The Gospel of Digital money: PayPal announces an attempt to accept Bitcoin payments

NetEase technology News September 24, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, PayPal announced today has been with three leading Bitcoin payment company to cooperate, So that the virtual currency can be supported with limited support.

North America sells music, games, ringtones and other digital products, and can now accept bitcoin payments via PayPal. PayPal said it "brought convenience to our digital retailer, one-stop service, and a more relaxed test of the new form of payment." ”

Bitcoin advocates in order to make Bitcoin 21163.html "> mainstream early began to shout to PayPal, I hope PayPal can embrace this emerging currency." In May 2013, PayPal President David Marcus in an interview that the currency was "fascinating" and recognized its role in the field of near-field communications.

But the wording in the PayPal statement is cautious:

"It needs to be clear that today's news doesn't mean PayPal will use Bitcoin as the currency in our digital wallet, nor does it mean that our secure payment platform handles Bitcoin payments." PayPal has always advocated innovation, but more consideration is to make our customers ' payment behavior safer and more reliable. We have the same attitude towards Bitcoin. So we have to adopt this currency in stages. Today, a certain level of support for Bitcoin is a way to better observe the development of things. "(John)