You Can Now Send Bitcoins Over Email With Tip Bot

You Can Now Send Bitcoins Over Email With Tip Bot

Good news, perhaps, for bitcoin owners frustrated by Apple's recent removal of Blockchain's wallet app from its stores. A service just launched promises to let people make bitcoin transactions via email, promoting itself as a solution that "works natively on the iPhone, and can't be banned by Apple". The fully automated 'Email Tip Bot' is the product of developer Christian Genco, who also moonlights as a stage actor and speaker at TEDx events in Texas. The Tip Bot functions as a standalone system, meaning that once bitcoins are there, they can be transferred around without the need for any....


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