I have talked before about the similarity that can be found within the Bitcoin community and the 3D printing community. Both technoogies are democratizing several industries, while giving uses a new freedom they never had before. It's just natural that 3d printing companies will begin working more closely with Bitcoin.


This is just what was announced today! CGTrader.com an Intel backed 3d model marketplace has announced that they will now be allowing modelers to accept payment via Bitcoin for their designs. CGTrader has over 48,000 members world wide, and features over 54,000 different 3D models which can be printed out.

The CEO of CGTrader, Marius Kalytis stated that the goal of accepting Bitcoin is to make the payment system of the marketplace more liberal and give users another option to transact.


"Accepting bitcoin as an alternative way to pay for purchases is quite symbolic. It is a peer-to-peer digital currency, while CGTrader is a peer-to-peer marketplace. So, obviously, these two products have the same liberal and democratic philosophy behind them," Kalytis said.