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Business Organization and Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
Business Organization and Nature of Operations

Bitcoin Shop, Inc. (formerly TouchIt Technologies, Inc.), a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”) in February 2014 entered the business of hosting an online ecommerce marketplace where consumers can purchase merchandise using digital currencies, including bitcoin and is building a diversified company with operations  in the digital currency ecosystem.  In January 2015 the Company began a rebranding campaign using its BTCS.COM domain (shorthand for Blockchain Technology Consumer Solutions) to better reflect its broadened strategy.  The Company released its new website which included broader information on its strategy, access to its ecommerce site, and launching an invite only beta version of its multi-sig secure storage solution (digital wallet).

 

The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada in 2008 under the name “Hotel Management Systems, Inc.”.  On February 5, 2014, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with BitcoinShop.us, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“BCSLLC”), and the holders of the membership interests in BCSLLC.  Upon closing of the Share Exchange, Bitcoinshop Members transferred all the outstanding membership interests of Bitcoinshop to the Company in exchange for an aggregate of 100,773,923 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Reverse Merger”).  As a result, Bitcoinshop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Immediately following the Share Exchange with Bitcoinshop, the Company discontinued its business as manufacturer of touch screen and touch board products, interactive whiteboard displays and large touch-screens.

 

The Company is an early entrant in the digital currency market and one of the first U.S. publicly traded companies to be involved with digital currencies.  The Company aims to enable users to engage in the digital currency ecosystem through one point of access — a universal digital currency platform.  The Company plans to design and build this platform under the brand “Blockchain Technology Consumer Solutions,” or “BTCS.”  The Company currently operates a beta ecommerce marketplace which already accepts a variety of digital currencies, has designed a beta secure digital currency storage solution BTCS Wallet, and has been expanding its transaction verification services business, recently adding servers capable of generating bitcoins (i.e. bitcoin mining).  In the short term, the Company believes its transaction verification services business will be a growing source of revenue for it.