Microtransactions

The Graph Launches Microtransaction System for Blockchain Data Providers

The new microtransaction system Scalar is meant to enable new ways of monetization for node operators and data providers.

News  ·  21 April 2021

Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use

An app that lets you send lightning tips via Twitter just got a 1.0 software release with a set of new features.

Tech  ·  24 May 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible

An influx of lightning apps are mostly silly, but they demo a serious point: the tech enables bitcoin to compete with traditional payment rails.

Tech  ·  10 August 2018
Tokens

Blockchain for Journalism: How a Big Funding Idea is Starting Small

As print newspapers suffer from the move to digital, and online ad revenues prove an insufficient funding model, could crypto-tokens fill the gap?

Markets  ·  22 January 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum Scaling Advances With ‘First’ Off-Blockchain Payments

A team of ethereum developers has successfully completed what they say is the first off-blockchain transaction on the network.

Markets  ·  11 August 2016
Facebook

ChangeTip Now Allows Facebook Friends to Tip in Bitcoin

Bitcoin microtransactions startup ChangeTip, which allows people to send bitcoin tips over social media, has now added Facebook to its list of supported platforms. With the move, ChangeTip adds to its existing list of popular social media services, which include Twitter and Reddit. However, the team framed the integration of Facebook as a notable step forward. By leveraging the world’s largest social […]

Business  ·  18 January 2015
YouTube

ChangeTip Brings Bitcoin Micropayments to YouTube, Google+ and Tumblr

Bitcoin tipping platform ChangeTip has announced that it is expanding its service to YouTube, Tumblr and Google+.

Business  ·  8 August 2014
Bitcoin

How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon

Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.

Business  ·  10 April 2014
Bitcoin

Dogecoin’s Jackson Palmer on Fast Transactions, Many Tips and Much Inflation

Jackson Palmer tells CoinDesk why he founded dogecoin and why it is more appealing than bitcoin.

Tech  ·  28 March 2014
Privacy

Credit Cards Have Not Evolved With the Internet. Enter Bitcoin.

Credit card companies have not evolved with the internet, creating issues that prove how outdated they have become.

Business  ·  5 January 2014
Coinbase

Is Litecoin the Silver to Bitcoin’s Gold?

As litecoin witnesses a surge in value, what needs to happen for it to gain traction?

Tech  ·  27 November 2013
BitPay

BitMonet unveils free bitcoin paywall function for publishers

By hooking up with BitPay, BitMonet hopes to revolutionize microtransactions for publishers.

Business  ·  7 September 2013