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I don't think that's the case. There was a period of time about 5 or so years ago where you could pay with Bitcoin almost anywhere. That's all but disappeared a

I don't think that's the case. There was a period of time about 5 or so years ago where you could pay with Bitcoin almost anywhere. That's all but disappeared after a wave of $100 transaction fees hit. Use case was killed by itself.

sokoloff 5y ago
> There was a period of time about 5 or so years ago where you could pay with Bitcoin almost anywhere. I do not recall this time at all.
- mikegreenberg 5y ago
  Surely, that means it never happened. You must be some sort of oracle. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pay-with-bitcoin-10-of-the-most-interesting-places-to-spend-it/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pay-with-bitcoin-10-of-... https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/26/technology/paypal-bitcoin/ https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/26/technology/paypal-bitcoin/ https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-becomes-biggest-company-to-accept-bitcoin-internationally-2015-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-becomes-biggest-company... https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/11/technology/microsoft-bitcoin/ https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/11/technology/microsoft-bitcoi...
  - sokoloff 5y ago
    What’s the threshold for “pay with Bitcoin almost anywhere”? 95%? 90%? Surely the fact that articles are written about individual retailers who are now (then) taking Bitcoin is evidence against the acceptance of BTC being pervasive as a payment instrument rather than evidence in support of it.
    - mikegreenberg 5y ago
      I searched for less than 5 minutes and found four examples pretty handily. Anyway, the point was that you could pay with BTC and high transaction fees killed that use case. Feel free to substitute "anywhere" as you please.