The Bitcoin ATM : cross and delight of fans of Bitcoin around the world. After the "distributor of bitcoin" unidirectional weblog Lamassu, installed a few months ago in Udine by Luca Dordolo, comes the bi-directional, produced by the American Robocoin and imported from startup Robocoin Italian Federico Pecoraro. After a period of testing carried out thanks to the collaboration of the Italian community of fans of Bitcoin the device is now ready to be opened to the public.
With his two feet high and half a ton of weight, the machine is very convenient and easy to use, but does not fulfill the promise of much pseudo-anonymity that many appreciate the Bitcoin protocol. To use it the first time will be necessary, in order: register for the service with your cell phone number, enter the code that will be sent via sms from the system, place your hand on a handheld scanner, have their picture taken from the car and scan the tax code and license. Once this is done within 5 minutes you can already operate, so just log in, choose the amount to load the address of your wallet (or create one) and insert the cash.
At this point the bitcoin will be loaded and the machine will provide a paper receipt accompanied by a text message confirmation. To sell bitcoins instead have to authenticate, enter the amount, collect a receipt with two QR-code , scan one of them with its own smartphone app - the same used to pay with bitcoin in stores - and scan the other to withdraw cash. The machine operates online leaning on the website of the American exchange Bitstamp , thus offering exchange rates based on the price of bitcoins on that Exchange. Needless to say, all the environment related to Bitcoin in Italy anxiously awaited this moment, not so much because they lack the ability to buy bitcoin, far from it, but because, in fact, Italy is the only major European country that has not yet an ATM bidirectional in operation. Not for long apparently.
For more complete information, it must be said that there are alternatives in the Italian sauce for a long time, between these BitBoat of Thomas Bertani Verona - which also offers the possibility to change euro in bitcoin through credit cards as Postepay or Superflash - or as I said the distributor of Lamassu Udine , and others will appear in the future. However, even in this field the competition can only benefit the environment, not to mention that it is without doubt a great opportunity to talk about Bitcoin in the light of the sun as a great innovation and opportunity rather than as a coin dangerous and dark.
Ultimately even begin to book a ticket to Rome on June 26 if you want to participate in a page in the history of criptovalute in Italy.