You Can Now Pay For Xbox And Windows Content With Bitcoin - IGN News

Microsoft is now accepting payments in Bitcoin for content from its online stores.

According to Microsoft, users can add the cryptocurrency to their accounts, which can then in turn by used to buy games, apps, music, and videos from the Xbox Games, Xbox Music, Xbox Video, Windows, and Windows Phone stores.

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[ECTOQUAKE]

For all of those who don't know what bit coin is, its a program that uses your PC's power to do heavy tasks for research and in return you get digital currency. Its a time consuming task though, you'll need to have pretty beefy PC to get a decent amount of profit from it.

[animehistoryotherstuff]

Yay! Now I can pay with a highly volatile money system that is randomly PMSing for the past year! OH GOODIE GUMDROPS!!

[aggressivesloth]

What's wrong with using your own currency so you know exactly what you're paying....

[Smartin]

Let me get this straight. So i spend digital currency on a different form of digital currency to buy digital things, right? Why not just use your credit card

[cahan]

I'm guessing this is supported by steam too?

[krytonic]

Clever way to stop you from being able to get refunds and make it look like they are doing it for the customers. I bet the fanboys will fall for it and love it.

[Ediranii]

Yesterday I checked the Bitcoin currency 1 bitcoin=$340 so I can buy an xbox with 1 bitcoin :D

[The_Double_U]

News like this keeps making me wonder, Should I still trust Xbox ?

[larrysirname]

Microsoft:"We want your drug money too."

[WingedSumac]

Sweet! Now I can use my Bitcoins for! ...Wait, you said Xbox huh? Ahhhh, damnit! Nevermind.

[TheJayef]

how pointless. let me buy bitcoins with my real money so I can use them on xbox, when I could have just not wasted time and used my real money on xbox

[kyloren]

Your prehistoric currency is so last Millennium.

[noregrets]

Now that big companies are going to start using it, will it become more of a protected currency in terms of being able to report it's theft as valid property? As of now if someone steals it the law can't do anything to help you. On another note, does anyone have a gigli saw i can borrow?

[WingedSumac]

ATTN: There are many places to buy Bitecoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc. but the best place that I know of (and recommended by many others) is Coinbase.com.

[SpadGame]

What is BitCoin? Is it a currency that you can get in game or is it more like steam currency? Please I want to know!

[VoltaikEntertainment]

No one even sells bitcoints at its actual cost. 

[Carlisho]

So im reading some comments over here and noticed that bitcoins is a reward for your pc hard work, so basically you need powerful graphics cards to be able to recieve some bitcoins. Ok i understand, so basically if you can afford a $3000 pc then you can be even more rich without needing the money. If you are poor and just can afford a console its a big FU this is made by rich for rich.

[LukiePixel]

The hell is bit coin? .-. Oh what ever. Changes nothing for me

[seanisthedude]

atm bitcoin is not profitable.. if microsoft accepted litecoins, dogecoins or feathercoins it would bebitter imo

[TheDAFFY]

Bitcoin = a scam ATM but in the future...