Coinbase enables users to buy, sell and send bitcoins via text message
Bitcoin wallet service Coinbase has created an SMS interface, which enables users to send and receive bitcoins via text message. Any Coinbase customer, regardless of the network they are on and whether or not they have a smartphone, can use the new service. First, users have to head online and visit their Coinbase account page, verify their phone number, select a six-digit pin and click the 'enable SMS' button. After sending 'hi' to 1 (650) 316-5555, the service is activated and the user can complete any of a number of actions, for example sending bitcoins to a friend's Coinbase wallet,....
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