A new crypto plugin will allow WordPress publishers to receive ad earnings directly into their Ether (ETH) wallets, according to a Dec. 10 plugin description posted on the WordPress’ official website. Called “EthereumAds,” the plugin will enable content publishers to auction advertisement space for ETH using smart contracts. “After you inserted our widget your ad space is automatically openly auctioned off using our smart contract every two weeks to the highest bidder,” the official description reads. According to the EthereumAds website, the WordPress plugin plans to compete with Google AdSense, allowing publishers to earn ETH through banner ads. EthereumAds specifically …
A plugin for the WordPress web publishing platform now enables users to timestamp content on the Ethereum blockchain. The plugin can help with copyright issues, proof of who created a piece of content, and to reassure readers it has not been altered. WordPress currently powers around 37% of all websites and has a 60% share of the CMS market. Amsterdam-based WordProof made the announcement at the London BlockDown 2020 3D virtual blockchain conference on October 22. Timestamping is important because it provides a unique fingerprint, or hash, for the latest version of the content which has been added to the …
Blockchain tech firm ConsenSys has joined news industry leaders to contribute to the creation of a new revenue-generating news platform by WordPress, according to an official press release published on Jan. 14. ConsenSys has invested $350,000 in the new WordPress project called Newspack, an open-source publishing platform for news companies. Through the investment, the major global blockchain company has joined leading industry organizations such as Google News, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In total, WordPress’ parent company Automattic and its partners Spirited Media and News Revenue Hub have secured $2.4 million …
A blockchain network is preparing for the imminent hard fork to the second version of its core system on 28 Nov – with users set to benefit from flexible transaction fees and the ability to develop their own plugins with ease. ARK has been preparing Core V2 of its platform for some time, and has stressed that its community will not be affected by the hard fork as long as they update their desktop or mobile wallets to the latest version. Upon launch, exchanges and node operators will be required to update to the new core codebase. Forking out for …
WordPress has removed its Bitcoin payment option and it has given a non-committal answer when asked if it will return. The news was quietly made, with no announcement coming from WordPress or its Bitcoin partner Bitpay. CoinDesk broke the news yesterday. Third party applications and plug-ins that utilize Bitcoin are currently working on the platform. WordPress Co-Founder, Matt Mullenweg, responded to the CoinDesk article by posting in the comments, stating that the bitcoin payment option has been removed while they streamline things, and that putting it back in isn't a high priority because bitcoin payments equaled a lower volume compared …