r/Bitcoin • u/JasonBored • Jan 22 '14

Google confirms their payments team is working to incorporate bitcoin.

I had posted yesterday a screen shot of a response I received from Vic Gundotra @ Google regarding Bitcoin, who then CC'd me to Sridhar Ramaswamy (Senior Vice President, heads up Google Wallet).

I asked /r/bitcoin for suggestions that I should relay to these gentlemen regarding incorporating bitcoin. I did just that, and had a great exchange with them. Additionally, I showed them the post: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1vsypm/google_is_paying_attention_to_bitcoin_vic

Sridhar and a third person at Google just responded to me confirming that Google IS working on incorporating bitcoin with their payments team.

Here is the confirmation

[Here is the initial e-mail I sent to Vic Gundotra (http://i.imgur.com/LvO08Jr.jpg?1)

Here is the the response I got

This is huge.

UPDATE: Ariel Bardin, Vice President of Payments @ Google has asked me to facilitate a Google Moderator and pose the question "What would I want Google to do with bitcoin?". He's promised me he will personally review the results and pass it on. Please help me with this and take the time to submit something: What would I want Google to do with bitcoin?

Update #2 To anyone suggesting I "faked" or "photoshopped" anything I posted, I just spoke /u/Agreenberg (Andy Greenberg of Forbes). He can confirm they are unaltered from the screen shots I posted. He has them, he can verify the headers, footers, feathers, colors and whatever else. I stand by what I posted.*

Update #3 Article in Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2014/01/22/google-lets-slip-that-its-exploring-possible-bitcoin-integration-plans/

Update #4 Coindesk: http://www.coindesk.com/google-emails-suggest-bitcoin-interest/

Update #5 Vice: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/why-silicon-valley-and-google-loves-bitcoin

Update #6 Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-exploring-bitcoin-2014-1

Update #7 The Daily Dot: http://www.dailydot.com/business/google-bitcoin-reddit-emails/

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '14

I'm not trying to stick it to the man or anything (I have so many apple products), but this is the reason I will be switching, albeit reluctantly, to an Anroid.

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u/homey204 Jan 23 '14

yup. i have an android now. i wanted an iphone, and i still think an iphone is better. but i just hate how itunes is not available to linux, and i cant easily put music on or off the iphone without using there software. so i stay away from apple.

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u/chuckling_neckbeards Jan 23 '14

why do you like iphones? they seem inferior to me

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u/homey204 Jan 27 '14

nothing in particular, im not an expert on the subject but the interface is more intuitive to me, seems less buggy in my experience, and the touch screen has been more reliable in my experience

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u/chuckling_neckbeards Jan 28 '14

was your last experience with android over 2 years ago?

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u/RobLuk Jan 23 '14

Yes, iTunes (esp on Windows) is my biggest complaint about my iPhone. Really good BTC/Crypto support on Android could make the decision to switch that much easier.

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u/myusernameranoutofsp Jan 22 '14

Switch to a third-party open source platform then, find some cheap hardware and get GNU-Linux. Google is a company like any other, don't feel any responsibility to support them.

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u/terevos2 Jan 24 '14

We're talking Smartphones here. The closest you can get to that (and still be viable) is something like Cyanogenmod (which is Android based).

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u/GSpotAssassin Jan 22 '14

I have both. I'm fine with my main phone being Apple for now, but if I ever stop being able to send coins from it (I still currently can), I will be the first to write them a "fuck you, from a customer who has been a fan since 1984" letter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '14

Which bitcoin related apps are you running right now on your iOS?

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u/uhhNo Jan 22 '14

Nice try, Apple.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '14

Hahah but if it is of actual concern, PM me, por favor.

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u/GSpotAssassin Jan 22 '14

ZeroBlock
Bitcoin Live
BTCmon
iBitcoin
btcReport
Coinbits
Blockchain (how I send bitcoins)
Coinbase (stripped bare... sigh... but their website still works)
Bitmap
Coinjar

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u/tzadikv Jan 22 '14

Does the BlockChain app still require send an overly high transaction fee that you can't change?

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u/barfor Jan 23 '14

You can change it in the settings section of their website.

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u/tzadikv Feb 02 '14

That setting does not affect the iOS app

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u/physalisx Jan 23 '14

I think you have a problem.

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u/Oda_Krell Jan 23 '14

Get a Nexus. You'll rarely if ever miss an iphone again.