Brazilian magazine creates bitcoin paywall
The popular Brazilian science and culture magazine Superinteressante has created a bitcoin paywall. Not only is the publication accepting the digital currency, they've embraced it by publishing articles aimed to educate the population of Brazil on its benefits. The magazine announced its acceptance of bitcoin in a recent post: Buy SUPER articles with bitcoins. SUPERINTERESSANTE magazine is ahead of a whole new experience, and you're invited to take part. In the November issue, you'll learn about a district in Berlin where bitcoins - a virtual currency - are replacing conventional money. In....
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Readers who visit the Chicago Sun-Times today will notice something they aren't likely to have seen before: a bitcoin paywall separating them from their content. The Chicago Sun-Times is the ninth-largest newspaper in the United States, and the first major US publication to trial a bitcoin paywall. Instead of paying for a subscription, as patrons of the The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times do, Chicago Sun-Times readers who visit the site on 1st February will be asked to donate bitcoin payments to the Taproot Foundation, or tweet about the nonprofit, in order to read articles. The....