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Both Stripe and Square "marketplace" now accept bitcoin right alongside credit cards, since only about two weeks ago.

• abalone 13y ago
  Haven't heard a compelling, broadly-applicable reason to pay with Bitcoin instead of a card. Cards have consumer protections and reward programs.
  • dagw 13y ago
    The big one is micro transaction. Card fees make it inefficient to work with a high number of small (say $0.25 or less) transactions, Bitcoin solves that.
    • abalone 13y ago
      I totally agree. Consumers won't miss their protections and rewards there either. But at the same time, it's a relatively small niche. So if that's "the big one" then it's hard to see Bitcoin competing with cards more broadly.