The UK Goes Lightning: CoinCorner Offers The Bolt Card, Contactless BTC Payments
The future is now. CoinCorner’s the Bolt Card is a contactless and convenient debit card that lacks a screen. The product points to the next stage in bitcoin evolution, the creation of circular economies powered by the Lightning Network. Is this card the idea that will bridge the gap between bitcoin and the general public? […]
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CoinCorner released the Bolt Card, a contactless NFC card that works similar to the tap function for Visa, but on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
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