We’re now able to accept Bitcoin at How a Car Works. Thanks to Stripe’s simple integration it just took one line of code. I just tested it and the process works beautifully for both customers and vendors. It’s quicker, neater and cheaper than card payment. Making a Bitcoin payment doesn’t feel so natural just yet, but that’s because of habit rather than any fundamentals. There’s nothing natural about typing a non-changing 16 digit number and a date into a form.

There’s also a fundamental difference. If I give my credit card details to someone I am allowing them to take whatever sum of money they choose. I’m not actually making a payment, I’m allowing them to take a payment. They can tell me they’ll take $10, and actually charge me $1,000 - I won’t know until I check a statement. With Bitcoin I choose the amount that I ‘send’.

The price of Bitcoin has been falling steadily for eight months, but in that time there have been some big steps forward for adoption. I’m excited.