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>sadly it's just worse than Credit cards for most merchants. Don't most merchants just use something like a 'pay with bitpay / coinbase' which results in them
by divbit 10y ago
>sadly it's just worse than Credit cards for most merchants.
Don't most merchants just use something like a 'pay with bitpay / coinbase' which results in them directly getting cash? I can't imagine how that would be much worse?
- wmf 10y agoIt's worse if the Bitcoin payment never goes through or the customer abandons their cart due to Bitcoin's generally poor UX.
- divbit 10y agoI would guess, just having it as an option in addition to credit cards, wouldn't make someone abandon their cart in the case of a poor UX (more likely abandon bitcoin)
- voxic11 10y agoI really like bitcoins ux, it's really simple to take out your phone and scan a qr code. I've also made a large number of transactions and have never had one fail (some can take a while to get confirmed but every merchant I've used credits you as soon as they get the broadcast, not when it's actually confirmed.
- swiley 10y agoThis is my feeling exactly! Bitcoin ux (especially for online only stuff that doesn't actually need an address) is actually way nicer than typing in my credit card. This last time I tried to buy something with my credit card I accidentally mistyped the code on the back and they disabled it until I called the card issuer and gave them my SSN!
- StavrosK 10y ago"Poor UX"? "Scan QR code, press Accept" is poor UX? You should see Visa's 3D secure, the thing that just makes me close the browser window whenever I see it, because it means I'm never getting the payment through.
- zanny 10y agoThe various tipping services on reddit and other message boards that enable bots are anything but poor UX. Nothing else can come close to enable that kind of instant tipping.