A Message to PayPal
This is a message to Paypal. Instead of embracing Bitcoin, PayPal could create their own payment processing system using the source code used to create Bitcoin. The idea of wallets, fast confirmations of transactions, anonymity of the users will be preserved. Instead of a coin payment to the miners, offer to pay them in dollars. Utilizing Bitcoin as the beta-test; we can see that miners are willing to mine for payment. This mining process eliminates most of the fixed costs Paypal has with its existing business model. The minimization of costs will allow for micro transactions to be....
Related News
PayPal opening up its network to bitcoin and crypto is a game-changer, but the announcement hides a bigger and more important message.
The user’s funds are reportedly under a 180-day hold. A PayPal user reports their account has been restricted after they traded crypto too frequently using the platform.According to U.S.-based Reddit user TheCoolDoc, PayPal sent them a message stating that it had permanently limited their account “due to potential risk.” The user said they had made at least 10 crypto transactions within a week, purchasing during dips and selling when the price was high, and PayPal had asked for an explanation for each transaction.“The system flagged my account thinking I was selling items worth $10,000 in....
PayPal president David Marcus took to twitter Monday morning to make some things clear on his company's stance on digital currency bitcoin. His message comes as seemingly the entire bitcoin community has convinced themselves the money transmitter is anti-bitcoin, with policies that do not permit PayPal users to sell the likes of bitcoin, litecoin, and other cryptocurrencies. Word has also been spreading in the community that PayPal may also be cracking down on individuals selling bitcoin mining hardware: "To clarify: we have no policies against using PayPal to sell Bitcoin mining rigs. We....
Paypal or Bitcoin? Or Both? The diaspora of arguments touting Bitcoin's superiority over Paypal is endless. There are economic incentives for buyers and sellers, large and small, to use Bitcoin vs Paypal. Simultaneously, there are still infrastructure gaps that may prevent the efficient use of Bitcoin over Paypal at this time. Today, I will focus on why I (me, me, me), and by extension why you, should use Bitcoin instead of Paypal. Centralized Vs. Decentralized. Any Paypal user, whether a buyer or a seller, will at some point run into issues with Paypal's centralized structure. For....
After more than a decade of being part of eBay Inc. , PayPal will return to the stock market as an individual company. Shares of PayPal (PYPL.O) jumped up 11% in value as people anticipate the company’s return to NASDAQ. With that rise, and adjusting for market stabilization, PayPal is now valued at about $52 Billion. Online payments have changed considerably since 2002 when eBay acquired PayPal, and the popularity of PayPal has lead to a relationship that hinders the potential of PayPal. Processing over $235 billion in 2014, PayPal handles some massive transaction volume on a daily basis,....