This is interesting but really more in the cool/cute/novel category than the practical needs one.
I'm pretty hopeful and positive about bitcoin but that's one of the things that makes me still very suspicious of it. Seems that the places adopting it are doing so for fun, ideological or theoretical reasons rather than to solve some problem they have.
I'm waiting to see online retailers requiring bitcoin payments for high risk transactions (eg sending mobile phones to nairobi). Something that demonstrates it solves a problem and (ideally) enables commerce where it wasn't possible before.
There are more large, recognized businesses coming online soon. I'm talking to a start-up right now that is fairly well-known among HNers that is working on setting up Bitcoin payment options (and have asked them if I can share their plans -- waiting for a response).
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This is interesting but really more in the cool/cute/novel category than the practical needs one.
I'm pretty hopeful and positive about bitcoin but that's one of the things that makes me still very suspicious of it. Seems that the places adopting it are doing so for fun, ideological or theoretical reasons rather than to solve some problem they have.
I'm waiting to see online retailers requiring bitcoin payments for high risk transactions (eg sending mobile phones to nairobi). Something that demonstrates it solves a problem and (ideally) enables commerce where it wasn't possible before.
There are more large, recognized businesses coming online soon. I'm talking to a start-up right now that is fairly well-known among HNers that is working on setting up Bitcoin payment options (and have asked them if I can share their plans -- waiting for a response).