Bitwalking Partners with Misfit Launching Wearable Currency Mining Devices
Walking platform app Bitwalking and Misfit wearable devices have unveiled that they have teamed up, enabling users to generate Walking Dollars (W$) through the Misfit devices. Designed by Nissan Bahar and Franky Imbesi, the U.K.-based Bitwalking app was created to give users an incentive to become more active while earning W$ at the same time through the simple act of walking. By converting steps into digital currency, a step is worth the same value for everyone regardless of who they are or where they are. Now as the two team up, users will have the opportunity to mine their own W$....
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