Bitcoin Companies Need To Embrace SMS Technology For Mainstream Adoption. newsbtc When people think of Bitcoin as a new form of payment, discussions will automatically turn towards the mobile space and how smart devices are of great importance to the future of finance. While this may all be true, there are a lot of people out there who do not have access to high-end phones, let alone mobile internet access. One technology everyone with a cellphone has access to is the SMS network, which also provides ample opportunity for Bitcoin adoption in the long run. SMS Is Still Far More Relevant Than People Think
Especially people in the Western world have been spoiled by a wave of new communication methods over the past few years. Whereas SMS used to be the preferred form of communication not that long ago, social networks and messaging applications have started to take its place. That is, as long as one can communicate with another person who uses a smartphone with internet access.
However, the older generations – even in the Western world – are not interested in all of these fancy features, let alone how they want to use WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger to communicate with their grandchildren. To them, all that matters is being able to send and receive text messages, because learning to type on a cellphone is quite a challenge for them already.
Despite what people might think, SMS is still often used by consumers all over the world. Regardless of which location they might be in, the SMS protocol has never let them down – unless a major natural disaster happened; that is. Mobile Internet, or Wi-Fi for that matter, are not always as reliable and cost additional money to use in most cases. Every cell phone plan has a […]
