According to CoinTelegraph reports, Opera browser allows the use of Bitcoin (BTC) directly in the browser payment, it became the first to achieve Bitcoin payments browser.
On Monday, the company announced the news and gave instructions, Opera users can now send and receive BTC, and the use of encryption currency to purchase goods and services on e-commerce sites directly from the browser. In addition, Opera browser allows the built-in integration Bitcoin Core Crypto wallet and TRON, to display the encryption currency owned.
Charles Hamel Opera director of the publication of this new feature commented:
We believe that our browser will open to more block chain, including Bitcoin, it is a reasonable option. Some people want to use their encryption currency, just save to your account. The Opera browser can be linked to anyone with a password Bitcoin wallet.
Opera’s Web 3-focused developments
In recent months, Opera and actively put forward a new development related Web3, including the creation of high-quality content, and participate block chain, distributed computing and digital currency. The company released the iOS version of the mobile Web browser Opera Touch, which supports Ethereum Ethereum Web3 protocols and applications, as well as Web3 Explorer, enabling users to perform transactions and interact with Web 3.
As of September 2019, although Opera's market share of only 3% , but in the "experimental Web 3 integration" and further development of the use of encryption currency is progressive. As declared before Hamel, the company's goal is to clear the "Use encryption and access the Web 3 online currency through special application or extension" related obstacles to the emerging technology more mainstream.
Opera 是第一个主流浏览器，该浏览器拥有 3.5 亿用户，对比特币和 Tron 的支持意义重大。在这方面上与 Brave 浏览器存在相关竞争，但两者目标不同，虽然 Brave 最近整合了几种使用加密货币的支付方式，但它仍然将重点放在内容创建上。另一方面，虽然用户可能不会因为新的支付方式而转而使用 Opera，但他们可以与使用加密货币支付的热门应用网站建立合作关系，这反过来会优化 Opera，并将其推荐给他们的用户群，从而实现循环，为 Opera 提供新的支持。