Decentralised Apps Promise New Way of Doing Business Online
One of the social web's dirty little secrets is that nothing is for free. However, decentralised apps (DApps) may be able to make the relationship between service provider and user more transparent - and more flexible. For years, 'web 2.0' services offered people free services with incredible value. Facebook is one example, and Google is another. People didn't generally have to pay for them financially, but were giving back in other, and sometimes controversial, ways. The use of people's personal data is one such trade-off, but work is another. Every time you share a status update on....
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Everyone has at least one smartphone which can be used to download apps from the Apple Store or Google play for different reasons. Now with the spreading of Bitcoin we have witnessed apps that help us to pay for stuff we buy online and we call them bitcoin wallets, also we have apps that show the funny side of bitcoin, finally there are more experts apps that make the life of a businessman easier and more productive. Take the app called Bitcoin Business planner , whose goal is to provide all the best links to the world of digital mining. Larry Pantlin is the owner of Capstone Digital....
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....
One time-tested measurement of an industry's promise is the amount of investment capital flowing into new ventures in the space, and now angel investor group BitAngels has closed a new fund that highlights the bright future of digital currencies and decentralised applications. Billed as the world's first "distributed veteran entrepreneur and angel investor group," BitAngels has been an active organization in the bitcoin community, having invested $7m into digital currency startups since its inception in 2013. BitAngels co-founders Michael Terpin and David Johnston sat down with CoinDesk at....
In Bitcoin, the promise of a limited supply is great. This was one of the biggest things that initially appealed to me when I heard about Bitcoin. “No more than twenty one million bitcoins will ever exist!” But can this promise be kept in the long run? Has the Promise Already Been Broken? Some would […] The post 21M Bitcoin and the....
Dutch payment service provider Mollie announced on Thursday that they have introduced bitcoin payments for both websites and apps utilizing their services. Merchants who do their business online (in partnership with Mollie) can now accept the emerging digital currency with relative ease, without the need for anything extra. Better yet, they can start accepting bitcoin immediately. These merchants (over 10,000) need not be familiar with the technicalities behind bitcoin because Mollie will simply do the work on their behalf. When a user pays with bitcoin, it will be converted into euros at....