Ripple will now accept cash thanks to a partnership between Ripple gateway SnapSwap, and ZipZap.
Ripple, OpenCoin's decentralised payment system and currency, is to be open sourced at the end of September.
Bitcoin's finest have launched a self-regulatory group. Will it be enough to mitigate regulatory pains?
Google Ventures and China-based IDG Capital Partners place a bet on OpenCoin, the company behind Bitcoin exchange Ripple.
Bitcoin's long-term chances of success are better if there are many other alternative, digital currencies, with many businesses investing in them.
At first glance, especially to a digital currency neophyte, OpenCoin might not look that different from Bitcoin. Look beyond the superficial similarities, though, and the two ventures in virtual money couldn’t be less alike. That’s especially true in terms of the people – and money – behind the currencies. Bitcoin, after all, was birthed in […]
Digital currency promises to solve some problems of the “real money” world, among them the difficulty of making quick, secure global payments without having to pay a middleman steep fees to exchange one currency for another. While bitcoins have proven they can do the trick, the currency comes with its own problems. Bitcoin can take […]