Windows Opens Up To Bitcoin– How ToShop?
Microsoft Windows has become the largest company to start accepting Bitcoin for payments. It is one of the largest corporations to do that. The technology giant now sees bitcoins as a legitimate currency and an alternative to credit cards or hard cash. You can use bitcoins to make purchases from the Windows Store, Xbox, Windows Phone and associated platforms. This is good news for those hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin users who earlier felt left out.
Get your Bitcoins
Where you can get Bitcoins? You can get them from the exchanges or other people selling their virtual currency. There are special exchanges trading in Bitcoins and these are usually online ventures. Mode of payment for trading in bitcoins is the same as for any other online purchase. You can use your credit or debit card or other crypto-currencies. You can also pay in hard cash if purchasing from another person. Once bought, these coins will be transferred to your wallet. The wallet is the place where bitcoins are stored. It can be either in your hard drive on in an online account. This can be compared to a bank account in its working and function.
Access Windows Platforms
You can access Windows Store, Windows Xbox or Windows Phone portals to make your purchase. The company is still carrying out the modifications to accept bitcoins. Deployment of such tools may take some time. This means that you cannot make immediate payments with bitcoins on Windows platforms. The payment will still not be supported for some time to come.
In the meanwhile, Microsoft has made room for payments through its wallet. You can load your crypto-currency to the wallet and then transfer it to make purchases from the official store. Another option is to create digital gift cards with the bitcoins and then use them to buy applications from Windows.
Another catch in using bitcoins for Windows lies in its geographical limitation. You can use bitcoins for Windows only in the United States. Doing so will be difficult for Canadian customers as well. Those outside the U.S thus have to wait before Windows sort things out and deploy bitcoin payments in full.
How to Pay?
The question arises from current limitation is this: how to pay? One option is to wait until Windows fully deploy the bitcoins. The other is to use the Microsoft Wallet or online gift cards. These two options may not look as simple as quickly exchange your credit in crypto currency. Still, it has opened a new window of opportunity. Windows can lead the way for other corporate giants. It is also improving the methods to make bitcoins more acceptable into its sytem.
You can thus start with the existing options and upgrade your current OS or install new applications. There is enough customer interest that the company will accelerate the process of deploying bitcoin-accepting payment methods.
Consider the endless shopping sprees on Windows just opening their doors for you. Make use of the existing options and soon you will be able to get much more with your bitcoins.
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