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Title: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: battani on March 12, 2014, 06:11:41 PM A few weeks ago, a friend and I had the idea to build an app to send and receive bitcoin over social networks. There have been many times in the past where we wanted to send bitcoin to people on Facebook or Twitter (to tip, or as a gift, or to pay back friends), but could never do it easily. The recipient has to set up a wallet, understand how it all works, and send me their address, among other things.
The entire bitcoin experience seemed to be a real pain for average users. We thought they would be more at ease transacting on platforms they’re familiar with, with people they can identify and trust, as opposed to anonymous addresses. So we built Coingram: https://coingram.co It’s quite straightforward: you can send bitcoin to anyone on Facebook or Twitter. You can also receive bitcoin from anyone by sharing a link: coingram.co/[your-username]. And you can send very tiny amounts (as little as 1 micro-bitcoin). Everything is free. We have many features planned (mobile app, embeddable buttons, attaching media to your transaction) but we think it's reached a point where we want to see if anyone's actually going to use the darn thing. We think it has some potential. What do you guys think? Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: browep on March 12, 2014, 06:52:15 PM Quote Store your bitcoin in an ultra-secure, easy-to-use wallet. How secure are we talking? After the rash of hacks lately I am going to need a little more info. Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: MPOE-PR on March 13, 2014, 04:08:11 PM A few weeks ago, a friend and I had the idea to build an app to send and receive bitcoin over social networks. There have been many times in the past where we wanted to send bitcoin to people on Facebook or Twitter (to tip, or as a gift, or to pay back friends), but could never do it easily. The recipient has to set up a wallet, understand how it all works, and send me their address, among other things. The entire bitcoin experience seemed to be a real pain for average users. We thought they would be more at ease transacting on platforms they’re familiar with, with people they can identify and trust, as opposed to anonymous addresses. So we built Coingram: https://coingram.co It’s quite straightforward: you can send bitcoin to anyone on Facebook or Twitter. You can also receive bitcoin from anyone by sharing a link: coingram.co/[your-username]. And you can send very tiny amounts (as little as 1 micro-bitcoin). Everything is free. We have many features planned (mobile app, embeddable buttons, attaching media to your transaction) but we think it's reached a point where we want to see if anyone's actually going to use the darn thing. We think it has some potential. What do you guys think? See here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=124441.0). This is the place to establish your competence, not to obfuscate yourself and your idea while appealing to "ease". Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: battani on March 13, 2014, 10:19:43 PM Quote Store your bitcoin in an ultra-secure, easy-to-use wallet. How secure are we talking? After the rash of hacks lately I am going to need a little more info. Storage is handled by Blockchain and Coinbase. Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: battani on March 13, 2014, 10:21:44 PM A few weeks ago, a friend and I had the idea to build an app to send and receive bitcoin over social networks. There have been many times in the past where we wanted to send bitcoin to people on Facebook or Twitter (to tip, or as a gift, or to pay back friends), but could never do it easily. The recipient has to set up a wallet, understand how it all works, and send me their address, among other things. The entire bitcoin experience seemed to be a real pain for average users. We thought they would be more at ease transacting on platforms they’re familiar with, with people they can identify and trust, as opposed to anonymous addresses. So we built Coingram: https://coingram.co It’s quite straightforward: you can send bitcoin to anyone on Facebook or Twitter. You can also receive bitcoin from anyone by sharing a link: coingram.co/[your-username]. And you can send very tiny amounts (as little as 1 micro-bitcoin). Everything is free. We have many features planned (mobile app, embeddable buttons, attaching media to your transaction) but we think it's reached a point where we want to see if anyone's actually going to use the darn thing. We think it has some potential. What do you guys think? See here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=124441.0). This is the place to establish your competence, not to obfuscate yourself and your idea while appealing to "ease". "Ease" is exactly what bitcoin needs right now. Your post is antiquated. I think you're right though in that this forum is most probably not the target market. Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: Atruk on March 14, 2014, 04:15:38 AM A few weeks ago, a friend and I had the idea to build an app to send and receive bitcoin over social networks. There have been many times in the past where we wanted to send bitcoin to people on Facebook or Twitter (to tip, or as a gift, or to pay back friends), but could never do it easily. The recipient has to set up a wallet, understand how it all works, and send me their address, among other things. The entire bitcoin experience seemed to be a real pain for average users. We thought they would be more at ease transacting on platforms they’re familiar with, with people they can identify and trust, as opposed to anonymous addresses. So we built Coingram: https://coingram.co It’s quite straightforward: you can send bitcoin to anyone on Facebook or Twitter. You can also receive bitcoin from anyone by sharing a link: coingram.co/[your-username]. And you can send very tiny amounts (as little as 1 micro-bitcoin). Everything is free. We have many features planned (mobile app, embeddable buttons, attaching media to your transaction) but we think it's reached a point where we want to see if anyone's actually going to use the darn thing. We think it has some potential. What do you guys think? See here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=124441.0). This is the place to establish your competence, not to obfuscate yourself and your idea while appealing to "ease". "Ease" is exactly what bitcoin needs right now. Your post is antiquated. I think you're right though in that this forum is most probably not the target market. You can't have real cryptocurrency without real crypto. Maybe spend a year practicing with Doge? Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: MPOE-PR on March 14, 2014, 06:10:59 PM "Ease" is exactly what bitcoin needs right now. Your post is antiquated. I think you're right though in that this forum is most probably not the target market. Bitcoin doesn't need anything, and those who need ease, singly or as a whole, do not have anything to do with bitcoin. Standards are standards, and it'll never be the case that ease will trump sense. Not among people who think. Title: Re: I built a bitcoin app you may find useful Post by: RoooooR on March 14, 2014, 07:41:05 PM Great project. Good luck.
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