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> I do not think a huge number of payments are going to be made using it First, this is an experiment and I'll be testing different permutations of cost, copy

> I do not think a huge number of payments are going to be made using it First, this is an experiment and I'll be testing different permutations of cost, copy, and invasiveness. Curious as to why you think there won't be much volume. Could you elaborate? > I would totally pay with bitcoin, but refuse to sign up using any form of credit card. This is an interesting data point. Was talking to a blogger about this project this morning and he asked why not use traditional payment methods. I presume (and hope) there might be more people out there like you than we all think.

Sealy 11y ago
> Curious as to why you think there won't be much volume. Could you elaborate? My reason for this is entirely practical. By displaying a bitcoin payment address, there are at minimum an additional three or four clicks, with perhaps a copy and paste of the bitcoin address to complete a payment (this is even more difficult if the user's bitcoin wallet is on his mobile - unless a QR code is displayed). For me, it is more of a practical usability reason as opposed to the reader not wanting to donate their $0.01. A solution I would love to use, would be to have a browser plugin with a pre loaded bitcoin balance of a few dollars and a single one click to accept a 1 cent payment to the content owner to proceed to the article. On Bitcointalk.org, a forum dedicated to bitcoin geeks, people always leave a tip address in their signatures, look up the usage and you'll find it surprisingly low.
- ksowocki 11y ago
  > A solution I would love to use, would be to have a browser plugin with a pre loaded bitcoin balance of a few dollars and a single one click to accept a 1 cent payment to the content owner to proceed to the article. Interesting feedback. Changetip or coinbase could likely provide a one-click button to tip content providers.

Sealy 11y ago

> Curious as to why you think there won't be much volume. Could you elaborate? My reason for this is entirely practical. By displaying a bitcoin payment address, there are at minimum an additional three or four clicks, with perhaps a copy and paste of the bitcoin address to complete a payment (this is even more difficult if the user's bitcoin wallet is on his mobile - unless a QR code is displayed). For me, it is more of a practical usability reason as opposed to the reader not wanting to donate their $0.01. A solution I would love to use, would be to have a browser plugin with a pre loaded bitcoin balance of a few dollars and a single one click to accept a 1 cent payment to the content owner to proceed to the article. On Bitcointalk.org, a forum dedicated to bitcoin geeks, people always leave a tip address in their signatures, look up the usage and you'll find it surprisingly low.

ksowocki 11y ago
> A solution I would love to use, would be to have a browser plugin with a pre loaded bitcoin balance of a few dollars and a single one click to accept a 1 cent payment to the content owner to proceed to the article. Interesting feedback. Changetip or coinbase could likely provide a one-click button to tip content providers.