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Suggestion: I found the option "Send to a bitcoin address" to be confusing. I would have expected it to say "Send from a bitcoin address." Upon further reflect
by javert 14y ago
Suggestion: I found the option "Send to a bitcoin address" to be confusing. I would have expected it to say "Send from a bitcoin address."
Upon further reflection, it's clear why I expected that.
First, when a user goes through a typical online checkout/payment, they are not concerned about where the money is going to, they are concerned about where it is coming from, i.e., putting their credit card info in.
Second, the prior option is "Send using my coinbase account," which reinforces what I was talking about in the other point I just made. For the sake of consistency, both options should be about sending from somewhere, not sending to somewhere.
An alternative way to do this would be having the first option say "Send using Coinbase" and the second option be "Send using the Bitcoin network," or something to that effect.
- kirian 14y agoYes, I agree with the above comment, "Pay using bitcoin" or "Send bitcoins" or something like that would be less confusing I think.
- barmstrong 14y agoOk good feedback. While technically it is correct that you are sending to a single bitcoin address (your payment can actually come from multiple bitcoin addresses) I agree it's confusing and the the distinction isn't important to more users. It now reads like this: http://cl.ly/image/2n3Y3F261o1s http://cl.ly/image/2n3Y3F261o1s
- javert 14y agoSweet, I like it much better that way. Good point that your payment likely would come from multiple addresses, I had overlooked that.