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Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by Jabanga on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:03PM (#14843884)
Traditional payment methods can't do certain things, like send money to someone in another country for a fee of $0.05 in a matter of a minute, or make a payment on a website without disclosing to them your personal details.

You may also not feel comfortable with your bank or government knowing all of your private financial interactions. There is no reason to blindly trust your bank or government to that extent.

Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by joosters on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:29PM (#14844023)
Bitcoin hasn't been fast or cheap for a very long time, whereas many 'traditional payment methods' let people send money instantly for free.
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by kbenson on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:48PM (#14844442)
> whereas many 'traditional payment methods' let people send money instantly for free.

Well, not really free. There's a cost associated, but it may not be initially applied to the consumer. It makes it's way through in some way though, such as an increased service cost. The most transparent industry for this is likely gas stations, which in the U.S. at least (and even then I can only comment on the regions I've observed it), they will quote different prices per gallon for cash and for credit/debit, which is them pushing the cost through to the consumer transparently. This was actually disallowed by card processing agreements in the past, because card processors didn't want the fees hampering acceptance of charge cards.

Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by gnopgnip on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:23PM (#14843996)
Paypal can do both of those
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by Klathmon on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:31PM (#14844348)
Paypal can also close your account at the drop of a hat, and has a very nice long list of things you can't do with your money when it's connected to paypal (a list of things which will get your account close and your money confiscated in some areas).
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:10AM (#14846034)
You can also throw stupendous quantities of cryptocurrency in the bin accidentally. So there's that.

Trade offs I guess.

Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by Jabanga on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @04:39AM (#14846160)
PayPal doesn't work globally.
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @06:03AM (#14846495)
Neither does Bitcoin
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by Jabanga on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @08:40AM (#14847226)
In which country do cryptocurrencies not work in? They work in every country in the world. They are used a lot in Venezuela for example.
Re:Largest Bitcoin mixer, Bitmixer.io, closes down by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:24PM (#14850477)
According to this[1] around half the people on Earth don't have internet access.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access