It appears Bitcoin (BTC) will finally launch on Facebook Messenger. The development is coming from Wuabit, a platform that creates cryptocurrency wallet.
Wuabit says it is planning to integrate with diverse number of social messaging apps to make it easy for users to transact Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple’s XRP, Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash.
According to Micky, the founder of Wuabit, Manuel Polo says testing is expected to start next month on WhatsApp, and then on Facebook and Telegram.
The Wallet, Wuabit, is regarded as a crypto wallet accessible via a chat interface like WhatsApp, and some other messaging apps. Wuabit, when fully launched, will performs the function of exchanges and does payment transaction in a seamless manner.
“Wuabit is a so called “software agent” powered by some specialized AI and accessible via a chat interface (so it’s a chatbot),” the founder said in an update on Medium late last year.
The idea will first launch on WhatsApp, being the most ubiquitous instant messaging (IM) platform on the universe, then Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WeChat, and Viber.
Through Wuabit, users are abkle to “send 0.05BTC to Vera” using a simple and readily available app like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and some others.
Facebook Is Launching its Cryptocurrency
Few months back, different publications suspected Facebook of designing a cryptocurrency project. Afterward, Facebook also announced they are looking for 22 blockchain experts.
As reported by The Next Web’s Hard Fork column, Facebook’s blockchain section is looking for two Product Managers, one Finance Analyst, one Data Scientist, one Threat Investigator, one Director of Technical Account and Securities and Exchange Commission Reporting.
The last job opening signifies that Facebook is seriously expecting to battle the Security and Exchange Commission for its undeclared blockchain project.
Social media observers are of the opinion that Facebook and some other big firms have the tendency of increasing cryptocurrency adoption across the universe owing to the trust people have in their innovations.
