"You cannot enter Colombia with this passport again. You must get a new one." - "But I like this one, and the plastic card is totally intact!"
IBM just filed a patent application for almost exactly what we're working on with Kosmos Kredits. Albeit more narrowly focussed on just code contributions, while our own goal is to credit and encourage all types of contributions, esp. non-code ones. Good thing we're doing this on a public, censorship-resistant blockchain, and you can hardly sue a smart contract for patent violations. https://
China's social credit system has blocked people from taking 11 million flights and 4 million train trips: http://
Visa is cracking down on all debit card issuers who allow topups via BTC. The incumbents' war against our decentralized, open-source financial system has officially begun.
Yet again, nobody goes to jail, government gets a share of the action, problem solved: http://
Slightly ridiculous that the Chaos Camp of all events doesn't sell tickets in BTC. Two of my non-European friends had to pay 16 EUR card fee.
This hotel in Düsseldorf is doing it right.
Instead of not accepting credit cards at the bar at all, they're nice enough to explain to (international) visitors why it would be nice of them to keep costs down by using cash instead of credit cards.