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(Remove from Exchanges category, as the operator says no earlier than August 2011.)
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The site was first publicly available on Feburary 25, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3874.0 CoinCard - Buying PayPal $ and gift cards with Bitcoin]</ref>.  On April 30, 2011 the exchanges operator stopped cashing out to PayPal after the payment network froze the exchange's PayPal account<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2555.msg101084#msg101084 CoinPal beta - Buying bitcoins with PayPal]</ref>.   
The site was first publicly available on Feburary 25, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3874.0 CoinCard - Buying PayPal $ and gift cards with Bitcoin]</ref>.  On April 30, 2011 the exchanges operator stopped cashing out to PayPal after the payment network froze the exchange's PayPal account<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2555.msg101084#msg101084 CoinPal beta - Buying bitcoins with PayPal]</ref>.   


The site now shows that August 2011 would be the earlist that it resumes service.
The site resumed service on December 20, 2011<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3874.msg656464#msg656464 Reopen announcement]</ref>.


The operator of the site previously operated [[CoinPal]] for [[buying bitcoins]].
The operator of the site previously operated [[CoinPal]] for [[buying bitcoins]].
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* Domino's Gift Card: 1%
* Domino's Gift Card: 1%
* Papa John's Gift Card: 1%
* Best Buy Gift Card: 1%
* Amazon Payments: 1%


==See Also==
==See Also==

Revision as of 18:39, 20 December 2011

CoinCard is an exchange where bitcoins can be traded for virtual prepaid cards.

Payment is delivered nearly instantly after payment has confirmed. CoinCard uses 2 blocks as the confirmation threshold.

The site was first publicly available on Feburary 25, 2011[1]. On April 30, 2011 the exchanges operator stopped cashing out to PayPal after the payment network froze the exchange's PayPal account[2].

The site resumed service on December 20, 2011[3].

The operator of the site previously operated CoinPal for buying bitcoins.

Fees

  • Domino's Gift Card: 1%
  • Papa John's Gift Card: 1%
  • Best Buy Gift Card: 1%
  • Amazon Payments: 1%

See Also

External Links

References