"Wait," Sarah said as they pulled away. "The price just jumped five percent."
Leo scanned the QR code on the small wooden stand. 0.015 BTC. It was a strange sensation—not the swipe of plastic or the hand-off of paper, but a silent broadcast to a global ledger. He tapped 'Send.'
For a moment, they all watched the screen. Then, a soft ping echoed through the quiet showroom. The transaction was broadcast; the miners in some distant, frigid data center had done their work.
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"You're sure about this?" his friend, Sarah, asked, leaning against a mid-century armchair. "It's Bitcoin, Leo. That table could cost you a literal house in five years."
"Wait," Sarah said as they pulled away. "The price just jumped five percent."
Leo scanned the QR code on the small wooden stand. 0.015 BTC. It was a strange sensation—not the swipe of plastic or the hand-off of paper, but a silent broadcast to a global ledger. He tapped 'Send.'
For a moment, they all watched the screen. Then, a soft ping echoed through the quiet showroom. The transaction was broadcast; the miners in some distant, frigid data center had done their work.
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"You're sure about this?" his friend, Sarah, asked, leaning against a mid-century armchair. "It's Bitcoin, Leo. That table could cost you a literal house in five years."