Reddit Gold pulls bitcoin payment option

Reddit Gold is done with bitcoin.

The premium version of the online forum Reddit used to let you pay for an upgraded membership with the cryptocurrency, bitcoin. But in the past few days it looks like the ad-free version of the site isn't as gung-ho on the digital coin as it once was.

When I went to sign up Monday for a month of Reddit Gold I was given two payment options: PayPal or credit card.

A conversation two years ago in the "goldbenefits" sub-reddit conversation shows that bitcoin was an option at one point. Read more...