Bitcoin Micropayments Debut on New Wave of Chat Platforms
Two new services enabling bitcoin transactions on chat platforms have launched, with one already gaining thousands of users. TeleBit launched in mid-February and has attracted some 6,400 registered users, according to co-founder Jonathan Harrison. It has nearly 5,000 daily active users and has transacted 41 BTC in total, Harrison said. The service is built on top of the Telegram chat platform, which had 50 million monthly active users in December. Users can send bitcoin through messages on the chat platform, which prides itself on its end-to-end encryption and other privacy measures. "Most....
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Bitcoin offers an opportunity to allow people to make micropayments, which could provide solutions for content monetization, online tipping and more.
Bitcoin micropayments do not seem to make much sense to both consumers and media outlets these days, even though the concept could prove to be a viable ads replacement in the long run. Over in France, local media outlets are actively blocking users from accessing their content when they are running an ad blocker in the browser, as it would diminish earnings from advertisers. While this situation is very annoying, it is also a perfect example of why bitcoin micropayments are a solution.