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I was referencing the fact with Bitcoin micropayments are practical because there are no transaction fees.

• klipt 14y ago
  For now. Once mining becomes slow enough (and it has to slow down over time), exchanges will have to charge transaction fees to make the "proof of work" worth their while.
  • mcantelon 14y ago
    You don't need to use an exchange to make a payment, though.
    • bill_is_here 14y ago
      Its actually the miners who will be getting the transaction fees once the supply of bitcoins stops growing.
• Domenic_S 14y ago
  The main friction IMO is exchanging fiat currency for btc. It's ridiculous. Sign up for gox, send a bunch of private identifying documents (to a site that's been hacked), send a wire transfer, wait a week... craziness. I wanted to buy $10k of btc last week @ ~$100, I didn't have any open accounts anywhere, so I used coinbase... which limited the amount I could buy. I ended up with 0.2 BTC, which didn't post in my account until late last night. Looking at today's quotes, it probably for the best.