Cointagion unveils 'no-touch' e-commerce for bitcoins

Cointagion unveils 'no-touch' e-commerce for bitcoins

New e-commerce site Cointagion is offering e-books for bitcoins -- and lets users buy books without even touching their computers. Selling books for bitcoins isn't particularly significant. Online merchants who accept the digital currency -- and there are more of them every day -- already offer everything from consumer electronics to porn to coffee and cupcakes. But where Cointagion is innovating is in the payment mechanism. While Amazon offers a one-click checkout process for buying books on its site, which makes Kindle purchases easy, what Cointagion offers is a "no-touch" solution.....


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