Samsung Plans to Take Bitcoin Technology Beyond Virtual Currency
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Samsung Electronics Co. is working with International Business Machines Corp. to use bitcoin technology for new applications.
While bitcoin’s price has almost halved in the past year and the prospects for the digital currency are uncertain, its underlying software is attracting companies like phone makers, carriers and banks. That’s because the technology can be tweaked to record changes in ownership of any asset in a public ledger using a distributed network of computers or mobile phones. It could help facilitate all types of online transactions.