[Blockchain Today reporter Kim So-yeon] Encrypted message app Signal users can now support projects with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC).
According to Cointelegraph reports, on the 15th (local time), Signal officially announced that it has begun accepting cryptocurrency donations in the form of support for the app’s sponsoring organization, the Signal Technology Foundation, a non-profit organization. The company said, “As a non-profit organization, we rely on your support. “If you’ve been patiently waiting for Signal to accept cryptocurrency donations, you don’t have to curb your generosity anymore.”
In the future, the cryptocurrency donation system will be included in the’donation’ section of Signal’s official website, and it has been stated that new features will be available through The Giving Block, a major cryptocurrency donation platform.
Signals include Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Retail Coin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Gemini Dollar (GUSD) Stevelcoin, Basic Attention Token (BAT), Z Cash (ZEC) and Chainlink (LINK). ), including 12 cryptocurrencies, can be donated. Giving Block also supports donations in the supported cryptocurrency section.
Signal is a cross-platform messaging service using an end-to-end encryption method. The Signal Technology Foundation was founded in February 2018 by Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, and he left both WhatsApp and Facebook in 2017 to create Signal.
In January 2021, Platformer Newsletter founder Casey Newton announced that Signal is testing the payment function with Binance-backed Stellar-based privacy coin platform MobileCoin. Moxie Marlinspike) is also an advisor to the mobile coin project.
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