Tesla begins with the acceptance of Dogecoin payments-some goods can only be bought with Doge-Altcoins

Tesla now accepts Dogecoin for some goods on his website. CEO Elon Musk made his promise made in December that his electric car manufacturer will accept Doge. Meanwhile, Tesla still has not accepted Bitcoin again.

Dogecoin now accepted for selected Tesla goods

Tesla, Elon Musk's electric car company, has started to accept Dogecoin payments for some goods. CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter early Friday morning: "Tesla-Merch with Dogecoin." First tweeted in December last year that Tesla dog will be accepted.

according to Musks tweet, Dogecoin immediately rose by about 10 %, but has lost most of his win since then. The price of the meme crypto is $ 0.1913 at the time of writing, based on data from Bitcoin.com Markets.

Teslas Shop now has some articles that can only be bought with the meme cryptocurrency. This includes a cybertruck graffiti cuffed beanie, which costs 205 doge; A giga-texas belt buckle that costs 835 Doge; A cyberquad for children that costs 12,020 Doge; And a cyber whistle that costs 300 Doge.

Details on the Tesla website:

Tesla only accepts Dogecoin ... Digital assets sent to Tesla that are not dogecoins are not returned to the buyer.

Before Tesla activated the Dogecoin payment option, some people on social media noticed that the source code on Tesla's vehicle payment pages contains the word "Dogecoin". However, Tesla has not announced whether Dogecoin is accepted for vehicle purchases.

bitcoin.com News has confirmed that the code behind the payment page for a Tesla Model Y "Dogecoin".

Musk, who from the Time Magazine to the " best for transactions better than Value preservatives is suitable.

In October last year the Tesla boss Speaked production lines at Tesla or in rocket construction at SpaceX. "You are not financial experts or technologists from the Silicon Valley. So I decided to support Doge - it felt like the crypto of the people," said Musk.

In the meantime, Tesla has still not resumed the acceptance of Bitcoin for payments. The electric car company began to accept bitcoin in March last year, but stopped quoting in May environmental worries . Musk later said that Tesla is continued accept Bitcoin "As soon as there is a confirmation of a reasonable (~ 50 %) clean energy consumption by miners with a positive future trend, Tesla Bitcoin transactions will be again allow. "

Nevertheless, Tesla still holds bitcoin in his balance sheet worth around 1.26 billion US dollar at the end of the third quarter. While the company does not have a dog, Musk previously said that he personally Dogecoin, Bitcoin and ether.

Do you believe that Tesla will soon accept Dogecoin payments for all products? Let us know in the comment area below.

Kevin Helms

As a student of Austrian economics, Kevin Bitcoin discovered in 2011 and has been an evangelist ever since. His interests lie in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects and the interface between economy and cryptography.

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