On a recent Tuesday evening with a jazz trio providing the music, law student Jeff Gallas, the owner of a few thousand euros' worth of Bitcoins, was tucking into a beefburger. Patzer, 47, who typically trades by night and sleeps by day, is also the owner of Room 77, a popular bar in the Graefekiez, which has become a magnet for Bitcoin enthusiasts in the German capital. "Kreuzberg is traditionally an area in which people are very politically aware, critical towards existing systems and are constantly discussing and looking for alternatives to them, which makes it the perfect breeding ground for Bitcoin," says Joerg Patzer, a staunch Bitcoin advocate who roams the neighbourhood with a missionary zeal in search of new recruits. The payments system, which has been viewed with scepticism elsewhere, arguably fits in well with the district's rebellious, critical, leftwing history, not least its residents' willingness to protest against the rising influence of capitalism, in particular the creeping gentrification that is threatening to envelop the district as Berlin undergoes a property boom. Its growing list of Bitcoin establishments includes a restaurant, a printing shop, a bar and boutique.Ĭommunity leaders believe that Bitcoin's ethos is embedded in a similar political consciousness to that of Kreuzberg. These two tradespeople are among around a dozen in the Graefekiez, a cosy neighbourhood established in the 19th century in the southern Berlin district of Kreuzberg, which currently boasts the highest density of businesses accepting the currency in the world. But as I have pointed out on friday: I never in my life had that much fun and was so happy about loosing something. Picture shows part of the Bitcoin crowd last friday at ROOM77, which has lost it's exclusivity being the only Bitcoin-bar in the neighbourhood that night. Concentrating on oldschool to hiphop, his record store is a meeting-point and hangout for well known DJs not only from Berlin. Nadim has an unbelievable selection of rare and hard-to-find vinyl records to offer.
You will allways and instantly feel welcomed there and meet an international audience. The owner, Paolo, will allways make sure that no customer leaves without a smile on their face.įloor and Bram are making some of the best cocktails you can find in Berlin. Gotta love the homemade antipasti, pasta, deserts and a great selection of original Italian drinks. We will add more places to this list as / if they join in.
So these are the first 4 shops (meaning brick-and-mortar bussinesses) on the Graefekiez in Berlin where you can pay in Bitcoin now. Well, I was merely standing by and smiling. While we were celebrating Bitcoin Friday and partying away with a lot of Bitcoiners at ROOM77, our enabler-team (Yossarian, Goonie, Ente and me, aka the Crypto Economics Consultig Group) went out to enable three other places in our neighbourhood to accept Bitcoin. We would like to announce the rollout of what we call 'the Bitcoin-Kiez' ('Kiez' being Berliner slang for 'neighbourhood'). (mods I know you will want to move this to 'marketplace' but I believe it has some significance and should stay out here at least for a little while )
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