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> You either believe in the currency and wish to implement it into your platform, or you don't. Or you implement it using something trivial like Coinbase (o BT
by JohnTHaller 13y ago
> You either believe in the currency and wish to implement it into your platform, or you don't.
Or you implement it using something trivial like Coinbase (o BTC pricing, you get USD only, Coinbase assumes the risk) and trumpet that you accept BTC for a quick PR boost (see: most announcements in the last month).
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoThat's exactly what they've done. There are no extra legal fees or anything to worry about like the other respondant to my original comment stated either. They're threatening to withdraw a simpler form of payment if we don't cough up the $10k and fast, basically.
- eridius 13y agoThat is a rather naïve statement. Subscription services are not like one-time purchases, and even with one-time purchases other commenters have pointed out potential issues with accepting BTC even though a company like Coinbase (such as refunds). Dalton listed some of the issues subscription services have with BTC in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7105340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7105340