Bitcoin’s New Use Cases Make it More Approachable By Consumers
Bringing Bitcoin to mainstream consumers has proven to be quite the struggle over the past few years, as most people don’t see the value in using digital currency over traditional payment methods. As Bitcoin is slowly maturing – and new projects and integrations are starting to roll out – the general attitude towards Bitcoin is slowly starting to change.....
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In order to make Bitcoin and digital currency more appealing for customers and merchants, we need to create more use cases. And as the number of use cases grows, word gets out about how useful Bitcoin is a payment method. On top of that, merchants can reduce costs without being exposed to Bitcoin price volatility. But how do we go about creating more use cases for everyday consumers? Ghent Bitcoincity: A Social Bitcoin Event. Once there is enough demand from customers, retailers are more likely to consider accepting Bitcoin payments. However, customer demand is just one of the many aspects....
The Isle of Man is known for having a bitcoin-friendly exterior in the world that seems so bent on regulating digital currencies. Through legislation allowing the exchange of digital currencies, they've poised themselves to be a haven for bitcoin enthusiasts. With the Isle of Man being so open to bitcoin, it only makes sense that businesses would begin to sprout up due to the acceptance. "The Isle of Man has a great government which is really progressive on many things," said James Carter, founder of ChainPay. "They really see the benefit of crypto, and how it's the way of the future in....