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It is not possible to buy/pay something at SBB with bitcoins and a customer needs to provide a mobile phone number/personal ID and is also limited to buy 5000 C
by rmoriz 10y ago
It is not possible to buy/pay something at SBB with bitcoins and a customer needs to provide a mobile phone number/personal ID and is also limited to buy 5000 CHF per year due to anti money laundering rules.
Further information: http://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/services/further-services/bitcoin.html http://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/services/further-servi...
IMHO It's (just) a proof of concept of SBB to launch selling complex 3rd party products (think: platform services) using their ticket machines, not so much about Bitcoin.
- skrebbel 10y agoWouldn't there be easier things to sell then instead of bitcoin? Like iTunes credit or pre-paid phone codes? There has to be a reason beyond "look we're a generalized automated point of sale!" to choose bitcoin?
- ar0 10y agoThe SBB Ticket machines already sell pre-paid phone top-ups and Paysafecards (cards that can be used for payment in some online shops). So this is really just adding another vendor (SweePay) to this platform.
- jb613 10y agoI suspect that selling iTunes credit or pre-paid phone codes requires adhering to all kinds of rules and agreements set by the corporations (Apple, phone corps). You can't simply build a box and slap iTunes logo on the outside - there's Trademarks involved. Then there's the government regulations and taxes to comply with. Contrast that with bitcoin - no corporations to deal with, no government rules®ulations and paperwork - all you really need is an Internet connection and and simple digital signatures. So no - I don't think iTunes or pre-paid phone codes are easier to sell than bitcoin.