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Re:Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000 by thisacctforreal on Monday November 27, 2017 @12:09AM (#15784998)
With Stripe it would have cost $2.33, at 2.9% + $0.30
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Re:Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000 by charlesdm on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:05AM (#15786451)
Though it wouldn't have taken hours, potentially up to a day, to complete the transaction.
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Re:Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000 by wyager on Monday November 27, 2017 @02:50PM (#15790545)
It takes 90-180 days for a credit card transaction to clear, while it takes a bitcoin transaction ~10 minutes. You’re comparing the wrong thing. Retailers typically just eat the CC chargeback fraud costs, while bitcoin stores don’t (because the transaction clears pretty fast anyway).
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