{"id":6806,"date":"2024-06-06T11:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2025-06-22T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T19:09:38","slug":"no-middlemen-no-excuses-why-some-hosting-providers-are-quietly-turning-to-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/no-middlemen-no-excuses-why-some-hosting-providers-are-quietly-turning-to-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"No middlemen, no excuses: Why some hosting providers are quietly turning to Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we sat down with Frederick at <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/cloudfest-usa-convenes-austin-spotlighting-cloud-innovation-and-sustainability\/\">CloudFest USA<\/a>, it wasn\u2019t just another chat about crypto\u2014it was a window into a quieter revolution in hosting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockonomics.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Blockonomics<\/a>, founded back in 2014, has quietly built a non-custodial payment model that feels almost radical today: no third parties, no fees swallowed in the shadows, and no holding your funds hostage. 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