In the list of jobs recently posted on Stripe’s website, the company is adding four new jobs titled “Staff Engineer, Coding.” Guillaume Poncin, Head of Cryptography Engineering at Stripe, announced that it is building a team of engineers and designers to integrate “crypto” into their platform.
“We are hearing about a growing need from developers and users in that space for better building blocks for accepting payments, transferring funds, and exchanging between crypto and digital currencies,” the job listing said. “By focusing on these issues and needs, we aim to build experiences that enable faster, more reliable, and higher quality coding.”
Stripe is a giant in the payments game and millions around the world are already using the platform – this could be another gateway to Bitcoin, fueling mass adoption. The list then went on to say, “Many companies and users already rely on and trust Stripe. This gives us a tremendous opportunity to be at the forefront of a new wave of innovation.”
Stripe originally started accepting bitcoin back in 2014 but was later discontinued in 2018 due to transaction confirmation times and fees on the main chain. Since then we have seen the Lightning Network expand and make Bitcoin viable as a medium of exchange. Bitcoin can now be used as a payment method without long confirmation times and high fees – transactions can now be settled instantly with virtually no fees.