Offline Commerce App Wins $10k at Bitcoin Miami Hackathon
A bitcoin rewards concept took home $10,000 in bitcoin at the second annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon held this weekend at The Lab Miami. Called BitMine, the Foursquare-like app won the event by using bitcoin bounties as a way to incentivize consumers to patronize physical stores. In turn, the service provides merchants with data on new customers in search of the rewards. "The problem we’re trying to address is that it’s not easy for people to have access to bitcoin, but if we can make it so people can walk in and collect it, we can break barriers," the BitMine team said in its....
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