Seoul hair salon accepting Bitcoin payments

We’re going to be talking about a hair salon in the Gangnam district of Seoul, but let me note upfront that any references to Psy have been made forbidden in this post.

As tempting as it is to think about buying some Gangnam style for yourself, we have to resist the temptation. I mean, it’s 2014, for crying out loud.

With that in mind, let’s address the pretty cool fact that the With Beauty Salon had its first customer pay in Bitcoin on January 2.

That customer was a local blogger, who was told in an interview with the salon’s head of marketing, Lee Kyung Won, that associating the shop with Bitcoins would “attract trend-setters, who are the kind of people we are looking for as customers.”

Fashion and tech early adoption go hand-in-hand in Seoul, so it only makes sense that some of the city’s 10 million residents would be interested in swapping digital currency for a haircut.

Lee first introduced the Bitcoin idea as a marketing initiative at the end of last year, but the thought at the time was that the move would attract mostly foreigners and tourists.

Turns out the first customer was a local.

This isn’t the first bit of hair-Bitcoin news this week. As we reported earlier , a group of hair clinics around the world have begun accepting Bitcoin payments.

The first patient was a man in his 30s who shelled out 11.5 BTC on a hair transplant.