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The position of cryptocurrency in today’s world is growing rapidly: the combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has increased more than threefold since early 2016, reaching almost $150 billion in August 2017. According to the latest data, the current number of unique active users of cryptocurrency wallets is estimated to be about 6 million. Thus, the application of cryptocurrency becomes an important issue. If cryptocurrency is designed to be a means of payment, then what can you buy with it right now? There are precedents of people using bitcoins to buy real estate and conduct other financial transactions, and each notable use of cryptocurrency becomes an event in the crypto field and brings society closer to the widespread use of such currencies. But can you actually buy something from another person using bitcoins ? Even though more and more outlets and merchants are beginning to accept cryptocurrency as a means of payment, anyone in possession of a sum of bitcoins can still not use them in day-to-day financial operations.