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Hi, thanks for the feedback! We agree that for now Bitcoins constrict us to a relatively small community - which is why we will be supporting credit cards in th
by jwomers 13y ago
Hi, thanks for the feedback! We agree that for now Bitcoins constrict us to a relatively small community - which is why we will be supporting credit cards in the near future! (And thanks for the link to Amazon micropayments +1!)
We plan to launch with only Bitcoins, and shortly thereafter add on credit card payments to go more mainstream.
Our mission is to enable anyone to tip any creator anywhere in the world - so educational content and others are definitely included in this! Music is just the starting point.
- sferoze 13y agoand maybe even for aid relief to charities in emergency situations
- StavrosK 13y agoHow are you guys going to do micropayments when Bitcoin transaction fees are like 50 cents?
- waterlesscloud 13y agoIt's currently about 4.5 cents (At current exchange rates), with plans to reduce that by an order of magnitude to 0.45 cents.
- battani 13y agoWhere did you get that figure? I'm curious because I've used APIs such as Blockchain and Coinbase and minimum fee is 0.0005BTC, which is about 25c.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoThe minimum fee was reduced to 0.0001 BTC about a year ago. Here's an article on the plans to further reduce the fee. http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-transaction-fees-slashed-tenfold/ http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-transaction-fees-slashed-ten...
- StavrosK 13y agoThanks for that, services I've used force you to around 30-40 cents, which is ridiculous. Good to hear it will be lowered.
- dpcucoreinfo 13y agoIt's complicated: the default fee is a bit like community consensus and this consensus has some inertia. Blockchain and Coinbase might still force you to overpay. Complain by sending support requests. Google: bitcoin default fee