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1 Introduction
2 Why Bitmunk?
- 2.1 Security
3 Bitmunk Transaction Process
4 Bitmunk Software
- 4.1 Bitmunk Personal Edition
5 More on Bitmunk

Introduction

Bitmunk is a service that is run by Digital Bazaar to help people on the Internet buy and sell digital content from each other in a safe and secure manner.

It helps bloggers and other people in the social web exchange digital goods with one another.

For example, with Bitmunk you could start your own online music store. All you would need to do is blog about the music and the Bitmunk software would handle the rest. All sales, receipt handling, monetary transfer, watermarking and ensuring legal compliance during the sale is performed automatically by the Bitmunk software.

The Bitmunk software will expand to cover movies, electronic books, medical records and many other forms of digital content in the future - it is a digital sales platform. Here are some of the uses for Bitmunk:

Buying digital entertainment, on your terms, at very competitive prices.
Writers for music blog sites can provide digital songs and albums to their readers through Bitmunk.
Internet radio stations can provide songs and albums to their listeners.
Traditional brick-and-mortar movie stores will be able to provide digital content to their customers.
Scientific journal publishers could provide electronic journals to their readers.
Medical practices can provide blinded health records to research institutions in exchange for covering healthcare costs for patients.
Online communities could provide a means to support the community by selling and buying digital content directly from the community.
Non-profits could provide digital content in return for donations to a particular humanitarian cause.

Why Bitmunk?

Bitmunk exists because of the many social networks online that want to transact digital goods with each other via the Internet. Many people would much rather get their digital content from friends and community websites than a nationally operated chain of stores or large multi-national corporations.

The Bitmunk software enables anybody to create their own digital content store without having to deal with the complexities of digital transactions, content transfer, steganography, electronic signatures, royalty allocation and content distribution. It helps online communities become financially viable.

Security

Bitmunk is a safe and secure way for anybody to buy and sell digital content online. The entire process uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure that both the buyer and the seller are protected during the entire purchase and sales process. More information on the protection measures we use can be found in our buyer FAQ and our seller FAQ.

Bitmunk Transaction Process

The Bitmunk transaction process is a safe, secure way of purchasing and selling digitial content on the Internet. A basic transaction on Bitmunk involves four mostly-automated steps that are performed for buyers and sellers. These steps include:

Contacting the seller
Negotiating the contract
Transferring the files
Authorizing payment and decryption

You can read more about these steps on the "How Does Bitmunk Work?" page.

Bitmunk Software

Bitmunk itself is a Standard Transaction Platform, meaning that it is a standards-based technology to exchange digital content via the Internet. The various software and systems are available under several generous licenses to students, universities, non-profit organizations, as well as, corporations and other commercial ventures. See the sections below for more information on acquiring and using Bitmunk technology to accomplish your goals.

Bitmunk Personal Edition

Bitmunk Personal Edition is a free version of the Bitmunk software that can both buy and sell digital content via the Internet. It is available via the Bitmunk downloads page. The software is free to use for the general public, including students, universities, non-profit organizations, and corporations.

More information is available on Bitmunk Personal Edition via the product detail page.