Bitrefill Brings Mobile Credit Buying with Bitcoin to 113 Countries
A startup called Bitrefill wants to let people top up their mobile phone credit with bitcoin in more than a hundred countries around the world. Bitrefill's website lets users punch in a mobile number, select the amount of credit they wish to add and then pay in bitcoin. The service's founder Sergej Kotliar said that his platform, which started two weeks ago, allows users to top-up their phones without having to travel to a local convenience store to buy credit. Kotliar said: "We do exactly what a local 7-Eleven would do in that country. They have a terminal integrated with similar types of....
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