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#Microsoft Begins Accepting Bitcoin For Windows Windows phone And Xbox Purchases If you want further proof that Microsoft is going through a transformative phase, you may be interested to hear that the company has jumped on the bitcoin wagon. The Redmond-based tech giant is now accepting bitcoins for buying games and other digital content on its Windows, Windows phone and Xbox platforms, as the folks at Coindesk noticed today. Members of Reddit bitcoin subred noted that Microsoft appears to be working with payments firm Bitpay to make this happen. Neither Microsoft nor Bitpay have announced formally the partnership or details but the former does have a series of instructions related to bitcoin payments within its illing helppages. Wee contacted both companies for further information, but did not hear back at the time of writing. Update: Microsoft has confirmed now that it is indeed working with Bitpay. It described its adoption of Bitcoin as being bout giving people options and helping them do more on their devices and in the cloud. There are some caveats to note, however. Customers can use bitcoin to load money into a Microsoft wallet or to create digital gift cards, but direct payments with the cryptocurrency are supported not at this time. Finally, bitcoin payments appear to be limited to customers in the U s.,according to feedback from Reddit members d

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