Online gaming software provider Betsoft Gaming has announced support for Bitcoin transactions on the BTC Poker Network, which itself just launched earlier this year with member sites 365betbit, Bluffabit and Coinpoker. For those unfamiliar, Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment and digital currency system developed in 2009 as an open-source software. The software allows users to… read more
Is Bitcoin Really Safe for Poker? Pitfalls of Bitcoin for Poker
The increasing popularity of anonymous digital cryptocurrencies is spreading to the world of online poker. Bitcoin is currently the most popular cryptocurrency boasting a $10 billion USD market cap. The growing interest in using bitcoins for online poker can be owed to the fact that they allow for near instantaneous, anonymous transfer of funds from… read more
Bitcoin Now Accepted at Major US Poker Rooms
Last week saw the Winning Poker Network add popular crypto currency Bitcoin to its list of deposit methods available to players on its poker skins, making it the largest network of poker sites to offer Bitcoin to players at this point in time. Currently, only deposits (and no cash outs) of up to $1,000 will… read more
Poker Sites That Accept Bitcoin
Much has changed since I first put this list together. Bitcoin has gone through a bit of a boom and bust but is still popular with poker players and in particular players from the United States. In 2012, there were only a handful of poker sites that accepted the virtual currency. Today the options for… read more
