Elon Musk drives the crypto world crazy. Bitcoin suffered two big increases when Tesla announced that it bought 1.25 billion dollars in bitcoins last February, and then when at the end of March they accepted the purchase of their cars with this cryptocurrency. Now, he has made them fall by stating that Bitcoin consumes too much electricity and that they are going to look for other alternatives. However, you can still buy bitcoin on many other sites, and we are going to collect ten of them.
The energy consumption of the bitcoin network does not stop growing, and each transaction consumes about 1,100 kWh, enough to provide electricity for an average home for 2 months, and where it already consumes almost as much electricity as Norway. If it were a country, it would be 29th in consumption.
In addition, something similar to gold happens to bitcoin, where it is not very comfortable to use to carry out transactions. In the case of bitcoin, we have a slow and highly saturated blockchain due to the limited size of its blocks, and transaction costs that reached over $ 60 a few weeks ago. Currently, this cost is around $ 14.5 , which is still high, but justifiable if we are going to make a large purchase. Let’s see where we can pay with bitcoin.
Flights and hotels
If you are going on a trip this summer, there are several hotel and flight websites that accept bitcoin as a means of payment. These include Destinia for flights and hotels, while Expedia accepts payments to book hotels, but not yet for flights or other activities. In the case of Expedia , the payment is processed through Coinbase.
Games
Buying video games using cryptocurrencies is another very comfortable thing that we can do. For example, key pages like G2A or Instant Gaming allow you to pay with bitcoin.
Clothing
If you like to keep up with fashion and want to use your capital gains to dress better, there are several clothing stores that accept payments with cryptocurrencies, such as Showroomprive, Overstock or Shopify .
Gift cards
Gift cards are a quick way to give someone a gift, and there are websites that allow you to buy them. Among them we find Bitrefill, eGyfter or Gyft . In the case of the first, we can buy cards from platforms such as Amazon, Netflix or Airbnb.
Adult content
Some adult content pages also accept bitcoin as a means of payment. Among them we find the popular Pornhub , and also others such as Naughty America , one of the largest producers in the industry.
Gadgets and computing
If you like to buy gadgets or the latest in technology, there are pages like Gearbest or the second-hand store CeX that allow you to make purchases with this cryptocurrency. On Amazon it can also be paid, although indirectly through third parties.
Food
Although the amounts are not usually very high, there are restaurants that accept payment with cryptocurrencies. In the case of Starbucks, for example, it is similar to Amazon, where payment can be made through third parties. A convenient place to find out where they accept it is Coinmap , which shows us a map of all nearby establishments that allow you to pay with cryptocurrencies, such as restaurants, coffee shops, etc.
VPN
ExpressVPN and ProtonVPN , two of the largest VPN services in the world, allow you to buy subscriptions using bitcoin, which further helps to guarantee the anonymity of the transactions we make to surf the Internet safely.
Domains
If you want to buy a domain for a web page, Namecheap accepts payments to buy a hosting. We can also make payments in WordPress with bitcoin, and in other portals such as Bitdomain or Hostinger .
Donations
If you just want to make a quick and anonymous donation, you have the option of doing it on Wikipedia, Save the Children or Greenpeace.
