Bitcoin.com is a cryptocurrency services company founded in 2014 by entrepreneur
Roger Ver
Roger Keith Ver (born 1979) is an entrepreneur who was an early investor in Bitcoin, Bitcoin-related startups and an early promoter of Bitcoin, and sometimes known as Bitcoin Jesus. He now primarily promotes Bitcoin Cash. He previously was CEO ...
, who acquired the Bitcoin.com domain that year. Headquartered in
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Less ...
, the company develops tools for buying, selling, storing, and managing cryptocurrencies, alongside operating a news and education portal focused on blockchain technology.
Products and services
As a cryptocurrency company, Bitcoin.com provides products, services, and information related to the purchasing, selling, storing, and using of cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin.com's flagship product is the Bitcoin.com Wallet, a platform for buying, selling, trading, holding, using, and managing cryptocurrencies. The Bitcoin.com Wallet was launched in June 2017 as a
mobile app
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.
History
The Bitcoin.com
domain name
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was first registered in 2000 to the Swedish company Hurricane Communication AB. The company let it lapse, and, in 2003, it was picked up by Korean-based IVN Technology, which held the domain until 2005. The domain lay fallow until January 2008, when Jesse Heitler registered the name again. Heitler held on until July 2010, when he got an offer for $2,000. The domain subsequently changed hands a few times with no significant web activity.
Roger Ver, then gained control of the Bitcoin.com domain name in April 2014, where he leased it to
Blockchain.info
Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a cryptocurrency financial services company. The company began as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in 2011 and later created a cryptocurrency wallet that accounted for 28% of bitcoin transaction ...
and then later to OKCoin. In May 2015, the 5-year agreement was terminated by OKCoin who issued a statement claiming the agreement regarding the domain was invalid due to the entity named in the documents not being representative of the actual company. Ver sued OKCoin's Hong Kong entity over contract breaches and was awarded a $570,000 judgement by a Hong Kong court in November 2017.
In May 2020, former Apple and Rakuten senior manager Dennis Jarvis was appointed CEO of Bitcoin.com. Jarvis redefined Bitcoin.com's vision to more broadly support the concept of ‘economic freedom’ rather than promote a specific cryptocurrency.
In April 2021, the Bitcoin.com domain was erroneously listed for sale on
Godaddy
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. This prompted site owner Roger Ver to demand the
domain registrar
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A domain name registrar must be accredited by a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry or a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) r ...
and
web hosting
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company remove the $100 million listing, which it did without providing further explanation.
See also
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List of bitcoin companies
This is a list of for-profit companies with notable commercial activities related to bitcoin. Common services are cryptocurrency wallet providers, bitcoin exchanges, payment service providers and venture capital. Other services include mining ...
References
External links
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