Bylls Lets Canadians Pay Bills in Bitcoin
Canadian government officials may not think that bitcoin is legal tender, but thanks to a new startup, you can still pay your taxes in it - along with a lot of other bills. Canadian firm Bylls has become one of the first to offer bill payment in bitcoins. The service, only available in Canada at present, enables users to pay around 6,000 Canadian organisations - including the government - in bitcoins, by handling the fiat conversion for you. Started by Eric Spano, Bylls was incubated at the Bitcoin Embassy, a bitcoin education and advocacy group in a 14,000 square-foot building in....
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The ability to pay one's bills using Bitcoin essentially allows for any item or service in the world to be paid for in Bitcoin. The possibilities are endless and this is exactly the service that Eric Spano, the CEO of Bylls, is providing for his fellow Canadians. Below is a quick interview with CEO Eric Spano of Bylls. Bylls provides Canadians with a way to pay their Bills using Bitcoin. When did you decide to pursue a Bitcoin Bill paying service? Around last March, I decided that I wanted to work on a project that would help increase Bitcoin adoption and utility.....
A new start-up bill payment service is coming to Canada. It's called Bylls, and the company's CEO - Eric Spano - today announced the company to the bitcoin world. What does it do? Well, exactly as the name suggests! Users and companies are able to pay their cell phone, utility, and other bills using bitcoin. Convenient, huh? "Our main goal in developing Bylls was to provide a secure and easytouse interface that would enable individuals with bitcoins to pay their bills as easily as they would using any other traditional online bill payment system," said Spano. "This is one more step....
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