Bitwalking Pays You to Get Off Your Bum and Walk

Want to earn some money on the side? Who doesn’t?

With Christmas coming up, a little extra here and there can add up to a nice sum. So I ask again, do you want to earn a little money?

If so, check out Bitwalking, a new service that pays people Bitwalking dollars (BW$) for walking.

Simple.As.That.

If it sounds much like Bitcoin, that’s because they are similar. Bitwalking dollars is a crypto-currency just like Bitcoin except that one earns it not by mining but by simply moving around.

How does it work?

You need an app (of course) to count your steps. The exchange rate is about 10,000 steps to 1 BW$.

Yup. That’s a lot of steps for the average person.

When you have amassed a fortune in BW$, you can cash it out or you can use it to buy from certain online stores.

Interesting, isn’t it? Especially for those who walk regularly.

At the moment, however, Bitwalking will be available only in Japan, Kenya, Malawi, and the UK.

Now, you may be wondering what’s in it for the founders of Bitwalking? Sure, they have received funding, but why pay people to walk and bleed money?

There’s the contributing to the environment reason, which is always a good cause, but there is also the stark reality that Bitwalking is going to gather data from its users. Welcome to the world of data mining.

For now, however, there is nothing to worry about as their Privacy Policy is quite clear about not giving away personal information to third parties.

In any case, if you live in one of the four countries, using Bitwalking is worth a try.