Bitwage reports dramatic growth, while expanding services
Founded in 2013, bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service, Bitwage, offers fast and low-cost payroll services, distributed in fiat currencies and bitcoin. The company currently has over 6,000 registered users and has processed almost $8 million in payroll transactions.
Bitcoin powered mesh networks at least a decade away, says Andreas Antonopoulos
Mesh Networking has long promised to unshackle users from Internet Service Provider charges and fees. The technology powers many of the largest mobile networks in the world, leveraging proven routing techniques originally developed for battlefield communications by the military.
Yours Engineering completes first testnet micropayment for Bitcoin powered content platform
There are a lot of great content creators on the internet, but most of them aren’t earning any money. Yours is a a way to solve this problem. By thoughtfully incentivizing payments to creators, we give people a reason to pay for content on the internet. Our app depends on an integrated bitcoin wallet, and this week we have made important progress enabling small payments with low fees: we have broadcast our first micropayment on bitcoin testnet.
Bitcoin remittances ‘20 percent’ of South Korea-Philippines corridor
Bitcoin adoption within the international remittance market is starting to show its first real signs of life. According to the founder and CTO of BloomSolutions, Luis Buenaventura, bitcoin powered remittances now account for 20% of the Asian remittance corridor between South Korea and the Philippines. “$35-40M a year is bitcoin, probably more than that,” he told BNC during an interview. According to the world bank, US$215 million passed through the corridor last year.
