Facebook-Integrated Wallet Makes Sending Bitcoin as Easy as Messaging
San Francisco-based startup QuickCoin plans to bring bitcoin to the masses via its web-based 'social wallet' that lets connected users easily send and receive bitcoin via a simple interface. Initially, the company is integrating its product with Facebook in the hope that bitcoin will go viral on the social network, but it also has plans for further partnerships in the future. Marshall Hayner, co-founder of the company, said that the goal for QuickCoin is to remove the complexities of bitcoin for users: "If average people are going to adopt bitcoin, they have to be able to use it without....
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An app available on the iTunes store and Google Play offers an integration of a messaging platform and a bitcoin wallet. Called Telegram with GetGems, this social networking app allows users to earn gems in an online store and keep them in a secure bitcoin wallet. Aside from the free unlimited instant messaging, the app distinguishes itself from the rest by allowing users to send and receive bitcoins as well. It connects directly to the bitcoin network, preventing hacking instances or bitcoin theft. Bitcoin Wallet Integration. Having an integrated bitcoin wallet in the app itself makes it....
Originally covered here, Gems is like any other social messenger app, except with a twist. Integrated with Gems is a wallet, that users automatically get. Also Gems is encrypted, ensuring better privacy just like using cryptocurrency for your financial transactions. A: Gems is a Social Messenger integrated with next generation bitcoin technology. Gems offers a WhatsApp style mobile experience with fully encrypted and private messaging, and a built in wallet. Our new introductory video is now live and gives an simple overview of how Gems works: http://vimeo.com/106725097 A: The gems....
Sending crypto is now just a message away with Telegram’s newest feature. The messaging app is now introducing crypto payments via The Open Network (TON), its official wallet bot. On a Twitter post Wednesday, the instant messaging app announced that they would be rolling out sending and receiving of crypto via TON Token. This is […]
Announced on Twitter on February 11, 2015, Telebit started to gain traction earlier today. Telegram is an instant messaging app for smartphones, tablets and the web. Similar to Whatsapp, the popular instant messaging app acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion, Telegram offers better privacy and security, as well as an open protocol and API. These features have gained Telegram 50 million faithful users. A Bitcoin wallet integrated with Telegram, Telebit allows bitcoin to be exchanged among other Telegram users as well as external bitcoin addresses. "The [Telebit] system has been live....
Wiper, a free messaging app that features the ability to instantly erase messages, has integrated a bitcoin wallet. The ability for users to send and receive bitcoin makes Wiper the first messaging app to integrate cryptocurrency, according to CEO Manlio Carrelli. "Payments make a lot of sense in a messenger". He points to Snapchat's integration of Square as a mobile messaging service that offers payment capability. That service, called Snapcash, requires both parties to the transaction to have an account with a financial institution such as a bank or a debit card company. Wiper, on the....