The payment module database will feature two smaller components; one will be for storing funding source information while the other one will be for security information collection purposes. The funding source component is basically a mini-module for storing information about various payment sources such as PayPal accounts or Bitcoin wallets. The security component is tasked with handling any authentication operations.
The patent’s text suggests that multiple currencies such as Bitcoin wallets and actual credit cards are probably going to be added. And to protect sensitive credit card and wallet information, PayPal also intends to integrate TrueCrypt into this device to safeguard these credentials. PayPal stated that it would try to bring something to connect consumers to cryptocurrency back in 2014, going as far as to announce partnerships with Bitcoin exchange services Coinbase, BitPay, and GoCoin.
Additionally, the company also allowed PayPal merchants to accept payments in Bitcoin in the spring of 2015. Now, consumers might be skeptical about Bitcoin payments since cryptocurrency has been the talk of town, but in a bad way. Hopefully, with this new device, such skepticism is going to be buried deep underground.
If the patent has been filed right now, then it’s probably going to take PayPal a while to bring a physical device to the market. Softpedia
