{"id":9598,"date":"2013-12-25T08:57:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T16:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=9598"},"modified":"2017-04-25T04:20:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:20:24","slug":"from-eatery-to-meetup-entrepreneurs-increasingly-accepting-bitcoins-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/from-eatery-to-meetup-entrepreneurs-increasingly-accepting-bitcoins-in-india","title":{"rendered":"From eatery to meetup, entrepreneurs increasingly accepting \u2018bitcoins\u2019 in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Indu Nandakumar, ET Bureau<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>BANGALORE: Tarun Thadani, the proprietor of a vintage-themed pizza outlet in the posh Worli area of Mumbai, thinks he is making history. On Saturday, his restaurant Kolonial announced that its patrons can pay in bitcoins instead of rupees, thus laying claim to the title of being India\u2019s first eatery to accept the new-age currency. \u201cRight now, people are a bit sceptical about bitcoins, but it\u2019s going to become big. I am testing the waters,\u201d said Thadani, 30, who is a bitcoin owner and a host to several bitcoin meetups at Kolonial.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The only other business establishment in India which accepts bitcoins is Mumbai\u2019s Castle Blue spa and salon. In Bangalore, the technology startup accelerator Microsoft Ventures Accelerator is doing its bit for bitcoin by lending its office space to host the country\u2019s first Bitcoin meetup of 2014 in India\u2019s tech capital.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/emerging-businesses\/startups\/from-eatery-to-meetup-entrepreneurs-increasingly-accepting-bitcoins-in-india\/articleshow\/27871965.cms\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position: fixed; top: 0px; left: -99999px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #ffffff;\">BANGALORE: Tarun Thadani, the proprietor of a vintage-themed pizza outlet in the posh Worli area of Mumbai, thinks he is making history. On Saturday, his restaurant Kolonial announced that its patrons can pay in bitcoins instead of rupees, thus laying claim to the title of being India\u2019s first eatery to accept the new-age currency. \u201cRight now, people are a bit sceptical about bitcoins, but it\u2019s going to become big. I am testing the waters,\u201d said Thadani, 30, who is a bitcoin owner and a host to ..<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-siae: 12px; font-family: arial;\">Read more at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\"><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\">http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms\u2026aign=cppst<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position: fixed; top: 0px; left: -99999px; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #ffffff;\">BANGALORE: Tarun Thadani, the proprietor of a vintage-themed pizza outlet in the posh Worli area of Mumbai, thinks he is making history. On Saturday, his restaurant Kolonial announced that its patrons can pay in bitcoins instead of rupees, thus laying claim to the title of being India\u2019s first eatery to accept the new-age currency. \u201cRight now, people are a bit sceptical about bitcoins, but it\u2019s going to become big. I am testing the waters,\u201d said Thadani, 30, who is a bitcoin owner and a host to ..<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-siae: 12px; font-family: arial;\">Read more at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\"><a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\">http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/27871965.cms\u2026aign=cppst<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Indu Nandakumar, ET Bureau BANGALORE: Tarun Thadani, the proprietor of a vintage-themed pizza outlet in the posh Worli area of Mumbai, thinks he is making history. 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