10 Amazing luxurious things you can buy with Bitcoin today
By SaTT on The Capital
Cryptocurrency has really gained a lot of attention, it has come a long way from the relatively unknown “digital money” that it was over 10 years ago when Bitcoin launched. Bitcoin is regarded as the father of all cryptocurrencies as it paved the way for the many cryptocurrencies that are in existence today. Although the whole world is yet to fully adopt this new form of money that operates on a distributed ledger technology, it really has received amazing acceptance considering the level of resistance it was met during its early days.
During bitcoin’s early days, precisely 2010, when it was not worth as much as it does today, a man named Lazlo Hanyez, who is now popularly known as the bitcoin pizza guy, made the first real-world use of bitcoin by purchasing two of Papa John’s Pizza that was worth $30 for 10,000 BTC! As at the time of that transaction, the deal looked like a bargain, but in today’s world, 10,000 BTC is worth over $80 million! A ridiculous amount to pay for Pizza. The transaction made on that day gave rise to the ‘Bitcoin Pizza day’ that is very popular in the crypto space today.
Bitcoin really has come a long way since that eventful day, from ICOs hype to exchange hacks or major lawsuits, it has still continued to see real-world use cases and is expected to continue on that path. In today’s world, a lot of companies are beginning to accept cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin, as a form of payment, and there are a lot of amazing things that can be bought using bitcoin. 10 of those will be revealed in this article.
The River Super Ego 68’ 2012
The River Super Ego 68’ 2012 is a super exclusive speed yacht that was born and bred in Italy, a country that is known for its sexy women and elite sports car. As of 2015, this bad boy was worth around 7,500 bitcoin or 2 million dollars (over 60 million dollars in bitcoin’s current price). For a yacht that houses over 1,600 HP, has a Raymarine autopilot, a satellite decoder, is equipped with GPS and radar, has a base sound system, has its own grille and washes your plate, the yacht was a bargain at that price.
Diamonds and Gold
Of course, everyone loves diamonds and gold, especially using it as a means of diversifying portfolios. Jewellery shops like REEDS jewellers are among the shops that accept bitcoin as payment for purchases done in their stores and on their website. They also provide free armoured transport on orders that are in excess of USD 25,000.
Alienware Gaming PC
For the tech-savvy guys, the game junkies, and guys that may already be mining cryptos for themselves, it is easier to recognise a powerful computer when they see one. Newegg is a tech company that has a respectable electronic department and accepts bitcoin. Alienware is known for making amazing Area 51 boxes over the years that have focused on fast graphics processing speed.
A Golden State Warrior Season Tickets
Golden State Warriors, is one of the top basketball teams in the United States of America, and the owner of the team has made it known that bitcoin will be accepted as payment for home game tickets in the nearest future. This will be a good development for die-hard Golden State Warriors fans that are well-rooted in the crypto-verse, as they can now make payment easily and swift.
3D Printed Electric Violin
For the violin enthusiasts out there, this might come as a shocking deal but 3Dvarius, a new generation electric violin shop, accepts bitcoin to custom print and engrave a pretty neat looking violin that has either 4 or 5 strings. Their most elegant model is said to be the high-end electric concert violin that has no bells and whistles.
Fly To Space
Virgin Galactic is one of the aviation companies that accept payment in bitcoin for their suborbital flights into the OG space. Flying to space is one amazing experience that should be in everyone’s bucket list, and a spot for this can be reserved with payment made in bitcoin.
Rolex Watch
Overstock is an online store that sells brand new timepieces and accepts payment in bitcoin. A decent pre-owned Rolex can be bought on the store and payment made in bitcoin.
Charter of Yacht
Yacht Base is a company that allows for the charter of yachts for a one-way and round trip to the Caribbean, Croatia, Greece, & Italy, and they accept payment in bitcoin.
Tesla Model X Wheel Package
For those who already own a Tesla or two, they can consider upgrading their wheels and purchase a full set of Turbine wheels and Pirelli Scorpion Tires with payment made in bitcoin.
Blings
For the fashion freaks, who see owning a 14 karat gold chain as something interesting or fun, they can already get a piece for themselves with payment made in bitcoin at the Allurez Diamond and Fine Jewellery shop.
These are just a list of things that can be gotten with payment made in bitcoin. There are so many other that bitcoin can buy and will be more as it gets mainstream adoption. In this article, we have focused on luxury items for moonboy’s, but there are many more mundane items that can be purchased in Bitcoin. With the growth of credit cards linked to your crypto wallet like Coinbase, will we soon see the crypto community making their daily purchases in crypto?