Living Room of Satoshi, a Queensland-based bitcoin payments startup, was awarded “Best New Startup in Australia” at a national awards ceremony in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The hotly contested category was judged by an expert panel of startup entrepreneurs.
CEO Daniel Alexiuc said:
When I announced in my acceptance speech that our major competitor BPAY was owned by the Big 4 Australian banks, there were sympathetic boos and jeers.
But it soon turned to thunderous applause when I warned the bill payments behemoth to ‘Look out! This plucky little startup from Queensland is coming for you!
Living Room of Satoshi additionally took out the “Best state startup” award for Queensland.
Full details of the awards can be seen at http://www.startupsmart.com.au/awards2015/startupsmart-awards-2015.html
Living Room of Satoshi is an internet startup that enables payment of any bill using bitcoin; including phone bills, electricity bills, school fees, credit card and tax payments.
It is named in honour of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous and mysterious person who designed and created the original bitcoin software.