CNET Founder Launches Low-Cost Bitcoin Payments Platform
CNET founder and technology entrepreneur Halsey Minor has formally announced Bitreserve.org - a new low-cost bitcoin and fiat currency payments platform geared toward both consumers and merchants. Most notably, the service will allow fiat-to-fiat transfers at zero cost between Bitreserve members. This means that a customer could issue a payment to a merchant without having to pay transaction costs. Bitreserve charges a nominal fee for bitcoin transactions in order to pay miners. During a press conference, Minor remarked that one of the central problems with bitcoin is the issue of price....
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Halsey Minor, founder of CNET, today announced the launch of a new bitcoin venture called Bitreserve, a platform that aims to provide real-time transparency and address bitcoin volatility, transaction traceability, and proof of solvency. The idea: Allow members of the service to hold bitcoin denominated as real-world currency. "Bitcoin is a remarkable innovation, created and supported by lots of very smart people," said Minor, who also happens to be the second largest shareholder in salesforce.com. "Bitreserve is built on top of the bitcoin network, allowing members to convert bitcoin into....
Bitreserve will be opening its new bank-like wallet and payments platform to some beta users next week. The brainchild of Halsey Minor, who also founded CNET, Bitreserve is a low-cost bitcoin and fiat currency payments platform, aimed at consumers, where holdings in bitcoin can easily be exchanged and held in one of several fiat currencies. The service will allow fiat-to-fiat transfers at zero cost between individual members, and a forthcoming API is expected to be integrated with payment processors. To boost user confidence, Minor says transparency has been made a priority, with....
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