The world of cryptocurrencies has grown over the years. There has been a vast number of consumer facing platforms that have arisen since Bitcoin’s inception; and many are all working to help aid in the adoption of crypto/Bitcoin in their own unique way that invites a new niche of users into our growing ecosystem. For Purse, we lure you in with our great savings and ease of use when shopping online, but others are approaching adoption in other novel ways.

We are pleased to announce our recent partnership with FirstBlood.io. FirstBlood is a P2P (peer-to-peer) eSports social competition platform built atop the Ethereum blockchain. Their platform allows users to compete in popular online games like DOTA 2, and earn rewards worth real money, just by playing the online games you already play for free.

BITS America Tournament

Blood in the Streets (BITS) Americas is an upcoming tournament held by FirstBlood. The tournament prizepool consists of over $10,000; allowing any team to apply to be a part of the event and enter to win.

With this partnership, users can take rewards they’ve earned in FirstBlood tokens (1ST) and convert them to Bitcoin to be spent on our platform, either from your Purse Wallet page, or at checkout thanks to our native integration with Shapeshift. We saw this as a huge opportunity for gamers to create a way to purchase the games and snacks they crave while they’re busy “pwning noobs”.

We are very excited to be working with FirstBlood; and we can’t wait to spread awareness of Bitcoin e-commerce through this unique partnership while empowering gamers.

If you want to learn more about FirstBlood, check out their site to learn how you can start earning money by playing games competitively online. And, once you’ve earned some funds from rekting noobs, spend it on Purse for gaming consoles, pro-gaming controllers, or even a new PC build.