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5 ways cryptocurrency benefits ecommerce

GetElastic

Bitcoin continues to influence the macroeconomy, and pretty much everybody believes (or wants to believe) that digital currency will bring about a bright future. Ecommerce companies, especially the large ones, have high transaction demands, so fast payments can improve the way they work significantly.

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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

eCommerce Guider

Blockchain is not Bitcoin – The difference between Blockchain and Bitcoin is that Blockchain is the technology that underpins the digital currency that is Bitcoin and makes the existence of Bitcoin even possible. Once a new chain is added to the block, it’s encrypted using cryptography and can’t be changed, replicated or removed.