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You should work with Brian Armstrong to allow sellers / buyers to use bitcoins on the site. The advantage is that bitcoin does not allow chargebacks. Their inte

by nym 14y ago

You should work with Brian Armstrong to allow sellers / buyers to use bitcoins on the site. The advantage is that bitcoin does not allow chargebacks. Their interface is very close to PayPal, and makes it much easier to get started with. http://coinbase.com/ http://coinbase.com/

pseudonym 14y ago
Don't you think that "no buyer protection" is just heading too far in the opposite direction? Especially with callmeed's post[1] above... [1]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730281 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730281
- btilly 14y ago
  With bitcoin you can do some surprisingly complex things. Such as move money into a fund that the other people can verify are there, which only pays out on a trigger condition.
  - rohamg 14y ago
    An escrow account? :)
    - btilly 14y ago
      Yes, but totally verifiable and automated. Which means less trust than a regular escrow account.
      - DrStalker 14y ago
        What triggers it being paid? Surely that part can't be automated, someone (or combination of someones) has to have power to say pay/don't pay.
  - nanodeath 14y ago
    Where's the best place to learn more about this?
    - btilly 14y ago
      https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contracts would be a starting point.