Amsterdam is one of my favourite places in the world and now I have another reason to love it more than I ever did! Because Schiphol Airport has installed a Bitcoin ATM which will allow you to exchange your leftover Euros for Bitcoin as well as Ethereum cryptocurrency!
This has made Schiphol airport the first one of its kind in the European Union. The Bitcoin ATM has been installed for an initial 6 month trial period where they will assess the demand for such a service amongst passengers travelling through its terminals.
Starting now, passengers at Schiphol can exchange their leftover euros for Bitcoin or Ethereum at a ‘Bitcoin ATM’. The ATM is a trial and Schiphol is the first European airport to offer this service.
“Schiphol is constantly looking for ways to innovate and provide optimum service to passengers,” says Tanja Dik, director of Consumer Products & Services at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. “With the Bitcoin ATM, we hope to provide a useful service to passengers by allowing them to easily exchange ‘local’ euros for the ‘global’ cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum. That can be beneficial if, for instance, it’s not possible to spend euros in their home country.”
This Bitcoin ATM has been installed at Arrival Hall 2 as well as in the corridor to Departure Halls 1 & 2. They are easily located and allows thousands of passengers departing from this airport to change their cash money for cryptocurrency.
According to their official announcement:
This trial is the result of cooperation between Schiphol and the Dutch company ByeleX Data Solutions BV, ‘The Byecoin Company’. “We are excited that Schiphol is willing to join us in exploring ways to introduce passengers to the new cryptoreality,” according to ByeleX director Herman Vissia.
Can the Dutch get any more cooler than this?
This move is highly welcome and infact it's revolutionary. It's incredible how the Dutch have warmed upto to the changes happening in the financial world.
On my previous two European trips, Schiphol was my main airport for flights in and out for EU region and I preferred to exit without carrying any Euros on me as changing it later for INR means taking a slight hit anyways so I might as well change it for cryptocurrency. It's just perfect!
I dream of the day when we can purchase Steem through an ATM like this one!
What do you think about such a move? Is it a good move and are you interested in using this facility if you were to fly to Amsterdam?
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