How to send bitcoin via email — Three simple steps
We are glad to announce an overhaul of our btcmail feature. Now user can send bitcoin directly using his/her gmail account. The process…
Nov 23, 2018
• 2 min read
We are glad to announce an overhaul of our btcmail feature. Now user can send bitcoin directly using his/her gmail account. The process takes less than 2 minutes.
You can try the service here
https://www.blockonomics.co/btcmail#/
1. Sign in using your gmail account 2. Specify Recipient and Message Specify email address of person you want the send bitcoins to, along with email message 3. Send Bitcoin Send BTC to given address. You can send any amount of BTC through several transactionsThats it ! Bitcoin has been sent through email, its so simple !
You can try the service here
https://www.blockonomics.co/btcmail#/
How does this work technically and how is it better than other centralized services that store your bitcoins:
- Blockonomics doesn’t store any bitcoins and uses split key generation for distributed model of trust. More Information
- Neither the sender nor blockonomics can get access to bitcoin since they only have part of the private key
- If recipient doesn’t redeem the coins in a week, sender can get refund of the coins
The usecases of this service include but are not limited to the following:
- Send bitcoins quickly using a email address, without going to and fro asking for a bitcoin address
- Gifting bitcoins to friends/family
- Sending/Gifting bitcoin to groups of people or mailing list. You can generate multiple bitcoin addresses and sent BTC to all in one transaction
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://insights.blockonomics.co/how-to-send-bitcoin-via-email-three-simple-steps-35420287b6a2/