Bitcoin.com

{{Infobox website | name = Bitcoin.com | logo = Full-logo-black-500px.png | type = Private | industry = Cryptocurrency Software | headquarters = Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Mate Tokay {{|(CEO)}} Roger Ver Emil Oldenburg {{|(CTO)}}, | num_employees = 54 (January 2018) [1] | website = www.bitcoin.com | alexa = 2767 (As of 2 April 2018)[2] | products = Bitcoin Wallet, Buying Bitcoin, Bitcoin Mining, Blockchain Explorer | native_clients = iOS and Android | current_status = Active }} Bitcoin.com is a company that hosts a Bitcoin-related web portal and provides a number of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash services such as purchasing and selling these cryptocurrencies, and a mobile wallet for both.[3] It also features cryptocurrency news, various tools, widgets and charts, an online shop, and online gambling.

Organization

Bitcoin.com is registered in Saint Kitts and Nevis under the organization Saint Bitts LLC., and the head office is in Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis. The company's CEO, Roger Ver, gained control of the Bitcoin.com domain name in April 2014 where he leased it to Blockchain.info, and then later to OKCoin. In May 2015, OKCoin announced that the company will no longer be managing the domain Bitcoin.com, due to a dispute with Roger Ver.

In June 2015, Roger Ver re-launched Bitcoin.com dedicating it to helping and grow the Bitcoin network. In November 2017, the Bitcoin.com wallet was ranked third on Google for that search term and was in the top five search results at the Google Play store. That month Bitcoin.com announced that its software had created 500,000 wallets.

In May 2018, the Bitcoin.com company sponsored MMA fighter Mei Yamaguchi from Japan for the Atomweight World Championship title in Singapore.

Bitcoin Wallet Service

The Bitcoin.com wallet was launched in August 2017.

In November 2017, following the Bitcoin Cash hard fork, the wallet was updated to support both blockchains. When users download the app, it will automatically create both Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin wallets. The Bitcoin Cash wallet appears first on the list as the default option.

In February 2018, it was announced that the wallet integrated with ShapeShift using their API to allow for multi-currency conversions within the wallet between Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin (BTC).[4]

In May 2018, Bitcoin.com decided to partially reverse a controversial change made to its website by listing back Bitcoin Cash as Bitcoin Cash instead of Bitcoin (BCH) while Bitcoin.com still lists Bitcoin as Bitcoin Core (BTC) on the site.[5]

In March 2018, the Bitcoin.com wallet announced that 2 million Bitcoin wallets have been downloaded since it was released.

Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin.com started mining with its own pool and mined its first block, 430757, on September 21, 2016. Cloud mining contracts were added in May, 2017. The Bitcoin.com pool and cloud mining system was developed by Emil Oldenburg and Shaun Chong.[6][7]

Bitcoin.com Exchange

In August 2019, Bitcoin.com announced that they will be launching an cryptocurrency exchange in September 2019.[8]

See also

References
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  2. "bitcoin.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
  3. Mizrahi, Avi (7 September 2017). "Bitcoin Cash Integrated into Roger Ver's Bitcoin.com Wallet". Finance Magnates.
  4. "Bitcoin.com Wallet Integrates ShapeShift to Allow for BTC/BCH Conversion". News Article. Finance Magnets. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  5. "Roger Ver's Bitcoin.com no longer labels BCH as the real Bitcoin". News Article. The Next Web. May 1, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. Turula, Tom (2017-12-18). "The Swedish co-founder of Bitcoin.com has sold all his bitcoins". Business Insider Nordic. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  7. Kharif, Olga (2017-09-29). "Paying $15 to Send $25 Has Bitcoin Users Rethinking Practicality". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  8. "Bitcoin.com to Launch a Crypto Exchange Next Month | Finance Magnates". Finance Magnates | Financial and business news. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
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