Bitcoin Bill Payment Services Taking Off Around the World

Let’s face it, we all hate paying bills, but the ability to pay them with digital currency might help put a smile on your face.

Earlier this year, CoinDesk reported on the launch of Bylls, a Canada-based service that allows users to pay bills in bitcoin at more than 6,000 organizations, including the government. It was one of the world’s first. Now, new services are popping up around the globe that allow you to pay for everything from basic utilities to taxes in bitcoin.

Like merchant bitcoin payment processors, bill payment services solve the problem of requiring every organization to develop its own bitcoin payment infrastructure. The different systems available have varying degrees of utility, from just a few cooperating payees, to use for everything from credit card bills to taxes.

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