Bitcoin and expedia

This week will see Expedia partner with Coinbase to accept Bitcoin as a currency for hotel reservations. 2014 certainly seems to be the year when payment is changing as ATM cards are routinely updated with contactless technology and PayM is taking over small transactions with people like milkmen who have routinely worked with cheques. We still know what ‘cash is king’ means, but we may need to find a new way to express it pretty soon – and as for ‘the cheque’s in the post’ – well….!