Is Baidu, the Chinese Google, on the Bitcoin wagon?

We have stumbled across some unconfirmed sources saying that Bitcoin Bitcoin While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that While some may still be wondering what is Bitcoin, who created Bitcoin, or how does Bitcoin work, one thing is certain: Bitcoin has changed the world.No one can remain indifferent to this revolutionary, decentralized, digital asset nor to its blockchain technology.In fact, we’ve gone a long way ever since a Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz made BTC’s first official commercial transaction with a real company by trading 10,000 Bitcoins for 2 pizzas at his local Papa John’s.One could now argue that Read this Term can now be used for “payment services” on Baidu. According to a reddit blogger who tweeted this information within the last hours or so, Baidu has become Bitcoin friendly.

If this is the case, it is significant news for bitcoin, given that Baidu was the first Chinese company to list on the NASDAQ and was ranked 5^th on Alexa internet rankings in October 2012. It will be a great leap for e-commerce in China and the world, given the gradual movement of the payment industry towards digital currency and Baidu's extensive reach.

We continue to try and verify the claim and will publish an update as soon as possible.

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