Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin #ITWorld

Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin

itworld.com 18 Feb '13, 2am

Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin #ITWorld

February 17, 2013, 9:32 PM — Mega will accept the virtual currency bitcoin for subscriptions for more storage space on the file-sharing service, cofounder Kim Dotcom announced on Twitter. Mega is the second prominent website in a week to say it will accept payment in bitcoin , which has been slowly gaining traction mostly with online merchants. Reddit announced last week it would take bitcoin for its "Gold" premium service, which lets users turn off advertisements and use a range of editing tools. The blogging platform WordPress began accepting bitcoin last November. Bitcoin's technical design may appeal to Mega users. In order to spend a bitcoin -- which is basically an encrypted number -- users don't have to divulge the range of personal details required for an online credit-card transaction. Although there are advanced hacking attacks, it is generally very difficult to ...

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