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I will accept goats and chickens before I accept Bitcoin. 99% of people have never even heard of it. I am pretty certain that 100% of my customers have never he

I will accept goats and chickens before I accept Bitcoin. 99% of people have never even heard of it. I am pretty certain that 100% of my customers have never heard of it. Not worth my time.

jafaku 13y ago
Yeah, you can probably multiply your savings x10 every year by yourself anyway, no need to use a revolutionary currency for that. http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price?timespan=all&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=1&address= http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price?timespan=all&show...
- Ecio78 13y ago
  He is talking about using that currency as a way of being paid (= running his business), not for investing neither for speculating. N.B. maybe I'm wrong but according to this graph: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g25 http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g... http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price Now bitcoin has half the value than in April (and, I known, 10x Jan value). Too volatile to use if your business IMHO.
  - jafaku 13y ago
    Like it has been said a gazillion times already, you can get paid in USD if you want to (using Bitcoin behind the scenes). You get the same benefits as a merchant (no chargebacks, easy implementation, ridiculously small fees, countries: All), and without the annoying x10 yearly gains.
    - Ecio78 13y ago
      That's probably what you should have said in the first post (benefits as a merchant) and not implying he was dumb because it was missing those fabulous gains
- bitlord_219 13y ago
  Nice, logarithmic scale. Really smooths out those bubbles :)
  - jafaku 13y ago
    Bubbles? We are at $120 currently. So the only "bubble" is always the last one. I used logarithmic scale to make the x10 increments more obvious.
- ceejayoz 13y ago
  Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
  - jafaku 13y ago
    What is this, another reddit meme that will be repeated until the end of the internet? Bitcoin can only go to zero or +inf. Past performance is a way to show what haters are losing every year for denying Bitcoin.
    - ceejayoz 13y ago
      > Past performance is a way to show what haters are losing every year... ... said real estate agents in the early 2000s. Folks who bought in April at $260 are out more than a hundred bucks per Bitcoin. It's just as easy to lose your shirt as it is to get rich.
      - jafaku 13y ago
        Folks who bought in April will be early adopters and will see incredible profits too if they don't panic sell. It's a matter of logic. Like I said, it can go to 0 or +inf.
        ceejayoz 13y ago
        If it can go to zero, why do you say "will see"? "Might see" is accurate, as is "might see incredible losses".
M4v3R 13y ago
Quite hard to accept goats and chickens from people living on another continent. With Bitcoin it's possible, fast and costs pennies. Plus, many Bitcoin supporters are buying from merchants that accept Bitcoin just because of that, so with little cost you get more business. I don't see how this could be a bad thing or not worth your time.

I will accept goats and chickens before I accept Bitcoin. 99% of people have never even heard of it. I am pretty certain that 100% of my customers have never heard of it. Not worth my time.

jafaku 13y ago

Yeah, you can probably multiply your savings x10 every year by yourself anyway, no need to use a revolutionary currency for that. http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price?timespan=all&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=1&address= http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price?timespan=all&show...

Ecio78 13y ago
He is talking about using that currency as a way of being paid (= running his business), not for investing neither for speculating. N.B. maybe I'm wrong but according to this graph: http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g25 http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g... http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price http://blockchain.info/charts/market-price Now bitcoin has half the value than in April (and, I known, 10x Jan value). Too volatile to use if your business IMHO.
- jafaku 13y ago
  Like it has been said a gazillion times already, you can get paid in USD if you want to (using Bitcoin behind the scenes). You get the same benefits as a merchant (no chargebacks, easy implementation, ridiculously small fees, countries: All), and without the annoying x10 yearly gains.
  - Ecio78 13y ago
    That's probably what you should have said in the first post (benefits as a merchant) and not implying he was dumb because it was missing those fabulous gains
bitlord_219 13y ago
Nice, logarithmic scale. Really smooths out those bubbles :)
- jafaku 13y ago
  Bubbles? We are at $120 currently. So the only "bubble" is always the last one. I used logarithmic scale to make the x10 increments more obvious.
ceejayoz 13y ago
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
- jafaku 13y ago
  What is this, another reddit meme that will be repeated until the end of the internet? Bitcoin can only go to zero or +inf. Past performance is a way to show what haters are losing every year for denying Bitcoin.
  - ceejayoz 13y ago
    > Past performance is a way to show what haters are losing every year... ... said real estate agents in the early 2000s. Folks who bought in April at $260 are out more than a hundred bucks per Bitcoin. It's just as easy to lose your shirt as it is to get rich.
    - jafaku 13y ago
      Folks who bought in April will be early adopters and will see incredible profits too if they don't panic sell. It's a matter of logic. Like I said, it can go to 0 or +inf.
      - ceejayoz 13y ago
        If it can go to zero, why do you say "will see"? "Might see" is accurate, as is "might see incredible losses".

M4v3R 13y ago

Quite hard to accept goats and chickens from people living on another continent. With Bitcoin it's possible, fast and costs pennies. Plus, many Bitcoin supporters are buying from merchants that accept Bitcoin just because of that, so with little cost you get more business. I don't see how this could be a bad thing or not worth your time.