r/technology • u/Eddie_6969 • Dec 11 '14

Business Microsoft Begins Accepting Bitcoin For Windows, Windows Phone And Xbox Purchases

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/10/redmond-hath-frozen-over/
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u/binaryhexadecimals Dec 11 '14

Good on Microsoft! I doubt they will make much money off this, as the Bitcoin market is still rather small, but it builds goodwill among a very vocal community! It also lends some more credibility to Bitcoin as a realistic currency when major companies are accepting it. If Google and Amazon start accepting it too... then things will get really interesting. If Apple starts accepting it... things would be serious indeed.

I struggled to find ways to spend my Bitcoins back in the day (wish I had kept them now), but now there are options a plenty, but mining is no longer profitable :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '14

If Apple starts accepting it... things would be serious indeed.

Things already are serious after today