Amazon Launching Virtual Currency for Kindle Apps, Games

By | Feb 5, 2013
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Amazon Launching Virtual Currency for Kindle Apps, Games (via slashdot)

As if Amazon didn’t have enough irons in the proverbial fire, the online giant up and decided to launch its own virtual currency. But these “Amazon Coins” aren’t a competitor to Bitcoin, an online currency based on an open-source protocol and used for a variety of transactions worldwide; at…


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Nick Kolakowski is a senior editor at Slashdot. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, Playboy, WebMD, Trader Monthly, Carrier Pigeon, and other venues. He is the author of "How to Become an Intellectual" (Adams Media, 2012), a work of comedic nonfiction.

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