First Bitcoin to Bitcoin Luxury Real Estate Sale Completed

Miami Mansion sold for Bitcoin
Michael Komaransky initially listed his seven-bedroom home in Miami’s wealthy Ponce Davis neighborhood for 6.5 million dollars payable in either cash or Bitcoin in August 2017.

He told the Miami Herald at the time that he wanted to take Bitcoin in order ‘to show people that real-world goods and services are payable in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.’ The sale officially closed on February, 1 for 455 Bitcoin worth 6 million dollars at the time.

The transaction was made completely in Bitcoin, meaning there was no conversion to US dollars, making it not only the most expensive real estate transaction but also only the second pure Bitcoin real estate sale in Florida.
Cryptocurrency may be preferred in the future
Bitcoin for real estate seems a perfect fit as the currency is border-less and can be transferred with a minimum of third or fourth party involvement reducing middleman and processing fees.

Bitcoin-real estate is counting on that fact as a site dedicated to listing worldwide properties for sale in cryptocurrency.

Critics point out Bitcoins early reputed involvement with criminal activities and that using it to purchase real estate is an easy way for criminals to launder and move wealth across borders without detection. Which is historically how international criminals have cleaned ill-gotten fiat currency.

Komaransky who retired at 38 from his career as a trader founded a cryptocurrency trading business at DRW Holdings in 2014. He made news twice before in attempts to buy Florida real estate in Bitcoin to Bitcoin sales but had to relent to converting to Dollars in both cases.