Bitcoin Payment Option Disappears from WordPress Platform
WordPress, the web's most popular blogging system, has removed bitcoin from its payments options at checkout. The open-source platform, which supports over 60 million websites, became one of bitcoin's first high-profile advocates when it announced it would accept the digital currency for premium features in November 2012. It had listed the currency alongside PayPal and major credit and debit cards, however the bitcoin tab has now mysteriously vanished. Third-party plugins that use bitcoin still appear to be running. The original WordPress payment interface in 2012 (left) and today, without....
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WordPress co-founding developer Matt Mullenweg says his company hasn't given up on bitcoin, despite its disappearance from his platform's checkout page. Speaking to CoinDesk, Mullenweg said the decision to axe bitcoin came as a result of resource constraints during WordPress' push to streamline its five-year-old payments system - not a change of heart. "It is simply a matter of development resources, which are especially scarce for us right now as we're trying to keep up with growth," he said, adding that his team are still "big fans" of the digital currency. It remains unclear exactly....