{"id":569,"date":"2013-11-23T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2020-10-07T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T11:41:46","slug":"newegg-considering-adding-bitcoin-payment-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/newegg-considering-adding-bitcoin-payment-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Newegg Considering Adding Bitcoin as Payment Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-570\" alt=\"Newegg Twitter Bitcoin Possibility\" src=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Newegg-Twitter-Bitcoin-Possibility.jpg?resize=471%2C216\" width=\"471\" height=\"216\"><\/p>\n<p>Popular online electronics retailer Newegg hinted at potentially accepting Bitcoin payments for products in the future <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newegg\/status\/4042994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in a tweet<\/a>. When asked by Twitter user <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thedatascape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@thedatascape<\/a>, &#8220;Do you have any plans to add Bitcoin as a one of your payment methods?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The response? Quite simply, &#8220;It&#8217;s a possibility, #staytuned :)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is it definitive proof that they&#8217;ll be accepting Bitcoin? We can&#8217;t say for certain, but things are certainly looking optimistic. If they do, Newegg will join a landscape of more and more big companies accepting the digital currency. Most recently, <a title=\"Virgin Galactic to Accept Bitcoin Payments for Space Flights\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2013\/11\/22\/virgin-galactic-accept-bitcoin-payments-space-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">Virgin Galactic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular online electronics retailer Newegg hinted at potentially accepting Bitcoin payments for products in the future in a tweet. When asked by Twitter user @thedatascape, &#8220;Do you have any plans to add Bitcoin as a one of your payment methods?&#8221; The response? Quite simply, &#8220;It&#8217;s a possibility, #staytuned :)&#8221; Is it definitive proof that they&#8217;ll be accepting Bitcoin? We can&#8217;t say for certain, but things are certainly looking optimistic. If they do, Newegg will join a landscape of more and more big companies accepting the digital currency. Most recently, Virgin Galactic. More information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,1119,3153,11,4257,4524],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-newegg","tag-news","tag-twitter","tag-xbt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Newegg Considering Adding Bitcoin as Payment Option<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Popular online electronics retailer Newegg hinted at potentially accepting Bitcoin payments for products in the future in a tweet. 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