there are 0 benefits for users with 0 btc to use paypal with btc.
like I said, only early adopters who bought really cheap coins could benefit from it for some micropayment, if the fees are reasonable.
like I said, only early adopters who bought really cheap coins could benefit from it for some micropayment, if the fees are reasonable.
One word: moving the goalposts.
(Okay, more like three words.)
even if paypal takes 0 fees for transactions (why would they do that?) you still have to transfer your money from bank to btc exchanges and pay fees for their services.
too much of a hassle for 1 micropayment for a new user.
Not the point. Maybe users will adopt Bitcoin, maybe they won't.
I'm simply pointing out the 'moving goalposts' type responses: A year ago, it was more or less considered a fact by the skeptics that merchants and payment processors (like Paypal) would never adopt Bitcoin. If I have a bit more time, I'll go dig out the posts.
Turns out, that wasn't the case. Merchant adoption is actually picking up quite nicely. Paypal getting on board (cautiously, but still) is pretty big. So now the new argument is: "Okay, so maybe *merchants* are interested, but consumers simply don't care."
Right now, I tend to agree - user adoption is lagging behind.
What I don't agree with however is the notion that it needs to stay like that, for some rock solid logical reason ("fees will always be higher" etc.).
To me it simply looks like we took one major step in the right direction (merchant adoption, payment options), which means one major risk factor is removed (that you can't spend bitcoins). The future will tell if and how user adoption will kick. Might take some additional incentives, or improved security for users, or maybe just better exchanges, but there's no coherent reason why user adoption cannot happen, imo.
