🍞 Innovation often arrives where it’s least expected. In Germany, a country known for its strict rules, bureaucracy, and love of cash, one bakery decided to go against the grain. Now, you can pay for fresh bread, croissants, or a classic Berlin pretzel with bitcoin.
At first glance, it looks like a curiosity: why pay for a roll with a digital asset that once cost just a few cents and today trades above $60,000? Yet behind this step lies an important signal – cryptocurrencies are becoming not only objects of investment or speculation but are also entering everyday life.
Why does it matter?
- A test of society’s readiness. Germans, traditionally cautious in financial experiments, now have the chance to “live on bitcoin” starting with a cup of coffee.
- A demonstration of convenience. A fast Lightning Network transaction allows a customer to pay for a bun as quickly as with a card – sometimes even faster.
- Marketing for business. The bakery instantly made it into global news and social media – advertising that would have cost a fortune in euros.
The crypto community, of course, didn’t miss the chance to react. On social media, people joked: “This bakery holds more bitcoin than the German government.”
The joke, by the way, isn’t without irony. In 2024, the German authorities sold nearly 50,000 BTC at around $56,000 per coin, making about $2.8 billion. Today, that sum could be worth much more, and many argue that the government acted hastily.
The contrast is striking: the state is getting rid of digital gold, while a small family business is accepting it and accumulating it. The story resembles the classic tale of how large systems often lag behind the times, while smaller players can afford to experiment.
📌 A Bun for Bitcoin – a Symbol of the Future?
For most customers, it’s still an exotic novelty, but the trend is visible. More and more establishments in Europe are starting to accept cryptocurrencies: from coffee shops in Berlin to hotels in the Alps. And although such payments today account for only fractions of a percent, the symbolic significance is huge – bitcoin is stepping out of the “virtual” into the sphere of the everyday.
Perhaps in just a few years, no one will be surprised that for a morning espresso we pay not with a coin from our wallet, but with satoshis from our phone.
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