GoldMoney

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GoldMoney is a payment network for digital currencies each backed by a precious metal.

The company holds the precious metal in reserve and issues currency units denominated in units of the metal.

The currencies and units offered are:

  • Gold - Goldgrams
  • Silver - Silver ounces
  • Platinum - Platinum grams
  • Palladium - Palladium grams

Transactions made to a merchant or sent to another GoldMoney member clear instantly. Only customers with "full holding" accounts are able to make payments using the currency. Payment are non-repudiable[1].

With GoldMoney payments being irrevocable (i.e., no charge-backs) it is a method embraced by Bitcoin traders as bitcoin payments are irrevocable as well. These traders may be found on the bitcoin-otc marketplace, for instance.

Fees

There are fees when buying the currency, for demurrage (storage), and when making payments or withdrawing funds. The rates are disclosed on the GoldMoney site.

History

GoldMoney was started in 2001 and by 2011 it had $2 billion USD of customer assets in storage[2] Though offers to trade bitcoins for GoldMoney and vice-versa were discussed as early as October 2010, the first bitcoin to GoldMoney trade appears to have occurred in July, 2011[3].

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