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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: peak on June 12, 2011, 02:04:08 PM



Title: An idea of making payment of software with bitcoin
Post by: peak on June 12, 2011, 02:04:08 PM
I don't know is there anyone considered this:

1.Developer combine a build-in Bitcoin client with his software.
2.When end users download his software and open it for the first time, a bitcoin account will be initialised and a bitcoin address is generated.
3.End user need to transfer some bitcoins to the address to active the software, lets say 10BTC for example.
4.When end users clicked the "active" button, some of the money will transferred to developer's bitcoin account, lets say it is 5BTC.
5.End user need always keep the rest 5BTC in the software's account, otherwise the software will become deactivated. This make sense to prevent end user from sharing it to public, because others can always transfer the rest 5BTC out, and make all shared software that from same source deactivate.


Title: Re: An idea of sell software with bitcoin
Post by: freequant on June 12, 2011, 02:07:35 PM
Bitcoin appstore?


Title: Re: An idea of sell software with bitcoin
Post by: davout on June 12, 2011, 02:09:00 PM
Doesn't work. You can copy bitcoins.


Title: Re: An idea of sell software with bitcoin
Post by: peak on June 12, 2011, 02:11:31 PM
Doesn't work. You can copy bitcoins.
how could you copy bitcoins?


Title: Re: An idea of sell software with bitcoin
Post by: haightst on October 27, 2013, 01:45:48 AM
Doesn't work. You can copy bitcoins.


oh really? how  8) lol


Title: Re: An idea of sell software with bitcoin
Post by: nahtnam on October 27, 2013, 06:41:14 AM
Doesn't work. You can copy bitcoins.


oh really? how  8) lol

I'm not sure but if you can find the private keys then it's your bitcoins! Then of course you can tell everyone how to do it.


Title: Re: An idea of making payment of software with bitcoin
Post by: odolvlobo on October 27, 2013, 07:38:11 AM
That's a clever idea. I think it would work well for subscription-based services.