Bitwalking for Android: digital currency in exchange for walking and jogging
Android / / December 19, 2019
Bitwalking - one more reason to get out on a walk or jog. You can not only improve your health and mood, but also to earn money.
For the first time the company Bitwalking announced itself at the end of last year. Media gasped again the idea of a startup: the user downloads the app for free and get cash rewards for physical activity.
It upsets only that it was a very early stage of testing, access to which is gained elected African continent. More recently, technology has opened around the world.
How does Bitwalking
The application is built so that people do not even notice how it makes money. Only need to register an account and link it to a cell phone number. Thereafter Bitwalking hang in the system tray from where it will remind you of the daily wage.
The application checks the balance once a day, and then throws savings to your account. You can always enjoy successes.
A reasonable question arises: what interest earning money? No, it's not rubles or dollars, and its own unit - Walking Dollars (W $). According to the developers, it is a universal payment means like cryptocurrency.
The difference is that the penny does not produce Bitwalking due to the processing power of your smartphone. He is only a need the included GPS-receiver. Unfortunately, there are no other technical details. For the rest, we get digital freedom: you can transfer money anywhere in the world, withdraw cash or to spend in the online store.
On the theory sorted out. Now, about how things are in practice:
- Bitwalking enrolls approximately 0,1 W $ per kilometer traveled. Thus, 1 is 10 W $ 000 steps. Running taken into account too.
- The app puts a strain on the battery, although the authors of the project testifies to the opposite.
- The program is not one of the stable, but developers often release updates. for iOS version still in development.
- Synchronize data with smart bracelets and watches is not. The developers promise to do it later.
- The transaction is not yet working. Same story with the internal store. In it they do not sell anything, but offer to vote for the desired products: used to be a fitness gadgets, and now a paid subscription to web services. Approximate prices are not.
In general, all alluding to the fact that a startup is not as pay for itself, and in dire need of support. Why then open? In order to attract users and the numbers show potential partners.
Nokia, for example, has agreed to a joint PR campaign: all Walking Dollars, cumulative participants Futurecom Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will translate into real money and sent for charity. The rest - a dense fog.
Do you think that now stands in the hope to save on future purchases?