Online Platform Ask The Doctor Adds Bitcoin to Payment Options to Protect Privacy
Online medical inquiry platform accepts Bitcoin to protect patient privacy and makes users comfortable when asking health-related questions. Ask The Doctor, a Canadian medical startup has officially announced that they are now accepting Bitcoin on their platform to pay for their services through BitPay. The main reason for this is to increase customer privacy using Bitcoin’s anonymity benefits that credit cards cannot offer. More privacy. The company’s goal is to allow users to have more confidence when asking questions that they do not wish anyone else to know or are embarrassing. The....
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