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'''CoinCard''' | '''CoinCard''' was an exchange where bitcoins were traded for virtual prepaid cards. | ||
The site was first publicly available on Feburary 25, 2011<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3874.0 CoinCard - Buying PayPal $ and gift cards with Bitcoin]</ref>. On April 30, 2011 the exchange's operator stopped cashing out to PayPal after the payment network froze the exchange's PayPal account<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2555.msg101084#msg101084 CoinPal beta - Buying bitcoins with PayPal]</ref>. | |||
The site | The site resumed service on December 20, 2011<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3874.msg656464#msg656464 Reopen announcement]</ref>. | ||
On September 4, 2012, the operator closed it permanently<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3874.msg1159828#msg1159828 CoinCard - Buying Amazon $ and gift cards with Bitcoin - CLOSED]</ref>. | |||
The operator of the site previously operated [[CoinPal]] for [[buying bitcoins]]. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Selling bitcoins]] | * [[Selling bitcoins]] | ||
* [[Buying bitcoins]] | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:01, 7 September 2012
CoinCard was an exchange where bitcoins were traded for virtual prepaid cards.
The site was first publicly available on Feburary 25, 2011[1]. On April 30, 2011 the exchange's operator stopped cashing out to PayPal after the payment network froze the exchange's PayPal account[2].
The site resumed service on December 20, 2011[3].
On September 4, 2012, the operator closed it permanently[4].
The operator of the site previously operated CoinPal for buying bitcoins.