Gaming Giant Steam Disables Bitcoin in Russia - page 2.

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Quote from: Amph on June 06, 2016, 10:24:20 AM

Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

it has to do more with the fact that btc in russia is not seen well, than anything else

that's a simple reason why Russia disable bitcoin as payment of that gaming steam.

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Russia is very specific country. They than from tommorow make Bitcoin its national currency or ban it under 20 years prison law.
So you never know with Russia, it shouldn't be treated like normal country.

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Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

No. Stop posting nonsense (i.e. FUD).

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I'm sure steam will disable bitcoin for users in more country who ban or forbid bitcoin usage.

I don't even understand why people think of this as something important. It is naturally going to come for each country that decides to forbid Bitcoin usage, else Steam would be breaking the law.

Quote from: pocarime32 on June 06, 2016, 11:07:09 AM

Wow, it's big for russian steam user.

No.

Quote from: pocarime32 on June 06, 2016, 11:07:09 AM

I'm sure there is something happened in russia with bitcoin user.

No. They can still go through third parties, the same way that everyone else did before Steam started accepting Bitcoin directly. There is nothing special about this and it won't work anyways.

Quote from: iv4n on June 06, 2016, 11:15:55 AM

In the end I agree with Kprawn :" Steam will just follow the guidelines thrown at them from these countries governments" I think this is exactly what will they do, they are 100 % legal and they will stay like that no matter what. If bitcoin make problems they will cancel it, easy..

I concur.

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Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

Because it might open up a few new avenues? And there's also the youth vote. If I was unlucky enough to have children I might throw them some BTC for such a thing. There's no way such stinking brats would get their hands on my debit card.

~Bitcoin~

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Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

They can also make BILLIONS of USD in also bitcoin transactions what make you think they will disable bitcoin everywhere Huh

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Always some problem with that Russia and btc. Before making all this conclusions why don't we wait for something official from steam. This is all just talking without any proof, maybe its just temporary, lets wait few days first.
In the end I agree with Kprawn :" Steam will just follow the guidelines thrown at them from these countries governments" I think this is exactly what will they do, they are 100 % legal and they will stay like that no matter what. If bitcoin make problems they will cancel it, easy..
Lets hope for the best and that everything will be ok with Steam in Russia.

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Wow, it's big for russian steam user. Many russian play on steam games such dota 2. I'm sure there is something happened in russia with bitcoin user.

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Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

they only disabled in in russia because bitcoin is illegal in russia

they don't lose money on bitcoin, they probably gain money with bitcoin.

also bitcoin is the safest way to pay online (no credit-card fraud or identity theft is possible) so everyone should use bitcoin online.

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Just a few months ago, steam has started bitcoin for their services, it is currently younger to bitcoin system in their site so there will be some problems and issues appearing to them using bitcoin , I think after spending some period they will be okay with bitcoin and will accept bitcoin from all over the world, at that time I think governments all over the world will also start to love bitcoin.

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Steam will just follow the guidelines thrown at them from these countries governments. They will disable Bitcoin support, if these governments do not accept Bitcoin as a payment method. I have seen

a similar thing happening with other services too. Some gambling sites, do not allow US citizens on their sites, because the US regulations and laws do not allow for that. This is mostly due to AML/KYC

regulations in the USA. Most people circumvent these soft blocks with anon proxies and using Tor and VPN's. Grin

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My heart stopped there for a moment, thought they would discontinue the service everywhere and that was before I had completely finished reading the title lol Tongue

I hope this headline won't appear similarly in other countries especially mine, the Philippines + on the grounds that Bitcoin is flourishing without any legal action being put forth to stop its growth and spread. Disallowing the use of BTC on their platform would be a bummer anywhere.

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Quote from: mayax on June 06, 2016, 10:05:29 AM

Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

it has to do more with the fact that btc in russia is not seen well, than anything else

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Steam will disable BTC everywhere in less than a year

Why would accept BTC while they made BILLIONS of USD with by accepting debit cards?

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https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/gaming-giant-steam-disables-bitcoin-in-russia/

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Steam, a platform that offers instant access to games globally, is no longer accepting bitcoin in Russia, according to customers in the country.

An online discussion board called Pikabu contained a message that appeared to be from Steam confirming that it was no longer supporting bitcoin in Russia. The message said it was posted by ‘Technical Support Officer Tim’ on Thu, Jun 2nd, 2016 15:49.: The message reads:

Unfortunately, payment in the Steam store using Bitcoin will no longer be maintained on the territory of your region. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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