{"id":19140,"date":"2019-10-17T15:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci027cfe7a801f26c3"},"modified":"2019-10-17T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:33:49","slug":"cartoon-retail-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/technical\/cartoon-retail-blues","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Retail Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cartoon-retail-blues.png\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the promises that bitcoin will be used for everyday purchases, many businesses that were initially bullish have stopped accepting cryptocurrencies (e.g., Expedia). Instead, many&nbsp;think they can turn to &#8220;blockchain&#8221;&nbsp;to improve their own business systems (e.g., reducing credit card fees and managing loyalty programs).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Further Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/articles\/op-ed-is-the-age-of-bitcoin-powered-discounts-finally-upon-us\">Op Ed: Is the Age of Bitcoin-Powered Discounts Finally Upon Us?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the promises that bitcoin will be used for everyday purchases, many businesses that were initially bullish have stopped accepting cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3441,"featured_media":19141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3252],"class_list":["post-19140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technical","tag-cartoon"],"author_data":{"id":3441,"name":"Ian Foley","nicename":"ian-foley","avatar_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ian-foley-promo-image-96x96.jpg"},"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cartoon-retail-blues.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}