A man holds a model of bitcoin. / LUCAS JACKSON (REUTERS)
Microsoft is passed to the bitcoin . Today Microsoft accounts and allow the use of this virtual currency to buy games, music, movies and apps for Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox console in the United States. Erick Lockard, corporate vice president of Universal Store Company, celebrated the news in a post on the official blog of Microsoft: “The use of digital currency as the bitcoin , though perhaps still not general, is growing beyond the enthusiastic pioneers. We expect this growth to continue and allow people to use bitcoin to buy products and services puts us on the edge of this trend. ” The company has partnered with leading trasacciones of bitcoin , Bitpay to manage this new payment option. And it is a first step towards a growing commitment to this currency, as says a spokesman at Microsoft: “We believe that the virtual currency has many potential applications continue to explore uses of appropriate virtual hand to pro vide customers with a choice. Easy and safe payment and other uses. “
A tutorial for accounts of Microsoft explains how to load the bitcoins . Bitcoin payment option is selected, the transaction is done at Microsoft account (in whole numbers) and in 15 minutes the process is completed. Microsoft page indicates that payment by bitcoins should be fast, but that wait up to two hours to contact technical support if the transfer has problems. The company says that “you can not make purchases directly with bitcoins” only by prior transaction. But indicates that this restriction is temporary. Limiting the United States is also not a innamovible plan, as indicated by a spokesman at Microsoft: “We will see the possibility of expanding the program in the future “.
Microsoft joins other giants like Dell or Paypal already allow payment by electronic money. This new currency in December 2013 reached its peak so far, $ 1,100 (about 887 euros). Currently a bitcoin is equivalent to about 289 euros.
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