Dish NX allows users to pay TV service via bit

Charlie Ergen, the chairman of the US satellite television operator Dish NX (DISH), has never been short of gambling--dish declared: From the third quarter of this year, users can pay TV bills with Bitcoin- The move will make dish the largest company to accept Bitcoin payments globally. Coinbase will help dish deal with bitcoin transactions.

Dish, Executive vice president and COO Bernie Han, said it was always the company's aim to keep the diversity and convenience of user choices, including, of course, meeting the diverse needs of users in terms of payment-for some of them, Bitcoin is a better trading tool and method.

But there is always a sense that this is a bit of a marketing catch-Dish's rival, DirectTV, signed a $671 deal with At&t earlier this month. And Dish appears to be interested in the future through broadband expansion channel services, and has been with Disney and other companies have met.

Last year, Bitcoin became a frequent headline in the media and a hot topic in the financial markets: Was it just another financial innovation that ultimately left investors in the wrong, or a nascent currency in the digital age? The debate is far from over, and even the public has begun to pay attention to Bitcoin's trading mechanism, the "players" behind it, and government regulations. 36 Krypton is also continuing to focus on the change and development of Bitcoin, poking around to see the reports.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." "The development of science and technology has brought about changes in all aspects of life-new thinking, living habits, attitudes, but sometimes it is only the same as the" momentary, a moment Away "topic. Will financial, monetary and trading, as one of the fundamental mechanisms of the human world, usher in a subversive change within 10 years? I don't know, but I think it's pretty cool to pay for the TV in Bitcoin.

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