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OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet

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Re: OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet

#3
Love hearing the phrase "Let's face it. Today, it is still ridiculously difficult to spend Bitcoin in the real world."

I love Bitcoin but I can't integrate it into my life because it is just way to complicated in most of my transactions, not due to my lack of understanding of how to use it.

Re: OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet

#5
I like the product. I just want to offer you feedback that some of the copy reads awkwardly.

Consider replacing "Tap & pay anywhere where there are credit-cards. Interested in early access?" with "Tap & pay anywhere credit cards are accepted. Interested in early access?"

Re: OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet

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I sincerely wonder why companies are wasting their effort on the contactless market, especially smaller companies.

This product will be stillborn in the U.S. as NFC terminals are fairly rare and even after the education delivered by Google Wallet and ApplePay, 43% of people who attempt to use ApplePay at a terminal that supports it fail and the clerk provides no meaningful assistance.

If they won't support ApplePay, they won't support this.

Re: OneBit – Mastercard PayPass Integrated Bitcoin Wallet

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post #8

I sincerely wonder why companies are wasting their effort on the contactless market, especially smaller companies. This product will be stillborn in the U.S. as NFC terminals are fairly rare and even after the education delivered by Google Wallet and ApplePay, 43% of people who attempt to use ApplePay at a terminal that supports it fail and the clerk provides no meaningful assistance. If they won't support ApplePay,…

It may not be big in the US market yet, but I can tell you for sure - here in the UK, it's huge. Almost all transactions I do in chain stores are done with contactless.

I believe it's a similar story in Canada.

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