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Microsoft

IIRC, Microsoft has stopped its support to bitcoin payments since 2018[1]. And one gaming platform that's very popular that once accepted bitcoin has also removed its support to bitcoin payments and that's Steam.

[1] Microsoft Removes Bitcoin as Payment Option for Microsoft Store

They removed bitcoin due to price volatility and irreversible function which is against there ToS. Bitcoin is not removed just because it is not secure and so on. I believe this is the reason why stablecoin are more appropriate to used as payment instead of BTC on this kind of services.

They can adopt the third party service which can be an advantage for them.

Even if their players like me will pay in bitcoin directly, there's an easy way for them to transfer or convert that to dollars or to a more stable currency which won't give them worry about the volatility. Well, I hope that they'll get it back again.

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where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.

Also, I'd like to know where you got this number:

Quote from: mk4 on July 21, 2020, 10:55:34 PM

Bitcoin is accepted by more than thirty thousand organizations around the world like WordPress, Microsoft, Wikipedia, Overstock.

The reason people have lost money is not due to security flaws within bitcoin network or payment system! People have lost money because of hacking incidents which can happen with your banking account as well. It doesn't have anything to do with bitcoin really! Bitcoin indeed is the most secure payment system in the world. There is no doubt about it!

For the second statement of OP, I think the number is imaginary. I am able to find a resource which says around 15 thousand business establishments accept bitcoin. Read below,

https://www.fundera.com/resources/how-many-businesses-accept-bitcoin

Hope this helps!

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Quote from: jossiel on July 22, 2020, 12:11:05 AM

I think that is an issue for personal security not the Bitcoin Transaction Security itself. No one can hijack anyone transaction happened on blockchain and the probability of a private to be hacked if its not used on untrusted website is very slim. I mean the reason why people hacked is because they let the hacker hacked them. But technically speaking about blockchain, it's very hard to hack a transaction because its peer to peer.

True. But there's a significant difference between "Bitcoin transactions are secure and irreversible" and "there is no chance of losing money". If what you said was what OP was trying to say, then it definitely could've been worded a lot better. Such statements can be really dangerous.

Fair enough. His though was too generalised that's why it creates too much open room for discussion.

Microsoft

IIRC, Microsoft has stopped its support to bitcoin payments since 2018[1]. And one gaming platform that's very popular that once accepted bitcoin has also removed its support to bitcoin payments and that's Steam.

[1] Microsoft Removes Bitcoin as Payment Option for Microsoft Store

They removed bitcoin due to price volatility and irreversible function which is against there ToS. Bitcoin is not removed just because it is not secure and so on. I believe this is the reason why stablecoin are more appropriate to used as payment instead of BTC on this kind of services.

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Quote from: Fundamentals Of on July 21, 2020, 10:36:00 PM

Microsoft

IIRC, Microsoft has stopped its support to bitcoin payments since 2018[1]. And one gaming platform that's very popular that once accepted bitcoin has also removed its support to bitcoin payments and that's Steam.

[1] Microsoft Removes Bitcoin as Payment Option for Microsoft Store

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You've made so many extreme claims here. I don't know if you can support them.

1. "Bitcoin is the most talked about"
2. "top class security for transactions in the world"
3. "no third party"
4. "no chance of losing money"
5. "accepted by more than thirty thousand organizations around the world"

Let's try to find out,

1. The very first point is too broad as to question, what is bitcoin most talked about at?
2. Second, I tried to replace the statement as "Best ways to accept online payments" and google top response is this website:

Credit Cards
eChecks
Mobile Payments
Click to pay email invoicing
Chip card solutions

Upon viewing some other top recommended sites, sadly, bitcoin isn't yet included.

3. "No third party" - I kind of agree with this, but with the connection of some local exchanges to banks to easily buy bitcoin or withdraw funds, this somehow link to a control of banks though, with peer to peer transaction and transaction solely with bitcoin itself, it really doesn't need any third party.

4. "No Chance of Losing Money" - Not quite, enter a wrong character in a wallet address recipient and your bitcoin is gone.

5. for the last statement, maybe OP could include the link of the source for it to be more reliable to the readers.

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where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.

I think that is an issue for personal security not the Bitcoin Transaction Security itself. No one can hijack anyone transaction happened on blockchain and the probability of a private to be hacked if its not used on untrusted website is very slim. I mean the reason why people hacked is because they let the hacker hacked them. But technically speaking about blockchain, it's very hard to hack a transaction because its peer to peer.

Everything is user's fault because Bitcoin itself, again by design, could even be considered unhackable. But can we isolate Bitcoin in a vacuum? I mean, can we make use of Bitcoin apart from its practicality and real-life features? Can we even discuss about Bitcoin apart from the people using it in their day to day transactions? Of course not. So it is very hard to say that with Bitcoin there is no chance of losing money because the network is impenetrable by hackers and scammers.

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Perhaps the OP just read about Bitcoin for the firdt time and couldn't really expound the points he's trying to make.

If we look at the "top class security", "no chance of losing money" plus "no third party", he's probably saying transactions sent on the Bitcoin blockchain will go through 100% because it's completely p2p and no third party to interfere/block it. Maybe he's also talking about not losing money from paying fees to 3rd party services or that the blockchain isn't susceptible to 51% attack or double spending.

@Lamp2, you should provide a link to support your "supported by 30k organization" claim.

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Quote from: mk4 on July 21, 2020, 10:55:34 PM

where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.

I believe this is on the user ends fault. Talking about Bitcoin and the blockchain itself, the only means of losing is through its equivalent value due to the high volatility of Bitcoin and can also work the other way around which is gaining more value.

Removing the third party exchange security breach, personal errors and others from the equation, I believe hacking the Bitcoin blockchain system is very hard due to the hashes that secures it at this moment, making it one of the most secured chain of database in the world making it less possible for the fund inside the Bitcoin wallet to just disappear.

I think that is an issue for personal security not the Bitcoin Transaction Security itself. No one can hijack anyone transaction happened on blockchain and the probability of a private to be hacked if its not used on untrusted website is very slim. I mean the reason why people hacked is because they let the hacker hacked them. But technically speaking about blockchain, it's very hard to hack a transaction because its peer to peer.

True. But there's a significant difference between "Bitcoin transactions are secure and irreversible" and "there is no chance of losing money". If what you said was what OP was trying to say, then it definitely could've been worded a lot better. Such statements can be really dangerous.

True that, OP could have worded it better to avoid confusion.

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I think that is an issue for personal security not the Bitcoin Transaction Security itself. No one can hijack anyone transaction happened on blockchain and the probability of a private to be hacked if its not used on untrusted website is very slim. I mean the reason why people hacked is because they let the hacker hacked them. But technically speaking about blockchain, it's very hard to hack a transaction because its peer to peer.

True. But there's a significant difference between "Bitcoin transactions are secure and irreversible" and "there is no chance of losing money". If what you said was what OP was trying to say, then it definitely could've been worded a lot better. Such statements can be really dangerous.

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Quote from: seoincorporation on July 21, 2020, 10:00:29 PM

where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.

I think that is an issue for personal security not the Bitcoin Transaction Security itself. No one can hijack anyone transaction happened on blockchain and the probability of a private to be hacked if its not used on untrusted website is very slim. I mean the reason why people hacked is because they let the hacker hacked them. But technically speaking about blockchain, it's very hard to hack a transaction because its peer to peer.

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where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.
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I agree a lot of people had lost money in the past with bitcoin son examples of how this happens:

-They lost their private key
-They invest ina ponzi
-They got hacked
-The service where they was holding their coins got hacked or run with the money

That's true, there are many people who lost their money with his crypto world, it's not true that there is no possibility that we can lose our money here because there is a big chance of losing money here that was mentioned above. Phonzi scheme is very common reason why other people lose their money, they tend to invest some of their money because of thinking that they could earn from it.Stolen aaccounts also happen in thsi crypto world because of so many hackers and scammers.

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You've made so many extreme claims here. I don't know if you can support them.

1. "Bitcoin is the most talked about"
2. "top class security for transactions in the world"
3. "no third party"
4. "no chance of losing money"
5. "accepted by more than thirty thousand organizations around the world"

I would like to point out about number 3. Bitcoin, as per its inherent design, removes third parties in transactions. In real life, however, it is not the case for so many transactions. Many of the wallets themselves are provided by custodial third parties, private keys of which are not even owned by the owner.

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where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.
...

I agree a lot of people had lost money in the past with bitcoin son examples of how this happens:

-They lost their private key
-They invest ina ponzi
-They got hacked
-The service where they was holding their coins got hacked or run with the money

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where no third party has a hand and there is no chance of losing money.

I wouldn't go that far though. A lot of people have lost money getting their funds stolen one way or another.

Also, I'd like to know where you got this number: