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Bitcoin Your Digital Currency

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Bitcoin, a new kind of money, is first decentralized digital currency that is increasingly adopted by individuals and businesses to make their payments in an easy and secure manner. This slide deck by Ace Cloud Hosting explorers the basics of Bitcoin and how both businesses and individual can use it for making payments.

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Bitcoin Your Digital Currency

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What is Bitcoin?

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“Bitcoin is an open source software-based online payment

system. Payments are recorded in a

public ledger using bitcoin which is its

own unit.”

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“Bitcoin – a new kind of money, is first decentralized digital currency and an

innovative payment network”

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How To Use Bitcoin? Bitcoins For Individuals

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#1. Know Bitcoin

Bitcoin is quite different than what you

use. Here are a few basic things you

need to know, before you start using

Bitcoin -

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#1. Bitcoin price is volatile The price of bitcoin can unpredictably decrease

or increase over a short span of time.

#2. Bitcoin is not anonymous Additional efforts are required to protect your

privacy with Bitcoin.

#3. Security and Bitcoin Bitcoin transfers the value anywhere. However,

there could be some security concerns.

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#4. Bitcoin payments are irreversible Bitcoin transactions once done can’t be

reversed, however the value can be refunded.

#5. Bitcoin is still experimental Bitcoin is a new currency that is in its

development phase.

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#3. Buy Bitcoins

You can buy bitcoins either by accepting

them as a payment for products and services

or by purchasing them from your friend or

authority. The popular ones are -

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#4. Spend Bitcoins

It’s time to spend bitcoins! There are

lots of merchants accepting Bitcoin all over

the world, popular ones are-

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How Do I Accept Bitcoin? Bitcoins For Businesses

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#1. Know Bitcoin

There are a few things that every

merchant need to know in order to use

bitcoins without changing their habits.

For instance Bitcoin payments are

irreversible.

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#2. Payment Processing

You can process invoices and payments

yourself or through a merchant service.

Mostly, business uses these trusted merchant

services -

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#3. Accounting And Taxes

Depending on the location, bitcoins are

subject to tax. To get appropriate guidance,

you should take the advice of an

experienced accountant or tax consultant.

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#4. Gaining Visibility

There is a rapid growth in bitcoin users, going to

purchase products with their bitcoins. To gain

visibility, submit your business in online and local directories such as useBitcoinsinfo. You

can also display the Bitcoin logo on your

website.

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Benefits for Individuals

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Work everywhere, anytime ...

Control and security over your money...

Zero or low fees…

Mobile payments made easy…

Protect your identity…

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Benefits for Businesses

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Accounting transparency...

No PCI compliance required...

Protection against fraud…

Multi-signature…

Fast international payments…

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Legal Status and Regulation

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Few countries have regulated bitcoin and some

have not.

Cyprus China Bolivia

Canada US Russia

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Innovation in Bitcoin…

Bitcoin has opened many possibilities and

features that are under experiment and are

researched by the community. These

include- security, crowd funding, micro

payments, dispute mediation, trust and

global reach.