Overheard at CES 2012: "Bit-Pay/Bitcoin is the most innovative thing we have seen at this show."

Bitcoin's business leaders took to the Venetian in Las Vegas last week for CES 2012, with multiple booths advocating Bitcoin, including representatives from Bit-Pay, Casascius, Mt.Gox and a Bitcoin ATM.

Bit-Pay and Casascius gave us the play-by-play over at the Bitcointalk forums, with some exciting revelations over the course of the week:

Bit-Pay:

The show is really busy and we are seeing alot of traffic in our booth. I've given demos already to people from Citibank, Diebold, and First Data.

We have talked to a lot of really big decision makers at some major companies. These deals will take time to follow up on and complete, but look for an explosion of Bitcoin in 2012, in ways you can't imagine; some of these ideas we had not even thought of!

We spoke to pretty much every major bank, VC firm, and retailer that you could think of. Most of them specifically sought us out. Many of them were very interested in us, and some of them specifically said "this is the most innovative thing we have seen at this show." That is quite impressive considering all the gadgets that the media is all hyped up about.

Square was getting alot of attention at the show as well. When people came to our booth after they talked to Square, they were really impressed with what Bitcoins could do. We have, hands down, the most business friendly payment system in the world. We got that point across to some very influential people this week.

Casascius:

What keeps me excited are the people who came up to the booth and said things like "Hey! I've heard of Bitcoin. I don't yet know what it is, but I heard (whatever), and want to ask questions, because we do (this) and (that), and I was wondering if Bitcoin could help us do a better job of (this)". These are people who are already well-situated in a career where their buyoff on Bitcoin can be a major part of a big company's decision to take a real look at it. Those are the ones who will make a serious difference when they get home.

A shot of the Bit-Pay booth and its friendly hosts at CES 2012.

Part of the display at the Bit-Pay booth.

Alison Skipper, Bit-Pay's spokesperson, demonstrates a Bit-Pay deposit card.

And to top off a fantastic week for Bitcoin publicity, the "Bitcoin for Dummies" episode of "The Good Wife" airs on CBS tonight!

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