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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by mjevans on Saturday April 29, 2017 @02:28PM (#14227938)
It's a major problem how dependent most online payment processing is on PayPal (or directly credit cards if you're "lucky", and occasionally Amazon's payment processing).

Aside from Bitcoin is there actually a real alternative?

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by dragonwriter on Saturday April 29, 2017 @03:48PM (#14228353)
Yes, this isn't 20 years ago; there's lots of options that aren't PayPal.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by nnd on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:05PM (#14229486)
How's Bitcoin an alternative?

It would be very tricky to convince a business to pay your invoice in Bitcoin.

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by lwhalen on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:20PM (#14229534)
What are you talking about? 10% of my clientele pay in bitcoin. Source: independent sysadmin/automation/'devops' consultant.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by nnd on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:34PM (#14229907)
Are those 10% small 2 person businesses? From my experience even early/mid-size YC startups are not very open to bitcoin.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by lwhalen on Sunday April 30, 2017 @12:59AM (#14230223)
I'd say in the 20-50 person company range, engaged in everything from real-time video analysis to ecommerce.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by tluyben2 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @10:16PM (#14229851)
What kind of clients are those? Just curious as I cannot see fortune 1000 generally even considering such a thing.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by snowpanda on Sunday April 30, 2017 @12:45AM (#14230194)
Overstock.com accepts bitcoin, are they fortune 1000?
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by tluyben2 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @02:38AM (#14230429)
OP & I were referring to companies paying (service) providers in Bitcoin; so if I deliver a content management system or 50000 routers to Walmart, can they pay me in Bitcoin?
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