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because very few people have bitcoins. His entire point is that $5 via Paypal is low and easy, acquiring and managing bitcoins isn't.

• kiba 15y ago
  It is very easy to pay some dude 1 BTC. It is laughably easy to setup a bitcoin account at one of those wallet site. It can be very fast to acquire bitcoin if you're willing to pay the premium. But nobody have bitcoin, yet.
  • warkaiser 15y ago
    That's just adding another step. Every step in a transaction lowers the chance of success. Bitcoin is moot in this discussion, and moot in general.
  • Goronmon 15y ago
    It's also extremely easy to lose your bitcoins as well.
    • kiba 15y ago
      No easier than losing your data or having somebody hack into your computer. It's money, you're suppose to treat it as such.