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1. jbl0nd+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-05 23:54:04
Not quite true. This pub's changed hands now but it was possible to pay in bitcoin for several years.

https://www.wired.com/story/london-bitcoin-pub/

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2. benreg+f2[view] [source] 2026-01-06 00:12:05
>>jbl0nd+(OP)
For anyone who takes doing their taxes seriously, this is a nightmare. Every pint ordered involves a capital gain (or loss) for the buyer. At a certain point you're doing enough accounting that you might as well be running the bar yourself (or just paying in cash)!
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3. leiper+gj[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-06 02:43:00
>>benreg+f2
Depends. If you hold crypto for more than a year in Germany, gains are tax free.
4. adw+So[view] [source] 2026-01-06 03:38:12
>>jbl0nd+(OP)
Inside scoop: the pub group who owned that pub (still going, owns four in Cambridge and environs) was cofounded by Steve Early, a Cambridge computer scientist who wrote his own POS software, so it was very much a case of "yeah, that sounds like fun, I'll add it". (Until tax and primary rate risk made it not fun, so it was removed.)

The POS software's on GitHub: https://github.com/sde1000/quicktill

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5. jbl0nd+DUq[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-14 00:01:34
>>adw+So
That's brilliant insight, thank you. I enjoyed reading Steve's extensive read me.

Also I'm planning a trip to Cambridge so I've bookmarked one of the pubs for a visit.

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