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I'm no fan of Bitcoin, in principal. I agree with you; it's flawed as hell long term, for multiple reasons I won't go into here. But boy, is it ever nice to wor
by pkulak 13y ago
I'm no fan of Bitcoin, in principal. I agree with you; it's flawed as hell long term, for multiple reasons I won't go into here. But boy, is it ever nice to work with. Several of the companies I have business with now support BTC payments, and all I do is click on the link, which opens up my Coinbase account with all the fields pre-filled, hit one more button and it's done.
Not easier than, say, Amazon, where I buy something every week at least, have my card information saved and make sure I keep it updated when it expires, etc. But, if it's a new place, where I just have to make a one-time payment, I'll choose BTC every time if it's offered.
- wcummings 13y ago>I'm no fan of Bitcoin >I'll choose BTC every time if it's offered I hate to break this to you, but you might be a fan of Bitcoin
- pkulak 13y agoLot's of things are bad for the world, but personally convenient for me, so I use them. I'm not saying it's one of my better qualities. :D
- mbreese 13y agoAre these vendors pricing their product/service in BTC or USD/local equivalent? How much extra are you paying over the traditional costs for the ease of a bitcoin payment? At some point the volatility and cost of obtaining bitcoin will outweigh the ease of use. I'm curious to know where that might be.
- pkulak 13y agoEverything is USD equivalent, and you have like 5 minutes to make the payment so that the price can't fall too far before they cash out on the other end. haha But it works fine. I have like $40 in my Coinbase account. It bounces around, and I don't really keep track of it. It's not like I'm holding my savings in there. Just enough so I can make small payments when I want to.