Plutus - pay with Bitcoin anywhere

[Millard]

Starting 2016, you will be able to Tap & Pay using Bitcoin at any NFC-enabled point-of-sale terminal on the planet, with Plutus. Don’t wait for merchants to accept Bitcoin, because it’s time to take the Bitcoin revolution into your own hands.

 

[sluggy]

Awesome stuff, too bad America is a good 10 years behind NFC payment technology.

 

[Millard]

Awesome stuff, too bad America is a good 10 years behind NFC payment technology.

Also, the U.S. doesn't provide most friendly environment for Bitcoin-related businesses. I expect a lot of the cool future innovations in cryptocurrency space will take place in Europe and elsewhere.

 

[Sector51]

Also, the U.S. doesn't provide most friendly environment for Bitcoin-related businesses. I expect a lot of the cool future innovations in cryptocurrency space will take place in Europe and elsewhere.

Don't forget it took 15 years for chip-based credit/debit cards to start making inroads in the USA while Europe has been using them for ages.

 

[Millard]

Awesome stuff, too bad America is a good 10 years behind NFC payment technology.

Here are some interesting articles about what many may think are the unlikeliest countries to be leads in mobile money technology - Kenya and Somalia:

More phones, fewer banks and years of instability is transforming Somalia into an almost cashless society

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Mobile-money-subscribers-on-the-rise-across-the-region-/-/2560/2834470/-/item/0/-/extrpf/-/index.html