the era of the digital wallet
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The Era of The Digital Wallet
By Sam Zaduk
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PayPal Accepting Bitcoin
• Bitcoin accepted across the Paypal network for merchants of digital goods
• Handful of Launch Partners – BitPay, Coinbase, and
GoCoin• PayPal will earn revenue
through referral fees
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The Last 24 Hours
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What is a Bitcoin?• Software-based online
payment system• Payments are recorded in a
public ledger using its own unit of account – called Bitcoin
• Payments work P2P without a central repository
• “Decentralized Virtual Currency”– Crypto-currency
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Digital Currency• Bitcoins can be obtained
in exchange for fiat money, products, services
• Users send and receive Bitcoins electronically for an optional transaction fee – using wallet software (Mobile devices, Web Apps, etc.)
• Format has seen growth
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The Positives
• Fees are lower than 3% typically imposed by credit card processors
• Speed and low cost of transactions
• Overstock.com, Dell, Dish Network, Expedia, Newegg, NBA’s Sacramento Kings
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The Negatives• Consumer Protection
Issues – Bitcoins can be stolen
(hacking)– Chargebacks are impossible– Any fees are paid by the
purchaser not the vendor• Price Volatility ( 7 times
that of Gold)• Illegal Activities / Online
Black Market
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Mo’ Money Options, More Problems
• It may be awhile before you can buy and sell on eBay with Bitcoin
• Crypto-currencies acceptance could spread
• Exchange rates • Refunds would be tricky• Scenario of higher or lower
refund rates than original Bitcoin payment amount
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Industry Effect• Will more payment
companies start to embrace Bitcoin or whether they will fall behind Paypal?
• Google Wallet and Apple Pay may find Bitcoin more troublesome to integrate since they only used stored credentials from credit card or debit card payments.
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Work Cited
• http://online.wsj.com/articles/paypal-payments-hub-to-permit-bitcoin-payments-for-digital-goods-1411494837?KEYWORDS=bitcoin
• http://eprint.iacr.org/2012/584.pdf• http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/bitcoins-p
rice-skyrockets-following-paypals-hug/• http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/
2014/09/23/paypal-takes-small-step-toward-bitcoin-partners-with-cryptocurrency-processors/