where was the first ever bitcoin atm machine installed
Bitcoin ATM On October 29, 2013, a Robocoin machine opened in the Waves coffee shop in downtown Vancouver, Canada.[3] This machine is understood to be the world's first publicly available bitcoin machine. Robocoin ceased operations in January 2016.[4] Some Robocoin machines have since then been converted to run other software.[5] The first machine in the United States went online on February 18, 2014, in a cigar bar in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[6] It was removed 30 days later.[7] In late 2013, The D Casino install the first Bitcoin ATM in a casino in Las Vegas. [8] A New Zealand bitcoin machine operator announced in 2014 they had to shut-down operations due to interference with banks.[9] In 2014 a former Robocoin operator in the UK hacked its bitcoin ATMs to run on software from rival manufacturer Lamassu.[10]