Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin.com
Type of site	Private
Headquarters	Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Roger Ver (CEO)
Industry	Cryptocurrency Software
Products	Bitcoin wallet, Bitcoin sales, mining, blockchain explorer
Employees	54 (January 2018)
URL	www.bitcoin.com
Current status	Active
Native client(s) on	iOS and Android

Bitcoin.com is a Bitcoin-related web portal. It provides a number of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash services such as purchasing and selling these cryptocurrencies, and a mobile wallet for both. It also features cryptocurrency news, widgets and charts, an online shop, and online gambling.

Organization

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

Services

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).[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

References

"Bitcoin.com Wallet Integrates ShapeShift to Allow for BTC/BCH Conversion". News Article. Finance Magnets. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
"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.
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.
Kharif, Olga (2017-09-29). "Paying $15 to Send $25 Has Bitcoin Users Rethinking Practicality". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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[Finance_Magnets-1] "Bitcoin.com Wallet Integrates ShapeShift to Allow for BTC/BCH Conversion". News Article. Finance Magnets. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[4] Kharif, Olga (2017-09-29). "Paying $15 to Send $25 Has Bitcoin Users Rethinking Practicality". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-04-26.