Dublin pub sells its first pint in exchange for Bitcoin

A pint of plain’s your only man — and now you can pay for it with online currency bitcoin.

The first pint — a bottle of Kopparberg cider to be more exact — has been purchased in Ireland using bitcoin, with staff at the Baggot Inn in Dublin revealing that it was quickly followed by a flurry of other Bitcoin booze buys.

Chris Healy, marketing and events manager at the Baggot St pub, said the first pint paid for with bitcoin was bought by Michael Rudnicki — and other bitcoin fans then spent €140 between them.