At the moment, bitcoin is still trying to stay relevant, and to become the go-to digital currency. It has fallen on hard times over the past couple of months, but that might just change due to Dell announcing that the company will accept the digital currency as a form of payment.

Dell is a company that has more than 100,000 employees throughout several countries and with a reported 2013 revenue of $53.9 billion. The company announced its intention to use bitcoin as a form of payment through its Twitter page via founder, Michael Dell.

Beginning right now, Dell customers can purchase whatever they want via the company website by using the bitcoin digital currency. In addition, Dell is offering a 10 percent discount on a new Alienware system if a purchase is made using bitcoin. If you want to make most on your bitcoin trading, Immediate Connect helps you to reach for it so that you can have Dell products easily.  

To make this a possibility, Dell has chosen to collaborate with Coinbase, a third-party payment processing company that functions as a digital wallet for people to buy, use and accept bitcoins. This company works alongside tens of thousands of merchants in using and accepting bitcoin. 

Dell isn't the first big company to accept bitcoin as a means of payment, but it is the largest, so this is a big win for bitcoin and those who support it. Other well-known companies that now support bitcoin include Expedia, Dish, Overstock and Square.

"We've fostered a close partnership with the Dell team and that's been instrumental in getting the Coinbase integration up and running in such a short time frame. We look forward to continuing to support the team as they explore other ways to offer even more functionality when it comes to Bitcoin payments," said Fred Ehrsam, co-founder of Coinbase.

For now, this bitcoin initiative by Dell is a pilot program that will be in testing for quite some time. Depending on how successful it turns out to be, Dell accepting this digital currency in the near future could happen.

The cryptocurrency could be on the move to wider acceptance. Tech Times reported on Google's move to expand its online currency conversion calculator to include bitcoin after Google and Coinbase linked up to offer a bitcoin price tracker, although security issues around the currency bear watching.

Dell's actions could start a domino effect if everything goes according to plan. More big companies might come on board the bitcoin train, solidifying the currency's place in the market.