Bitcoin boom spreads to iPhones with mobile-payment apps

Published December 5, 2013 5:00am ET



Matt Tuzzolo, who used to split restaurant bills by sending money via PayPal, now wields his iPhone to pay his fellow diners — in Bitcoins.

“It’s more convenient than PayPal,” said Tuzzolo, a software developer in Portland, Ore., who uses the Gliph mobile application to transfer digital money on the go. “It’s as easy as sending a text.”

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