1 in 50 orders on Pizza.be paid for in Bitcoin

One home delivery service in Belgium is seeing immediate returns on its Bitcoin implementation.
One home delivery service in Belgium is seeing immediate returns on its Bitcoin implementation.

One home delivery service in Belgium is seeing immediate returns on its Bitcoin implementation.

Pizza.be, the Belgian site for Takeaway.com, told a local newspaper this week that 2% of all orders are paid for in Bitcoin.

“Of the 5,000 orders placed every day at Pizza.be, there are about 100 via Bitcoin," a spokeswoman told DataNews.be.

We first reported in November when the same company began accepting Bitcoin payments in Belgium’s northern neighbor, the Netherlands.

This is especially good news for Bitplaats.be, a company we reported on earlier this week that intends to make Bitcoin payments a mainstream option in the country of about 10 million.

That said, Bitcoin still has a way to go. In Belgium, as DataNews.be reported, there are only so many products and services available for purchase in Bitcoin.

Besides Pizza.be, there is a doctor in Ichtegem who accepts Bitcoins, a music studio in Ghent, and telecoms provider Mobile Vikings.

But if customer behavior in the takeaway market is any indication, demand for Bitcoin payment acceptance is already fairly substantial.