Brawker Switches to Multi-Sig Transactions

Brawker Switches to Multi-Sig Transactions

"The overall security level for all Brawker users has just gone up," reads Brawker's latest blog post. Brawkeris a service that matches up a bitcoiner who wants to buy something online with their bitcoins and a credit card holder who wants bitcoins. The credit card holder buys the product and gets bitcoins in return. The bitcoin user gets a discount of....


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