If you enjoy playing games on your computer, then chances are that you have heard about Steam, a distribution platform developed by the Valve Corporation, which offers people from all around the world a wide variety of games alongside with multiplayer gaming, social networking and more.

The platform, which is clearly, the most popular in the industry, has recently announced that it will begin accepting payments in bitcoin. While the rumours have been around from as early as February this year, an official update posted on the Steam developer forums now serves as the official announcement.

Bitcoin, as we know it has taken the world by storm and has a market cap of over $5 Billion spread over around 13 million Bitcoins. Few countries even have their own rules and regulations and countries like Russia are planning to stop the use of Bitcoins. But, they don’t realize that Bitcoin is a revolutionary new technology which has the potential to facilitate amazing things which can make the world a better place to live. What’s stopping this from happening is the lack of global awareness about Bitcoin, not many people know what is Bitcoin or how to use it. The need of the hour is to help people and more importantly merchants, understand Bitcoin and help them accepting Bitcoin. This should not be done in just a handful of countries but it should be done on a larger scale, all over the world.