Bitcoin vs Facebook - The End of BTC?
Facebook users will now be able to send money to their friends through the company's messaging app, Messenger. To use the service, the network members will need to connect a debit card or bank account to their Facebook profile. The long awaited app was announced this Tuesday. The app will let users connect their debit card to their Facebook account allowing them to easily send money to other Facebook users. The Messenger app has reshaped its interface and introduced a small "$" icon above which opens the payments tab where users can manage their funds. The app can be used on android....
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Marc Andreessen is a Facebook board member. He is also a firm believer in Bitcoin. He might be one of the reasons why Facebook will add Bitcoin payments in the future. The price of Bitcoin is soaring today. We already have some theories about this being discussed here. Among some positive messages, something else was made public today. Something involving Facebook and e-money services, according to the Financial Times. Don't start packing for the moon just yet, there is no guarantee Facebook is thinking about accepting Bitcoin. There are some reasons why it might be, though. Facebook and....
"ChangeTip Facebook Integration: The San Francisco based Bitcoin microtransactions startup, ChangeTip, now allows Facebook friends to Tip in Bitcoin. That was the news, that NewsBTC has been keeping track ever since we met them at CES15, in Vegas -but here is the inference, of what ChangeTip Facebook Integration means for the Bitcoin community. ChangeTip rolled out for Reddit (an obvious first choice), Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube etc. And now we have ChangeTip Facebook working in perfect harmony! This is an interesting move, both for ChangeTip and Bitcoin community as well. Here's why.......
Microtransactions bitcoin startup ChangeTip can now be used on Facebook. Once strictly limited to Twitter and Reddit, ChangeTip users may now exchange bitcoin tips through a more "friendly" platform, and digital currency and social media enthusiasts alike are celebrating the news. According to newly appointed vice-president for product Dan Held, adding Facebook has been on the company's to-do list for quite some time. Held states: "With over 1 billion users, enabling this on Facebook opens up a unique way to bring new people into bitcoin... Facebook is the biggest social media network, so....
Recently, Facebook made headlines when they approved the Multicoin Tipping App and The Doge Tipping App. This was the first time Facebook had made any positive movement in favor of digital currency. I was able to talk with Alejandro Calballero, developer of the tipping apps, about how things are going, how things look and what's in store for the future of Facebook tipping. CCN. Now that the tipping apps are fully-operational with Facebook approval, how has the response been from the Facebook community? "Well, it's been similar to all apps being released every day. People looking for....
A Facebook virus that mines Bitcoin has been discovered in Norway and is spreading rapidly across the globe. Experts call it a Norwegian phenomenon. The Facebook Virus is taking form as a Facebook direct message. If you have received a direct message on Facebook that looks like the image above then do not download or open it. Senior adviser Vidar Sandland from the Norwegian Center For Information Security (Norsis) warns Facebook users about the new virus. The virus was observed for the first time in Norway a week ago according to Norsis, and is spreading fast through the message system on....