Netherlands Startup Launches Email Postage Scheme Using Bitcoin
Does cryptocurrency provide the right infrastructure to make email postage a reality? A Netherlands-based startup, wrte.io, thinks it has. Anyone interested in finding out if the idea has merit can go to the wrte.io website and register for a wrte.io email address. All one needs to do is register for a free public email address and wait for the payments to come in along with the emails. Founder Ivan Pashchenko of Eindhoven, Netherlands plans to begin a beta test in the very near future with those who have registered for the service. Around 800 have already sent registration emails. If....
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