Bitcoin-Payable API: Ping21 Earns Bitcoin By Monitoring Uptime And Latency
As the Internet of Things (IoT) creates new devices for a variety of remote monitoring capabilities, the question naturally arises: how will the costs for these capabilities be covered? A Medium entry offers an example of how a device, the 21 Bitcoin Computer, can pay on demand for a service it provides. The mining chip integrated into each 21 Bitcoin Computer turns electricity into digital currency by sending a service up to the network (hashing) in return for a stream of bitcoin. The concept of a bitcoin-payable API creates the possibility for machines to provide services over the....
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21 Inc has announced the launch of ping21, a service that allows users to check the uptime or latency of any given website from Bitcoin Computers on the 21 network. This is the first release in a series of projects related to the Internet of Things that the company plans to release in the coming weeks. Thanks to the release of its Bitcoin Computer last year, 21 has created a decentralized network of machines that are financially connected to each other via Bitcoin. Ping21 essentially takes advantage of 21’s network of devices to process various requests in exchange for Bitcoin. This first....
The San Francisco-based 21inc is pulling more features out of the box by introducing ways people can be paid using its device call Ping21. The first concept allows 21 computer owners to monitor uptime and latency from the network. Users sell this data much like the companies Pingdom or Uptrends. This type of mechanical harvesting enables people to learn....
With its signature hardware product now shipping to users in the US, Canada and Europe, 21 Inc is seeking to roll out its next stage in development, a decentralized, bitcoin-incentivized network of the devices. 21 Inc announced the launch of Ping21 today, a new proof-of-concept it envisions as a competitor to website monitoring services such as Pingdom or AlertFox. Today, webmasters use such services to determine how a website is performing in different markets, in the case of Pingdom, paying between $13 and $454 a month for the service. What 21's grid now allows is that Bitcoin Computers....
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Various services around the world have started exploring the option of accepting Bitcoin payments for goods and services rendered. One positive trend to note is how there are so many different businesses where you can spend Bitcoin these days. Perhaps one of the more unique services is Updown.io, a platform to monitor your website’s uptime at low costs. Website owners can relate to how annoying it can be to monitor the uptime of a website at any given time. Not just when they are running their own website, but it’s especially the case when managing websites for dozens of customers. A....