitcoin in your area will benefit him.

It depends on the person who is using btc as some will find it convenient but I believe, a lot will think that it is just wasting btc when you use it for payment purposes. If the transaction fees are high, I would say, better convert your crypto to your fiat and just use the fiat for payment. Sometimes, it is indeed not practical to use your crypto directly. Much better if you convert it and use the fiat. With that, just assess the situation and you can surely opt for better deals with your crypto. Offering such service would attract some curious people, and who knows, it will be start of their journey with btc?

I know about it lol, but I will not report what he is doing because I think that it is not a crime to receive bitcoin at your store, moreover this is just a small shop and the product he sells is not so much.. so it's fine in my opinion. And also not far from the shop there is a police station and sometimes I see the police buying their cellphone credit there  . It seems that people in this rural area are not too complicated in this matter, unless you are in the city, the rules may be tighter.


I did not see that it was a ridiculous thing. He simply included Bitcoin on the payment option for its users, he never forced people to make payments using bitcoin, so basically people were free to make payments with fiat, e-wallet, or bitcoin. Even though there are regulations that prohibit merchants to receive bitcoin to their stores, but I feel that the owner of this shop is a liberal, he does not care too much about government rules as long as he does not harm others ... and to be honest I like the perspective of him who does not care about the slightest of the silly government rules for bitcoin payment.

I also quite like merchants who are willing to accept Bitcoin as payment because it indicates that they have knowledge about Bitcoin and know where to bring Bitcoin when they want to cash it into fiat. And of course there is nothing wrong with that because besides there is no coercion for others, it also doesn't harm others because at the time of payment everyone can have two choices, namely the usual fiat option or the Bitcoin option if the person has Bitcoin and is willing to use Bitcoin for that.

In addition, it can also be a promotion that in that place can accept Bitcoin for those who do not have cash in their wallet so that it can be used directly without having to convert it to fiat. So there is nothing ridiculous about something like that even though some people may not be willing to spend Bitcoin just to buy vouchers or other things in small shops like that because for me personally it is still better to use fiat to buy anything rather than using Bitcoin which is getting harder to get.

If I may ask, as the shop owner uses bitcoin for payments, is he specifically receiving the bitcoins from clients? Does he also uses bitcoin to buy the shop goods as well? Because if we can tell ourselves the truth, it's not a profitable approach for such described (small retail shop) to facilitate on bitcoin accepting and sending out bitcoin for payments process.
As the case maybe, the shop serves as investment which the investors goal is to explore by the profits that may be yield from the shop but since bitcoin is a volatile currency and we know the market liquidity doesn't always go high but fluctuates, the bankroll of the shop could be diminished because it'd profer the owner losses.
However, as a  still growing business person, it's only advised to accept the bitcoin and hodl it which as well serves as alternative source where you stack your savings instead of the bank while it's owes you the certainty of yielding incomes in the long run while targeting the market movements.

Op never mentioned that BTC is illegal in his country and if it were not legal, there is no way this merchant will accept BTC payment in his shop, neither will he display the name 'BTC cell' right in the front of his shop. If it were illegal, i am sure this merchant would have been reported to the authorities and would probably have been prosecuted.