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16 Nov '12, 9pm

A win for Bitcoin legitimacy: WordPress now accepts Bitcoin payments

A win for Bitcoin legitimacy: WordPress now accepts Bitcoin payments

Blogging platform WordPress will now accept Bitcoin as a form of payment, the site announced yesterday. Bitcoin is a form of digital currency that uses decentralized (peer-to-peer) technology to manage transactions and validate payments instead of a government-regulated banking system. Anyone can convert their local country’s currency into Bitcoins. People with a free WordPress.com-hosted blog (not to be confused with the free open-source WordPress platform available on WordPress.org) can now use Bitcoins to buy most upgrades, such as removing advertising or enabling blog design customization. WordPress said it decided to start accepting Bitcoin because of its “role” as a universal currency. PayPal and a number of credit card companies actually restrict transactions in certain parts of the world due political circumstance, high criminal activity, and more. “Whatever the re...

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