Some mixed messages from Google regarding Bitcoin. From
Forbes:
Google’s Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra . . . Gundotra wrote [Malik] back. He also forwarded Malik’s
query to another Google staffer and started a series of email exchanges
that led to one Googler telling Malik that the company is indeed
pondering how it can make use of the world’s first form of decentralized
digital cash.
“We are working in the payments team to figure out how to incorporate
bitcoin into our plans,” wrote Google Senior VP of Ads and Commerce
Sridhar Ramaswamy at one point in the email exchange that Malik
forwarded to me. He promised to get back in touch “when we are a little
more sure.”
However, the company told a slightly different story to Forbes:
I reached out to Google, and the company responded in a very different
tone, but didn’t deny that the comments Malik posted to Reddit were
real. “As we continue to work on Google Wallet, we’re grateful for a
very wide range of suggestions,” a spokesperson writes. ”While we’re
keen to actively engage with Wallet users to help inform and shape the
product, there’s no change to our position: we have no current plans
regarding Bitcoin.”
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