RENT
Want to pay your rent with bitcoin? It just might be the wave of the future. ManageGo, a rental platform based in Brooklyn, N.Y., uses online and mobile apps to facilitate payments between landlords and tenants. Starting in 2018, the company began accepting bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin for payments, converting them immediately into U.S. dollars.
ONLINE DATING SUBSCRIPTION
The proliferation of fast-dating apps such as Tinder have all but obliterated the stigma that used to accompany online dating sites. Nowadays, you can even use the hip currency of the moment, bitcoin, to pay for your subscription to a service that could introduce you to the person of your dreams. Sparklet is a new online dating service that bills itself as “bitcoin-powered online dating.” Other sites, including DateAsia and Bitcoin Dating, also accept the cryptocurrency.
TRIP TO SPACE
One of the most unusual answers to the question “What can I buy with bitcoin?” is a trip into space. Richard Branson’s visionary company Virgin Galactic is working on sending civilian astronauts into orbit aboard its own spacecraft. About 700 future Virgin Galactic astronauts have already put deposits down on their trips. Going forward, you too can secure a slot on a Virgin Galactic ship using bitcoin as your payment.
CARS
Although the practice is not yet widespread, you can use bitcoin to buy an automobile in some markets. In 2013, dealer Lamborghini Newport Beach in California reported its first sale of a car — a Tesla Model S — to a customer who paid entirely with bitcoin. Overland Park Jeep Dodge Ram Chrysler, out of Kansas, accepts bitcoin payments for everything from new and used cars to parts and service.
IN-GAME PURCHASES
Bitcoin got a boost in the legitimacy department way back in 2014 when tech giant Microsoft announced it would accept bitcoins for apps and games in the Windows Store and on Xbox. In a strange case of the virtual world meeting the real world, you can now use bitcoin as an in-game currency for the popular game Minecraft.