Crypto-enabled Selecta machines: You’ll soon be able to pay for Snickers with Bitcoin

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If you are a little hungry from time to time, you can fill your stomach at snack machines at any time of the day or night. In the past, you could only pay with small amounts of money, but for a few years now it has become possible to pay with a debit card or payment app.

Swiss food tech company Selecta is now going one step further and making its snack machines crypto-enabled. This means Snickers, chips or drinks may be offered with another payment option.

Technology ready

To enable payments to be made with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, Selecta has the first smart machines equipped with the Solana Pay payment infrastructure, as the company announced. At the Solana Breakpoint conference for blockchain and technology enthusiasts, currently held in Amsterdam, those interested had the opportunity to try the first machines.

Buyers can use an NFC-enabled device, such as a smartphone or smartwatch, to pay. Another partner, Venta, makes it possible to send Solana Pay transactions with a simple tap on an NFC wristband. Such wristbands were distributed during the conference. Solana is a decentralized blockchain platform with its own cryptocurrency called Sol.

However, Selecta has not yet been able to say exactly when the first crypto-enabled machine will be installed. Spokesperson Sarina Künzli told Blick that her primary goal was to show that Selecta had the technical side under control. Whether the new payment option will be implemented at scale depends on how it is received by potential buyers. Selecta will closely examine consumer needs in the near future. (SDA/rae)

Source :Blick