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Topic: Are you ready (not just willing) to make payments in Bitcoin? - page 2. (Read 1940 times)

legendary
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Viva Ut Vivas
I barely have 1 BTC and i would feel pretty stupid using it to buy sodas if a couple months later it goes to 1K USD. Thats the problem.
Im treating it as an asset, like gold. I dont use gold for sodas.

Do you use war money to buy sodas?

What is the difference between that and not buying bitcoins with that money?
legendary
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I barely have 1 BTC and i would feel pretty stupid using it to buy sodas if a couple months later it goes to 1K USD. Thats the problem.
Im treating it as an asset, like gold. I dont use gold for sodas.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
very wanted and very prepared when I go shopping anywhere and pay with bitcoin  Cheesy
full member
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Merit: 130
I am ready and willing to make payments in bitcoin.
It took some setting up but now it's so simple.
I have the bulk of my BTC stored in my multibit wallet on my laptop and when I decide I want to buy something I send the funds to the mycelium wallet on my phone.

The hardest part was getting the mycelium receive address from the phone to the laptop, I just ended up emailing it over via the share link in mycelium.

Anyway, now I can complete a transaction in seconds my scanning.The Qr code.
The decreasing price does bother me a bit but, hey money is for spending right?

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full member
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Merit: 100
I'm seeing BitCoin as an investment now as I expect the price to go up. Buy low, sell high. Not using it as a currency currently, but when it becomes less volatile I'll do that.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
Loose lips sink sigs!
This is a great question. Retailers can listen to Bitcoin experts and read news about Bitcoin and decide to make this payment option a reality but if consumers don't use it the retailers won't have any incentive to keep the payment option available and subscribe to greater Bitcoin use for their own business.
legendary
Activity: 3598
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Viva Ut Vivas
I spend it all the time. Anything you want online you can buy with bitcoins.

This weekend I'll be taking a trip to Milan and plan on visiting a nice pizza place that takes bitcoins.
legendary
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Your country may be your worst enemy
I don't trust smartphones. I'm doing all my online financial activities sitting in front of my computer, with a full keyboard and a cable connection. Still, I may consider BTC for some special purchases, but if I just want to get a soda, nothing beats cash.
legendary
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well, i am not ready to make payments with bitcoin and also i will not be ready (but willing) to make payments with bitcoin until it reaches a stable price which i can look and say for sure that in the next month for example the price will be XXX$ ± 25$
hero member
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We all bemoan the lack of retailers currently accepting Bitcoin.  But I wonder - how many of us are really ready right now to pay with Bitcoin?  If not, what are we waiting for?  How do we expect retailers to begin accepting a currency that even some of the most devout adherents don't carry in their wallet (or smartphone)?

My Trezor is great for storage, and for spending via online, but not so useful at my local coffee shop.  Not that my local coffee shop takes Bitcoin, but can you blame them?  I'm (one of) the biggest Bitcoin fans they serve, and I don't carry any with me.  Shocked

I realized today that I have been contributing to that issue and pledge from here out to always have a hot wallet installed and ready to spend on my phone.
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