CoinSafe Releases 'Virtual Bitcoin ATM' Apps for Merchants
Seattle-based company CoinSafe says its new mobile and desktop apps can turn any local business into a 'bitcoin ATM', or face-to-face bitcoin exchange. The CoinSafe apps are free to use and allow businesses to trade bitcoins directly with walk-in customers. After registering their business name for inclusion in CoinSafe's directory, owners then link the app to a Blockchain, Coinbase or Bitstamp account and start trading bitcoins face-to-face. CoinSafe says the software is "designed to be used by someone who has no idea what bitcoin is", and that a staff member merely needs to confirm that....
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