Microtransactions

Microtransactions

Bitcoin’s Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible

Alyssa HertigAug 10, 2018

An influx of lightning apps are mostly silly, but they demo a serious point: the tech enables bitcoin to compete with traditional payment rails.

Microtransactions

Blockchain for Journalism: How a Big Funding Idea is Starting Small

Corin FaifeJan 22, 2017

As print newspapers suffer from the move to digital, and online ad revenues prove an insufficient funding model, could crypto-tokens fill the gap?

Twitter

Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use

Alyssa HertigMay 24, 2019

An app that lets you send lightning tips via Twitter just got a 1.0 software release with a set of new features.

Microtransactions

Ethereum Scaling Advances With ‘First’ Off-Blockchain Payments

Alyssa HertigAug 11, 2016

A team of ethereum developers has successfully completed what they say is the first off-blockchain transaction on the network.

Micropayments

ChangeTip Now Allows Facebook Friends to Tip in Bitcoin

Daniel CawreyJan 18, 2015

Bitcoin microtransactions startup ChangeTip, which allows people to send bitcoin tips over social media, has now added Facebook to its list of supported platforms. With the move, ChangeTip adds to its existing list of popular social media services, which include Twitter and Reddit. However, the team framed the integration of Facebook as a notable step forward. By leveraging the world’s largest social […]

Microtransactions

Microtransactions

ChangeTip Brings Bitcoin Micropayments to YouTube, Google+ and Tumblr

Nermin Hajdarbegovic

Bitcoin tipping platform ChangeTip has announced that it is expanding its service to YouTube, Tumblr and Google+.

Twitter

How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon

Daniel Cawrey

Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.

Mining

Dogecoin’s Jackson Palmer on Fast Transactions, Many Tips and Much Inflation

Daniel Cawrey

Jackson Palmer tells CoinDesk why he founded dogecoin and why it is more appealing than bitcoin.

Privacy

Credit Cards Have Not Evolved With the Internet. Enter Bitcoin.

Daniel Cawrey

Credit card companies have not evolved with the internet, creating issues that prove how outdated they have become.

Coinbase

Is Litecoin the Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold?

Andrew Torba

As litecoin witnesses a surge in value, what needs to happen for it to gain traction?

BitPay

BitMonet unveils free bitcoin paywall function for publishers

Danny Bradbury

By hooking up with BitPay, BitMonet hopes to revolutionize microtransactions for publishers.