Airbitz

Airbitz
Private
Industry Bitcoin
Founders Paul Puey, Scott Morgan, Tim Horton, William Swanson, and Damian Cutillo
Headquarters San Diego, CA
Services Bitcoin wallet, merchant directory
Website Airbitz.co

Airbitz is a bitcoin wallet provider and merchant directory headquartered in San Diego, CA founded by Paul Puey, Scott Morgan, Tim Horton, William Swanson, and Damian Cutillo.[1] In January 2015 they received $25,000 from the Plug N Play Tech Center and joined their accelerator program.[2][3] In July 2015, Airbitz raised $450,000 from venture capital firm Block26.[4]

Advocacy

CEO of Airbitz, Paul Puey speaks regularly at bitcoin industry events.[5] He has given talks in New Zealand, San Francisco, Denver, LA, and Australia.[6] He talks about and advocates for a decentralized future of bitcoin.[7]

Products

Airbitz’s primary product is a decentralized bitcoin wallet that allows users to store and transact in bitcoin.[2][8][9] An Airbitz wallet was the first to ever send a bitcoin transaction in Cuba.[10][11] They invented the use of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) for bitcoin transactions. They also invented one-touch 2-factor authentication.[12][13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ Jennewein, Chris (28 July 2015). "Five Questions for a San Diego Startup: Airbitz". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "AirBitz – One of the Most Complete Decentralized Bitcoin Wallets For Mobile Users". Digital Money Times. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Connor, Katherine. "Seven startups earn $25K, spot at Plug and Play Expo". The Daily Transcript. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Blockchain VC Block26 Invests Almost Half-Million in Digital Wallet Platform Airbitz". Coinspeaker.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "All About AirBitz With Paul Puey". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Airbitz Helped Successfully Transfer Bitcoins from the U.S. to Cuba". CoinSpeaker. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Airbitz CEO Paul Puey on Why Bitcoin Can Succeed Where Mobile Payments Have Failed". Inside Bitcoins. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Jersey City to get N.J.'s first Bitcoin ATM". NJ.com. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Airbitz Enables BLE-driven Wireless Payments for iPhone and Android". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "First Documented Cuba Bitcoin Transaction Is Now History". Crypto Coins News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Mena, Kelly. "Bitcoin Transcends Politics With First-Ever Public Transfer Using Airbitz". Paymentweek. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Introducing the World’s First One-Touch 2 Factor Authentication". www.airbitz.co. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Hulseapple, Cheryl (19 March 2015). "Airbitz Invents First ‘One-Touch 2-Factor Authentication’ for Mobile Wallet". CoinTelegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Airbitz launches world’s first one-touch 2-factor authentication". Coin Report. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Airbitz Launches Simple and Secure 2fa". Bitcoinist. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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