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The founders were Gavin Andresen, Jon Matonis, Patrick Murck, Charlie Shrem, and Peter Vessenes.[38] In October 2012, BitPay reported having over 1,000 merchants accepting bitcoin under its payment processing service.[39] In November 2012, WordPress had started accepting bitcoins.[40] 2013[edit] In February 2013 the bitcoin-based payment processor Coinbase reported selling US$1 million worth of bitcoins in a single month at over $22 per bitcoin.[41] The Internet Archive announced that it was ready to accept donations as bitcoins and that it intends to give employees the option to receive portions of their salaries in bitcoin currency.[42] In March the bitcoin transaction log called the blockchain temporarily split into two independent chains with differing rules on how transactions were accepted. In most cases the company tries to manage its cash and digital currency exposure by equally balancing inputs and output via trading. You can exit the trade in one of two ways: Place a second, opposite trade to close before expiration Let the spread contract expire If you exit the position before expiration, you’ll be charged a $2 trading fee per contract. Why are so many people convinced no successor or competitive alternative to Bitcoin will arise over time? Social Value Satoshi Nakamoto’s innovations in the field of Computer Science are significant milestones. Many major technology and retail companies accept bitcoin in the same way they would older currencies, and small businesses have jumped on the bitcoin bandwagon as well.
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