16 million Bitcoin Wallet users, distributed to more than 140 countries, can now deal with Ethereum.
Blockchain (the company https://www.blockchain.com/, not the technology)
is the most famous Bitcoin wallet provider in the world.
Blockchain.com
- most popular bitcoin wallet
- scans bitcoins
- provides statistics for developers,
- one of the safest and most user-friendly providers for Bitcoin trading.
The slogan of the company speaks for itself: "Be your own bank".
With software solutions, Blockchain.com wants to give people control over their finances.
The founders around CEO Peter Smith are the first contact of the British government on issues related to blockchain technology.
Exchange BTC for ETH on Blockchain.com, powered by ShapeShift
(https://blog.blockchain.com/2017/08/17/blockchain-wallet-adds-ether/)
Today, we’re excited to announce that you can now seamlessly store, send, and receive ether from within the Blockchain wallet. By adding ether as a new currency, we’re providing users with a new diverse way to interact with the digital economy, using the same user-friendly interface, you can now seamlessly toggle between bitcoin and ether.
For users looking to acquire ether, we’re excited to introduce a built-in BTC to ETH (and vice versa) exchange, powered by ShapeShift. Accessible directly within your Blockchain wallet, this integration makes it easy for users to acquire both digital currencies and monitor exchange progress, from start to finish.
For more information about the ins and outs of ether and how it works in your Blockchain Wallet, visit the Support Center Learning Portal of blockchain.com
https://support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000850223
"Ethereum has grown up"
Therefore, the inclusion of ethereum on the wallet has a crucial importance.
Blockchain makes it clear that in the long term Bitcoin won't be the one and only universal cryptocurrency around.
As a result, users have the opportunity to buy and sell the 2nd largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization in addition to Bitcoin.
Blockchain also integrates Shapeshift, which allows an easy transfer between Bitcoin and Ethereum.
"We have a responsibility when we expand our offer."
said CEO Peter Smith in a press release.
"We added Ethereum because we felt it's community, technology and the ecosystem really grew up."
Users mostly outside of the USA
Large exchanges like Coinbase have their customers mainly in the US and Europe and pursue progressive strategies.
Thus, Ethereum was offered for trading a year ago.
Blockchain.com is pursuing a more conservative path because of the widely spreaded clientele.
The Blockbain user base is over 80 % outside the United States.
Smith said:
"Through our analysis, we've found that most of our customers have probably never heard of Ethereum,"
This is another important mosaic stone for the Ethereum network, in addition to the announced update "Metropolis" !
(https://steemit.com/ethereum/@joshbreslauer/ethereum-metropolis-upgrade-in-late-september)
The platform Bitstamp (the world's second-largest Bitcoin stock exchange) also announced that it would start trading Ethereum.
Until October 1, 2017 even without transaction costs.