Microsoft Adds Bitcoin Currency Conversion to Bing

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2014/02/10/microsoft-beats-google-adding-bitcoin-currency-conversion-bing/#!vbb9S

by lelf • 12 years ago

15 8 12 years ago

pedalpete• 12 years ago

I suppose this is nice in a 'get new people to try bing' type of thing, but what is really going to be the tipping point to make people leave google for more than kicking the tires?

Shank• 12 years ago

If I had to make a guess, it hasn't been added to Google because there is no concrete set exchange that people use on a daily basis more than another. Mt. Gox's recent publicity indicates that it wouldn't be a reliable source. CoinBase? Btc-e?

gibybo• 12 years ago

Mt.Gox has been an unreliable source for the exchange rate for quite awhile now. Bitstamp is pretty much the current gold standard for USD<->BTC rates (Coinbase and BitPay are based on the Bitstamp rate).

iwalton3• 12 years ago

DuckDuckGo also supports BTC conversions (through Wolfram|Alpha):

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=1btc+to+usd

mitochondrion• 12 years ago

Is this really HN-worthy? I'd expect to find this on reddit.

thebouv• 12 years ago

That's okay, Google will one up that by doing a Dogecoin converter.

Much wow.

;)

doubt_me• 12 years ago

Microsoft didn't beat Google at anything.

They still have Bing

platinumdragon• 12 years ago

I have a hard time seeing them adding more useless crap to their interface as beating anyone.

Microsoft Adds Bitcoin Currency Conversion to Bing

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