AirBitz: The Bitcoin Business Directory and Wallet
AirBitz is a unique Bitcoin wallet service with a catch. It offers high quality security and a business directory for those looking to spend their digital money. The San Diego startup launched in 2014 with over 3,200 listings when it started its database. That list is growing and so is the popularity of this wallet providing great service and top notch....
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Airbitz, a hosted wallet service, has launched their new mobile wallet for Android and IOS. The Airbitz mobile wallet has several features that are unique to Airbitz. The wallet itself features a built in business directory of brick and mortar stores and online websites that accept Bitcoin. The app has a directory tab which will display the location and current distance away from all business that accept Bitcoin in the user's area. The app also allows users to filter the directory by business type. Businesses can list their store/website on the Airbitz website free of charge. By....
LAS VEGAS, NV – October 7, 2014 – Airbitz today announced the release of its integrated mobile bitcoin wallet and business directory, now with 3,200+ listings and coverage in 14 countries, at Inside Bitcoins Las Vegas. Airbitz CEO Paul Puey will present a session on “Bitcoin Wallets: Balancing Security, Privacy, and Ease of Use” at the conference on October 7th at 2:00PM.“In order to increase adoption of bitcoin and grow our ecosystem, we recognized the need to make transactions easier and more approachable,” said Airbitz CEO Paul Puey. “This was our impetus in creating a product with a....
San Diego based cryptocurrency wallet provider AirBitz was featured on ABC’s 10 News as the local news network reported on companies in the city accepting and paying workers with bitcoin and how the workers “never see a paycheck.” AirBitz launched in 2014 with founder Paul Puey creating a secure and simple wallet service with an added business directory. Airbitz had started its directory with 3,200 listings and Puey’s team believes the currency is the future. All ten Airbitz employees are paid in bitcoin, and Puey says “no one receives a paycheck.” Puey tells the news team how the digital....
Don't you wish there was a resource that knew all the businesses that accept Bitcoins in your area? WelI I had a chance to talk to Paul Puey, the CEO/ Co-Founder of Airbitz, a Bitcoin wallet and business directory that does just that. Their web-based business directory went online on Mar 17. The iOS app came a week later, and the Android app was released April 7 at the Inside Bitcoin NYC conference. Paul studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at UC Berkeley, California. He was a 3D graphics software engineer at Nvidia for 7 years, although he had also done software projects in....
Airbitz impressed judges last week in the Inside Bitcoins startup competition, and the wallet walked away as the winner. You might remember Airbitz as the wallet that has a built-in Bitcoin directory, which points users to nearby merchants that accept Bitcoin. The company is also known for rolling out the first one-touch 2-factor authentication for a mobile wallet, which makes security a little easier for the average Bitcoin user. The mission is to stick to Bitcoin's decentralized roots while also to make Bitcoin easy to use, a balance that appears to be the unicorn of the Bitcoin space.....