Bitcoin Black Friday 2014 Soon to Be "Most Popular Day in the History of Bitcoin Commerce"
Bitcoin Black Friday has become a household name to Bitcoiners around the world, even those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving, the reason for Black Friday's commercial existence. Over the past year, larger and larger merchants have started experimenting with holding the bitcoins that they receive, or offering bitcoin discounts or even bitcoin-only deals. This year's Bitcoin Black Friday is likely to set a new standard for Bitcoin-only deals. Also read: The Future of Everyday Life with Digital Currencies. BitPay Reminds Bitcoin Merchants to Participate In Bitcoin Black Friday. Earlier this....
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Digital currency processor BitPay has today released some impressive statistics from the Bitcoin Black Friday event that took place this past Friday. Bitcoin Black Friday, as the name would suggest, is a play on the traditional Black Friday shopping day, in which retailers heavily discount their prices. Likewise, many businesses online that accept Bitcoin joined in on the fun, and so Bitcoin Black Friday was born. The payment processor said that on November 29th, they processed 6,296 transactions - making the day the most popular in the history of "bitcoin commerce", as noted by the BitPay....
Despite a steady drop in the Bitcoin price following the beginning of #BitcoinBlackFriday around the world, the Bitcoin price seems to be on an uptrend as the day draws to a close. The low from earlier today was ~$358, and the Bitcoin price has quickly jumped to ~$381 on Bitstamp. The site bitcoinblackfriday.com has had an undeniably large effect on the development of Bitcoin Black Friday each and every year. BitcoinBlackFriday founder Jon Holmquist, speaking exclusively with CCN, said: We're super excited for Black Friday, although we had a couple hiccups launching the site, we're now....
"We are seeing record [bitcoin] transaction volume today." Eight words that speaks for itself. Popular bitcoin payment processor this morning posted a tweet that noted today's been a record day for them in terms of transactions. Unfortunately, the tweet doesn't include numbers of any kind, but it's certainly no surprise, given that it's black friday. And it's not only black friday. It's the first black friday since bitcoin has begun to take off, and more and more merchants have begun to accept the digital currency. The real test will be to see where we'll be one year from today. Will the....
Bitcoin can surely turn your Black Friday's shopping experience into an interesting "bargain hunting" adventure. In the USA, Black Friday is a term used to describe the day following Thanksgiving, and it flags the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, especially that most US merchants offer special discounts for their customers on that day. Bitcoin Black Friday is a special website that gets together all merchants accepting bitcoin payments on Black Friday. It is totally free to list your product on Bitcoinblackfriday.com, if you accept bitcoin payments, and get the chance to meet....
An example of a BitGreet card. BitGreet is a new service that lets send online greeting cards loaded with Bitcoin to friends and family members. CoinCorner, a Bitcoin exchange and payment gateway, launched BitGreet on Friday, giving the Bitcoin community a chance to use the free service during the 2014 Christmas season. Also read: Bitcoin Black Friday 2014 Soon to Be "Most Popular Day in the History of Bitcoin Commerce". Anyone who has ever sent an e-greeting card can use BitGreet with ease. The only difference is that BitGreet integrates CoinCorner's payment API to let users add a Bitcoin....