BitPay API Update Lets Apps Enable Easy Bitcoin Refunds
BitPay has introduced the newest version of its BitPay API, a representational state transfer (RESTful) service that will allow the customers of all API-using developers the ability to initiate refunds directly from those applications. The updated API follows a string of recent releases for developers from a number of key bitcoin companies, including Coinbase and CEX.io, which revealed new offerings for this community this past week. For BitPay, however, the emphasis of the release was on the convenience the update will provide for the customers of API users, who will now be able to....
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