[luke_s]

Really? I'm kind of amazed by this whole thing - I never thought there would be a desire to purchase bitcoins in real life with physical cash. I always thought of it more as a online thing people would do via exchanges, smart phone apps, etc.

If you don't mind me asking - Where was the machine? Why were you buying bitcoins there vs just using an online exchange?

[lewispollard]

I guess it adds another layer on anonymity to it. Online exchanges often require your name and address, and even if they don't, you're probably going to be funding it via a debit card or bank account which can be traced back to you. By using cash, there's no way of identifying who purchased the bitcoins (except via cctv I guess)

[selectstar]

Whatever the location, you can imagine the CCTV that will be around them when they appear in the wild.

[ok_craig]

It was at the money2020 conference and I work in the bitcoin industry so I was naturally curious.