Sync.com starts accepting Bitcoin payment for encrypted cloud storage and file sharing

Sync.com starts accepting Bitcoin payment for encrypted cloud storage and file sharing

Bitcoin continues to enthrall the world, and its acceptance as a valid payment method is also increasing by the day. Earlier we had reported that several companies and institutions, like Good Game Studios, have started accepting Bitcoin. Sync.com is the latest one on this list and the company hasannounced that starting now it will accept Bitcoin as a payment method via BitPay. In a press release, Thomas Savundra, the CEO of Sync said that "Sync offers a completely private alternative to consumer-grade cloud storage services such as Dropbox, through the use of zero-knowledge encryption.....


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