Two more household names are now accepting bitcoin. WordPress.com, the engine behind millions of websites, now accepts bitcoin as payment for hosting fees. According to a blog post by Andy Skelton on the WordPress blog, “At WordPress.com, our mission is making publishing democratic — accessible and easy for anyone, anywhere. And while anyone can start a free blog here, not everyone can access upgrades (like going ad-free or enabling custom design) because of limits on traditional payment networks. Today, that changes: you can now buy WordPress.com upgrades with bitcoins.”

In a similar move, a number of sellers on the craft marketplace Etsy have enabled bitcoin transactions for their wares.

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