OneCoin promoters are flooding Facebook with fake pictures of merchants accepting the cryptocurrency as payment. Restaurants in Europe, car dealerships in Asia, takeout shops in Australia—all supposedly cashing in OneCoin. The affiliates claim it proves the coin is legitimate. It's a lie.

A OneCoin affiliate decided to cut through the hype and ask the company directly. On October 17th, he emailed support with a simple question: can merchants actually accept OneCoin payments through the new Mobile App Builder that OneCoin was pushing as a merchant acquisition tool?

The affiliate said he had seven merchants ready to buy packages—one willing to drop money on the Supreme Package. But he'd studied all 11 video tutorials, scored 100 percent on the test, and found zero information about payment functions. He needed to know: How do merchants accept OneCoin? Will transfers be unlimited and free?

OneCoin support responded within 24 hours. The answer was blunt: OneCoin cannot be used as a payment method yet because it hasn't gone public.

The company buried the lead in corporate speak. "The Merchants OneCoin-accepting platform is currently under development," the support team wrote. In other words, it doesn't exist. The mobile app merchants can create doesn't process OneCoin transactions. When the currency does go public, OneCoin will "officially announce" it to members.

This contradicts everything OneCoin affiliates are posting online. The social media blitz showing merchants accepting OneCoin is pure fiction—the infrastructure doesn't exist and won't for months.

Founder Ruja Ignatova announced at a OneCoin event in Thailand that the currency won't go public until the second quarter of 2018. That's nearly two years away.

The question nobody at OneCoin seems willing to answer is why the company allows affiliates to spam social media with false merchant acceptance claims while the actual payment system remains under development. Investors are being shown fake proof of legitimacy. The company knows it's happening. And they're not stopping it.

🤖 Quick Answer

Could merchants accept OneCoin payments through the Mobile App Builder in 2018?
OneCoin's Mobile App Builder, promoted as a merchant acquisition tool, did not enable actual payment processing until 2018. Despite affiliates circulating images of supposed merchants accepting OneCoin, the company's support confirmed no functional payment integration existed through the platform at that time.

Why were fake merchant images circulating on social media?
OneCoin affiliates distributed fabricated photographs showing restaurants, dealerships, and shops allegedly accepting OneCoin to establish legitimacy. These unverified claims aimed to convince potential investors the cryptocurrency possessed genuine commercial utility and merchant adoption.

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