21 Inc Launches Bitcoin Micropayments Marketplace for Developers
Bitcoin startup 21 Inc has launched the 21 Micropayments Marketplace, a new offering that enables the creation of apps that allow buyers and sellers to trade digital goods for bitcoin. Initially, the 21.co Micropayments Marketplace will focus on allowing developers to buy and sell API calls using digital currency due to what it called existing developer pain points in the process today that inhibit a global market for such creations. At launch, the offering is available only to users of the 21 Bitcoin Computer, the company’s bitcoin mining and micro-transaction device, though it indicated....
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That’s what 21.co claims. “…We’ve built what we think of as the first micropayments marketplace: a marketplace that allows buyers and sellers to trade in digital goods using micropayments, initially specifically focused on APIs for developer use,” the company wrote on its Medium blog. Users who own a 21 Bitcoin Computer can explore the marketplace at 21.c0/mkt. Transacting on the system at this time not only involves a 21 computer, but also a bit of coding skill. By inserting a command into the 21.co computer, a transaction can be conducted. The system is dependent on a series of APIs, and....
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FTX Debuts NFT Marketplace
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