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Re:Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed by Insanity on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:03AM (#21079351)
A couple of shops (jewelry places mainly) and most food delivery services around me accept bitcoin.

So I can use them as a currency. It's like duck typing. If it looks like a currency and behaves like a currency, it'd a currency! (Overly simplistic I know, but I'd challenge the idea that it outright can't be a currency)

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Re:Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed by asjw on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:48AM (#21080841)
Nope.

You're paying not in bitcoin, but in the value of those bitcoins converted to a legal currency.

Otherwise those businesses are just avoiding taxes, it would be better to pay in gold, at least it has a stable price.

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Re:Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed by coralreef on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:15PM (#21082445)
The commodity being exchanged is the Bitcoin and the goods/services. If the business wants to hold the Bitcoin forever, they can. If they want to sell for USD, they can.

Paying in Bitcoin is the same way you just described as "paying in gold".

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