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Re:Bitcoin is Eating Itself by goldenkey on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @08:49PM (#16012267)
Sounds like shilling for Bitcoin. Even if we all sometimes pay exorbitant amounts for priority shipping, doesn't mean we want to do that and get _no reward_ because "Bitcoin." The fees on Bitcoin currently make it practically unusable. If you want to argue for edge cases, go ahead. But please don't try to give these edge cases any mediocrum of regularity and sensibility...
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Re:Bitcoin is Eating Itself by Johnny555 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @09:36PM (#16012447)
It seems like common sense, not shilling: if what you're buying is only available with Bitcoin, then you get more of a reward than when you pay for expensive shipping -- if you don't pay whatever the transaction fees end up being, then you won't get the product at all.
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Re:Bitcoin is Eating Itself by goldenkey on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:57AM (#16014068)
You don't get a reward when you buy something - you get your purchased goods. The mental yoga necessary to consider a purchased good as a reward is absolutely baffling.
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