6 Weird and Wonderful Bitcoin Events of 2014

It’s been a roller coaster year in bitcoin, and not just for the price.
While companies like Circle ventured to make bitcoin a serious contender in mainstream finance, there were many events that highlighted the not-so-serious side of the currency. Here are six of the best.
Poop mail
Whoever said that bitcoin couldn’t buy you things? Alongside Xbox credits, university tuition andcraft beer, 2014 was the year that the digital currency first bought you a parcel full of crap.
Founded in October, Shitexpress is a service that mails a tupperware container of horse manure with a personalised message on your behalf (see Motherboard journalist Jason Koebler’s I hate your guts).
In its first 30 days, the company made over $10,000.
On the Shitexpress blog, CEO ‘Peter’ said he had received orders from over 30 different countries and plans to expand his “killer app”.
It’s raining coin
While the sex industry took slow, tentative steps into the realm of bitcoin in 2014, one strip club in Tampa, Florida, put the digital currency centre stage.
2001 Odyssey’s ‘Make it Rain’ machine – a $1 bill dispenser that ‘rains’ money onto the club’s performers – added bitcoin payments via payment processor BitPay in April.
Members watching the space-themed club’s livestream can send $50- or $100-worth of the digital currency raining over its dancers, the DJ or even the club’s manager.

This post was published at Coin Desk on December 29, 2014.