Microsoft apologizes: We still accept bitcoin

[pawel7777]

No one posted this yet, so sharing.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/14/microsoft-stops-accepting-bitcoin-on-windows-10.html

[n691309]

No one posted this yet, so sharing.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/14/microsoft-stops-accepting-bitcoin-on-windows-10.html

I was worried when i heard that microsoft stopped accepting bitcoin because bill gates was one of the first who was pro-bitcoin, good news that it is back now accepting bitcoins, maybe they were changing the platform or cold wallets at that time.

[TippingPoint]

Good for them, and good for us.  We have some significant support there.

[Chris!]

I didn't hear the news that they stopped accepting bitcoin! Man I was out of the loop for a bit there.

Also, who edits these articles?!

"BitPay did immediately responded to CNBC's requests for comment."

I'm glad BitPay did was on the ball.

[BellaBitBit]

Very cool that Microsoft acknowledges this.  The price of btc did not seem to be affected by it anyway. Everyone can relax now.

[Iseecookies]

Let the cat out of the bag to early maybe?
They are not exactly a company known to play nice and woul expect some hijack attempts.

[lumeire]

Let's get the PlayStation network next please 

[SFR10]

According to their statement, was just a mistake but clearly it's a lie. What happened was, them turning their heads away and then, the minute everyone found out, they made a U-turn and decided to continue since they probably thought, there's small demand which clearly isn't the case after all. That sort of mistake, doesn't just happen like that, but that's what they want us to believe. Btw, it's still open for US citizens, so not sure why their not expanding it to other countries as well.

[Blind Legs Parker]

This seems like a move to give a final pump to ethereum. No one is there to impede it from falling back to normal levels now.

[BellaBitBit]

According to their statement, was just a mistake but clearly it's a lie. What happened was, them turning their heads away and then, the minute everyone found out, they made a U-turn and decided to continue since they probably thought, there's small demand which clearly isn't the case after all. That sort of mistake, doesn't just happen like that, but that's what they want us to believe. Btw, it's still open for US citizens, so not sure why their not expanding it to other countries as well.

My thoughts exactly.  I feel like a "mistake" like that just does not happen on a microsoft website.  That would be an huge error simple to avoid for the web content manager.  I didn't think it was a big deal when I first heard about it but now it is interesting.

[densuj]

Microsoft has made panic selling 

[Jeremycoin]

Of course they have to do it, it would make a big impact for them if they didn't do it.

[AliceWonderMiscreations]

This seems like a move to give a final pump to ethereum. No one is there to impede it from falling back to normal levels now.

Doubt it. I suspect it was a PR move - people like me didn't even know they accepted it in the first place, now I know.

[romero121]

Most users might have got panic and thought why Microsoft has taken such a decision. Today this news might have given them some good hope on the future of bitcoin.

[blackside]

Most users might have got panic and thought why Microsoft has taken such a decision. Today this news might have given them some good hope on the future of bitcoin.

Bitcoin's future has nothing to do with some specific company's decision. Bitcoin will end this block size increase debate and got a consensus solution.

[Kakmakr]

If you believe all the fud and shilling coming from the Ethereum people, they already signed up with Microsoft. The thing is, Bitcoin offer value to Microsoft now, in the form of sales and the widespread adoption of the currency from customers and merchants. This is something that Ethereum does not have. Microsoft will milk the Bitcoin cow, until the Ethereum partnership has grown and then they will dump Bitcoin. They say, Business is Business, right. Just bend over and take it from behind, they have strong market dominance and we must grow faster than all the other competing Alt coins, to have the edge.   

[Amph]

so it was a lie on the web to spread fud, that none was using bitcoin to purchase things on microsoft store

another thing done for pumping ethereum and dumping bitcoin i guess

[NorrisK]

Microsoft has made panic selling 

I didn't really see any panic selling going on after the announcement. Bitcoin seems relatively stable at current price, regardless of news like this.

Also, one (albeit big) company that stops accepting bitcoin should never be a reason for panic selling. Bitcoin has grown beyond that and should be able to cope with it.

Ultimately I think we are all happy to see that Microsoft is still in the bitcoin game regarding accepting bitcoin.

[krunox123]

According to their statement, was just a mistake but clearly it's a lie. What happened was, them turning their heads away and then, the minute everyone found out, they made a U-turn and decided to continue since they probably thought, there's small demand which clearly isn't the case after all. That sort of mistake, doesn't just happen like that, but that's what they want us to believe. Btw, it's still open for US citizens, so not sure why their not expanding it to other countries as well.

It looks like they just want free publicity from the media, IMO. But still it is a good thing that there is still a big company such as Microsoft that support Bitcoin.

[RealPhotoshoper]

No one posted this yet, so sharing.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/14/microsoft-stops-accepting-bitcoin-on-windows-10.html

ah thanks god,good news for today,yesterday i found thread that said microsoft windows 10 store not accept bitcoin anymore,and now its been clear,microsoft apologize for that mistake.