Forget QR Codes, NFC Bitcoin Wallet Cards Are Here

Reusable payment codes, which can be used in place of bitcoin addresses to give transactions more privacy, just got more useful. Now there is a directory for payment codes, beta-launched last week by the Samourai Wallet developers. What is a Payment Code? The invention of the highly private bitcoin payment codes for Hierarchical Deterministic (HD)....

This is what Amazon Wallet looks like. Amazon isn't new to the digital payments industry. The online retailer launched Amazon Payments back in 2007, a service that directly competes with the likes of PayPal and Google Wallet. Then in December 2013, Amazon purchased GoPago, a mobile payments platform. Now, continuing the company's push into the digital payments sector, Amazon has launched Amazon Wallet. What Amazon Wallet Does, Or Rather, Doesn't Do. Amazon Wallet is...surprisingly basic. Designed for use at the point-of-sale, Amazon Wallet is essentially an Android app that stores gift....

SpectroCoin, the U.K.-based bitcoin exchange and wallet, has introduced bitcoin debit cards denominated in USD and GBP, complementing its existing EUR-denominated cards. These cards remove the fiat conversion fees needed with regular debit cards when using a specific denomination in a foreign country. Bitcoin debit cards make it easier for bitcoin holders to use bitcoin for making both online and offline payments. The bitcoin-funded cards remove the need to convert bitcoin into fiat to make payments. The SpectroCoin cards are accepted where MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Users can fund....

Mobile wallet AirBitz, which provides a location-based directory to make it easier for users to spend bitcoin, is launching a giveaway promotion at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida. Airbitz is calling the contest 'Hidden Bits', which is a scavenger hunt that will see bitcoin-loaded cards secreted in locations around the Miami Beach area during the conference. Clues will be released on Twitter to hint at the location of the cards, which will contain QR codes giving finders access to varied amounts of cryptocurrency. Paul Puey, CEO of Airbitz, said the purpose of the....

The credit card-sized wallet sports a keyboard and e-paper display. Pitbull Wallet is a new project from the non-profit Onda Technology Institute that looks to store all of your passwords, private keys, and other sensitive data in a credit card-sized device. Users will be able to store entire wallets for any cryptocurrency on the small electronic device, and it can be used to present QR codes for tablets, smartphones, and other QR-code scanners. The Pitbull Wallet offers a new, unique form of cold storage that should be able to attract interest from a large section of the Bitcoin community....