Mycelium Now Shows You Local Traders on a Map
Recall that in the past few weeks, Mycelium came on the spot with an interesting new feature called Local Trader. Now, in case you're not familiar with Local Trader, I'll try to put this simply. Essentially, the wallet application (which is extremely popular, mind you) allows users to buy or sell bitcoins with other Mycelium users. Sellers post ads, and nearby buyers can communicate with those sellers in order to meet up and make the transaction happen. The concept is great, and so far, user response to the feature has been mostly positive. Adding another level of convenience, Mycelium....
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Today, Mycelium announced that their Local Trader App has successfully made it through Beta testing and is now ready for the general Bitcoin populace. Mycelium Local Trader App allows users to create geographically tied sell orders. You can choose an exchange rate from BitStamp or Coinbase or BTC-e, then set a percentage above that which you would like to sell your Bitcoins at. Mycelium Local Trader App users in the area will be able to see the sell listing, and the potential buyer and potential seller are able to communicate within the Mycelium Local Trader App. The communication between....
Mycelium, one of the oldest mobile bitcoin wallets, has announced Mycelium Wallet 2.1 but also confirms the shipment of its Mycelium Entropy, a secure paper wallet generator, will be delayed again. Local Trader is Mycelium’s answer to peer to peer bitcoin selling and buying service, LocalBitcoins. In this update, they fixed an erroneous generating of the address of the meeting point by adding a fallback geocoder. The other improvement to Local Trader is the ability delete Local Trader accounts and trade sessions.
Mycelium has recently come out with a feature for their Android wallets called Local Trader, which allows people to buy and sell bitcoins locally, in person, with cash. Initially, the trades were limited to sell ads, meaning people willing to sell bitcoins could put up an ad, and those wishing to buy bitcoins could contact them and set up a time to meet and trade. The option to set up a buy ad, which would allow locals to convert their bitcoins back to cash, was delayed, since Mycelium wanted to first focus on helping those new to Bitcoin to have an easy way to get their first bitcoins.....
Mycelium, the mobile Bitcoin wallet favored by power users and local traders, will be running a crowdsale for the public to buy shares in the wallet and hopefully profit from future development. The crowdsale announcement coincided with another detailing a “radical upgrade” to the wallet itself by the end of this year, with a plug-in API for third-party....
There’s been no official statements as of yet – but it looks like the Mycelium Wallet will be getting built-in peer-to-peer bitcoin mixing/tumbling later this year. The first testnet transaction from devs went out four days ago, and discussion on internal channels confirms that they’re working on integrating P2P tumbling into their popular Android wallet. P2P Tumbling In Mycelium Pipeline. As for details, so far we know they’re using the CoinShuffle protocol (whitepaper available here) and that it will be integrated into their growing number of peer-to-peer features, including local sales....