Robocoin Brings Four Bitcoin ATMs to Austin, TX for SXSW, Including a Traveling "Robocoin Rover"
With SXSW 2014 starting this week, Robocoin is gearing up to make four bitcoin ATMs in Austin, Texas accessible for the events. According to the Las Vegas-based company, three of the ATMs are already in place, and the fourth is dubbed the "Robocoin Rover", a Robocoin ATM that is capable of moving from place to place (see picture above). Here are the stationary locations: HandleBar: 121 East 5th Street. Dominican Joe's Coffee Shop: 515 South Congress Avenue. Central Texas Gun Works: 321 West Ben White Boulevard #203. The ATMs at HandleBar and Dominican Joe's are operated by Bitcoin Agents,....
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Las Vegas-based bitcoin ATM specialist RoboCoin has revealed new plans for this week's upcoming South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival, set to begin on Friday 7th March and run through 11th March. SXSW is one of the more notable events on the annual tech calendar, having helped launched major brands such as Twitter and Foursquare. Robocoin, which debuted the first bitcoin ATM in Vancouver in October to massive fanfare, has a similarly stylish rollout planned for its SXSW debut. Robocoin will launch four ATMs around the city to raise bitcoin awareness at the event. The result,....
Seattle and Austin will soon become the first US cities with bitcoin ATMs, provided everything goes according to plan. The machines are coming from ATM manufacturer Robocoin and the company claims they will be installed by the end of the month, Reuters reports. Robocoin ATMs are more elaborate than their Lamassu counterparts. They are cash-only machines and they have a few additional security features, such as biometric and optical scanners. In theory, this should allow much higher levels of security than regular ATMs. The barcode scanner can be used to scan QR codes and transfer bitcoins....
Today, Robocoin has announced open enrollment for their Robocoin Wallet, which is needed to use the "Robocoin Bank." Robocoin has taken the first step to moving away from being just a Bitcoin ATM company to becoming a full-fledged "Bitcoin Bank." The Robocoin Banking platform, which utilizes all existing Robocoin ATMs as automated kiosks, will provide banking services to customers around the world in the form of a new Bitcoin wallet: The Robocoin Wallet. Robocoin first revealed plans to change their ATMs into a more functional global network to support Bitcoin earlier this year. Those that....
Robocoin's Sam Glaser Addresses Concerns About Robocoin ATMs. Recently I was contacted by a disappointed Robocoin ATM user. His experience with the ATM was not good: He felt the fee's were too high. I and others had voiced concerns over security and ease of use as well. In response, Sam Glaser of Robocoin contacted me after reading my article and has answered some questions for me. He let me know his concern about the misconceptions surrounding how and why the Robocoin ATM needs the info and security measures it does. Sam addresses the fee structure as well. With Robocoin ATMs being....
Robocoin, a Bitcoin based company in Las Vegas, Nevada, has announced that they will be launching a new project called Robocoin Bank. The new project will take all existing Robocoin ATMs and turn them into banking branches. Through software updates, they plan to add features that allow users to bank using Bitcoin. Robocoin is offering the chance to start your own branch of Robocoin Bank by purchasing and operating one of these Robocoin Kiosks. Robocoin Banking functionality should be fully online starting summer of 2014. The new features will allow users to open a Robocoin Bank account in....