“ Bitcoin is a cheat code! » The formula is rather well found and we owe it to a certain Peter McCormack, an original and endearing personality from the cryptosphere. This enthusiast of Bitcoinhost of the successful podcast What Bitcoin doesbought his hometown football club in December 2021. He decided to use cryptocurrency to raise awareness about Real Bedford and to stimulate economic activity around its core team. And the gentleman has been emulated since today, we are going to discover how a football club of the first division Bulgarian decided to do more or less the same thing. When Bitcoin takes off, we’re bound to be in the stands to tell you about it!
The Bulgarian club in the city of Plovdiv now accepts bitcoin payments
Just to make sure you haven’t lost anyone, cheat code is a form of secret code, sequence of keys, password which allows, in a video game, to have magical powers, an extra life, in short, a little something extra compared to other players.
And that’s a bit like how the club officials Plovdiv are considering Bitcoin for their team: a little something extra. On October 31, supporters were happy to learn on social networks that their club would now accept bitcoin payments.
More precisely, for the moment it is a question of shop of the club, which offers jerseys and derivative products bearing the image of the club, and also all stands open on match days. The management of Botev Plovdiv FC also plans to extend it to Ticketing and at site Internet. From a technical point of view, the club has a partnership with BTCPay Server, a payment protocol open-source created by Nicolas Dorier. The Frenchman also supervised the installation and supports the club’s transformation efforts. Finally, all payment equipment for all points of sale was provided by CryptoDesk.bg, in collaboration with Bitcoinize.com. You will have understood by reading these last lines, all these payments will be made on the Lightning Network (LN), the layer 2 star of Bitcoin.
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On this subject, the president of the club, more than a hundred years old, Anton Zingarevich made the following statement:
“We anticipate that bitcoin payments will become as common as the Internet in our daily lives. This integration [du LN] not only matches our vision, but also provides our fans and partners with a very convenient service. »
Anton Zingarevich, president of Botev Plovdiv FC – Source: Cointelegraph
Now let’s hear what it says George Manolovthe Bitcoin Director of Botev Plovdiv FC (yes, yes, there is a Bitcoin Director in the club now!):
“At Botev, we are excited to lead these innovations in the sport to elevate our club to unprecedented heights. As the oldest football club in Bulgaria, expect new products and innovations from us! »
George Manolov, Director of Bitcoin at Botev Plovdiv FC – Source: Cointelegraph
Finally, know that the club took the opportunity to completely redo its website, to remodel all of its social networks (in English) and even created an account on Nostr, a decentralized social network.
Peter McCormackthe pioneer of the genre, welcomed the approach by emphasizing the interest for sports clubs in general to embrace these new technologies, while recognizing that it was also a very good thing for Bitcoin to be popularized among a wide audience.
The club decided to make this announcement a few days before the big derby against historic rivals Lokomotiv Plovdiv, which also ended in a goalless draw. But the important thing was elsewhere and by communicating the October 31 on the arrival of Bitcoin in the club, the wink with the birthday of the White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto was simply perfect. Вперёд, Ботев Пловдив! (Go Botev Plovdiv FC!)
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