Blockchain Wallets Are Coming (Maybe Soon) to a Car Near You
A blockchain wallet for every car? It's no secret cars have become more connected, but a new concept from a trio of big-name institutions is taking today's futuristic ideas further with a new blockchain prototype that envisions how transportation could be driven by automated payments. That's the vision behind a new blockchain project called Car eWallet, developed jointly by German auto parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen, the innogy Innovation Hub (a spin-off of german utility giant RWE) and Swiss Bank UBS. Car eWallet, announced earlier this month, is envisioned as an elaborate network for....
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Prepaid bitcoin card specialist GogoCoin has announced a key partnership with Blockchain that will see the two companies coming together to issue a 'white-label' card that can help users quickly set up a bitcoin wallet. The Blockchain cards are loaded with 2 mBTC, intended as giveaways to increase the user base of its wallet service. Tom Longson, CEO of GogoCoin, told CoinDesk that he believes the cards will help encourage greater bitcoin adoption: "It's very simple, and designed to go as easily as possible so there are no complicated steps. You don't have to understand bitcoin as much as....
If we want to make digital currency a mainstream trend, a lot of things will have to change over the coming years. Perhaps one of the most important things that need to be changes is how people perceive digital wallets. As it stands right now, there are multiple concerns regarding security, convenience, and ease-of-use. Most of the digital wallets –....