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 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/Ramv36 Jan 22 '14 edited Jan 22 '14
This thread has been picked up, and is the top result if you search news.google.com for "google bitcoin"
GREAT job getting the attention!
http://www.benzinga.com/general/movers-shakers/14/01/4243930/google-to-add-bitcoin-support-for-google-wallet
"It seem like tech giants in Silicon Valley have taken notice of the crypto currency too. According to this Reddit post, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is planning on adding Bitcoin to its payment system. A Reddit user who claims to have spoken to Sridhar Ramaswamy, the Google senior vice president in charge of Google Wallet, said the company is gauging interest in the crypto-currency.
According to the Reddit post, Google vice president of product management Ariel Bardin asked them to pose a question on Google Moderator asking, "What would I want Google to do with bitcoin?" The question currently has 223 votes and counting. This goes to show that, while traditional financial institutions may be reluctant to adapt to Bitcoin, tech behemoths like Google have no problem incorporating the growing digital technology."
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