31 May Hong Kong Vending Machines Choose BCH Over BTC
After Roger Ver posted a video of a Hong Kong vending machine accepting Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and not Bitcoin (BTC), trader and YouTuber Tone Vays claimed Ver paid for the vending machine to avoid accepting BTC. Ver denied such claims.
Ver demoed a Honk Kong vending machine accepting BCH
Ver, an outspoken proponent of BCH, posted a May 29 video on Twitter of a Hong Kong vending machine accepting BCH, Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Coin (BNB) — but not BTC. “There’s no Bitcoin accepted at all,” Ver said in the video, noting the coin’s high fees and network traffic.
The topics of fees and network speed have been a sticking point in recent years among the crypto community, as various solutions such as the Lightning Network, look to help BTC scale.
Tone Vays pipes up saying Ver paid for the vending unit
Popular trader and crypto YouTuber, Tone Vays, responded to Ver’s video, accusing the BCH proponent of paying for the vending machine’s hosting of BCH instead of BTC.
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