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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

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But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Bitcoin is digitized global currency. Not convinced?

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

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In a story for CNET, reporter Ben Fox Rubin spoke to the owners of a Chicago art gallery and a Manhattan ice cream sandwich shop, which started accepting Bitcoin payments in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Neither had many customers changing how they pay. Why should they?

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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

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Blockchain is not Bitcoin – The difference between Blockchain and Bitcoin is that Blockchain is the technology that underpins the digital currency that is Bitcoin and makes the existence of Bitcoin even possible. Bitcoin was the very first ever blockchain and the only blockchain until the Ethereum blockchain was created in 2013.

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The Ultimate Guide To Cryptocurrency ICO Investing

eCommerce Guider

Most startups usually accept payment in the form of other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum and sometimes even fiat currencies as well. As a bit of background, the first ICOs began in 2013 and since then there has been a flood of ICOs. million) being amongst the largest. 2017 saw ICOs explode, where around $1.25

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Talking Cryptocurrency with Clay Collins

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What percent of his net worth he invested in Bitcoin in 2013. Investing in Cryptocurrencies in 2013. Clay : So I started investing in early 2013. And my hypothesis here was that this had the potential to disrupt fiat currencies or central government issued currencies. …and a lot more. Andrew : Very cool.

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Talking Cryptocurrency with Clay Collins

eCommerceFuel

What percent of his net worth he invested in Bitcoin in 2013. Investing in Cryptocurrencies in 2013. Clay : So I started investing in early 2013. And my hypothesis here was that this had the potential to disrupt fiat currencies or central government issued currencies. …and a lot more. Andrew : Very cool.