Steak ‘n Shake quickly U-turns as Ether poll angers Bitcoiners

Steak ‘n Shake quickly retracted the idea of accepting Ether as a payment after Bitcoiners slammed its poll asking the community if it should.

Steak ‘n Shake has reversed course on a potential plan to accept Ether payments after several Bitcoiners balked at the idea of the fast food chain expanding beyond BTC.

Steak ‘n Shake asked its 468,800 X followers whether it should accept Ether (ETH) on Saturday, promising to “abide by the results of the poll.” The poll saw 53% of 48,815 votes go for “Yes,” but the fast-food chain suspended it around four hours later due to backlash.

“Poll suspended. Our allegiance is with Bitcoiners. You have spoken,” it said on X. 

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