Airbitz

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Airbitz
Private
Industry Bitcoin
Founders Paul Puey, Scott Morgan, Tim Horton, William Swanson, and Damian Cutillo
Headquarters San Diego, CA
Services Bitcoin wallet, merchant directory
Website Airbitz.co

Airbitz is a bitcoin wallet provider and merchant directory headquartered in San Diego, CA founded by Paul Puey, Scott Morgan, Tim Horton, William Swanson, and Damian Cutillo.[1] In January 2015 they received $25,000 from the Plug N Play Tech Center and joined their accelerator program.[2][3] In July 2015, Airbitz raised $450,000 from venture capital firm Block26.[4]

Advocacy

CEO of Airbitz, Paul Puey speaks regularly at bitcoin industry events.[5] He has given talks in New Zealand, San Francisco, Denver, LA, and Australia.[6] He talks about and advocates for a decentralized future of bitcoin.[7]

Products

Airbitz’s primary product is a decentralized bitcoin wallet that allows users to store and transact in bitcoin.[2][8][9] An Airbitz wallet was the first to ever send a bitcoin transaction in Cuba.[10][11] They invented the use of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) for bitcoin transactions. They also invented one-touch 2-factor authentication.[12][13][14][15]

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