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Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by paxys on Monday July 26, 2021 @07:12PM (#27966647)
While that would be amazing to have, the problem isn't lack of technology (or more specifically blockchain technology). Amazon could very easily set up a marketplace to facilitate transfer of ebooks, movies and more to other accounts. They could also issue "tokens" for redemption on other platforms. All this is possible with good old fashioned CRUD.
Re:Amazon denies report of accepting Bitcoin as payment by cwkoss on Monday July 26, 2021 @07:41PM (#27966898)
Hmm, I would value these more if they weren't managed within an amazon-controlled database, but you're right that they could offer a lot of the value of this with a centralized solution if they wanted to.