More info on the first bytes to fiat gateway



Last week we wrote that we have partnered with Indacoin so that bytes can now be bought using Visa or Mastercard. However, we didn’t include details on how the current Byteball integration with Jumio allows for users to bypass the Indacoin KYC process. This short article explains how that works. A quick summary: Connect your Byteball wallet address to your identity. Answer a few questions from the Buy Bytes with Visa or Mastercard Bot inside your Byteball wallet. Enter your credit/debit card details on Indacoin and buy bytes. Pretty simple!



For many readers, this may not seem particularly useful as you can already buy bytes from crypto exchanges. However in order for Byteball to get widespread adoption we really need to get end users using the platform for real world use cases, not just crypto price speculation. So the Indacoin partnership is a huge step in the right direction.



We hired Jesus to aid us with his God-given talents.



Byteball Jesus has been hired as Head of Digital Content (his real name is Paul Murray, but let's stick with Byteball Jesus). Up until last week he had been helping out on a voluntary basis. When asked to make an official statement about his appointment he replied:



“I have spent nearly 5 years doing online marketing for attorneys. I believe these 5 years were a punishment for sins I committed in a previous life. The goal of my previous work was to make wealthy lawyers even more wealthy, which I will be the first to admit, was not the most notable of endeavours. My remit with Byteball is to help bring crypto to the masses through the Byteball platform, which will hopefully bring credibility back to my role as a holy man.”



Another new face



On the subject of new appointments, we are experimenting with some video formats with Byteball content, an example of which can be seen here. We aren't exactly sure what format to settle with, and we are still in the experimentation phase. The only thing we know is that it would be beneficial to have more people on camera talking about Byteball! (On a side note, the editing in the above video is not great, due to some internal communication issues. The fault mainly lies with Byteball Jesus. We will improve).



Byteball — What’s happening? — April 2018



Suirelav has written his latest summary of what is happening with Byteball. For those not familiar with the format, it is like a monthly summary of this newsletter. Also included is a video of the Byteball Workshop: ‘Crypto solutions for the real world’ that Byteball delivered in Zürich recently.



Video contest, win $500!



Between April 16 and May 1 we will be running a video contest. The rules and details can be viewed here. In summary: record a short video about the Byteball features you like the most, best video wins $500, second best wins $250.



Betting bot record broken



The betting bot broke a record the previous weekend, with 181 bets in 3 days for a total stake of 31GB! The bot is an excellent example of how the Byteball platform can be used in real world use cases, and not simply for sending coins back and forth. Maybe the posters of our talented designer are helping.



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