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Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by glenneroo on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:35AM (#21280916)
And I have seen ever more who do such as Overstock, Microsoft, Expedia, Wikipedia, Namecheap, NewEgg. I'm sure there are more.
Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by biolurker1 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:40AM (#21280943)
you missed the news of the last couple of years with all these names dropping btc because if the high fees, a problem that could be solved but wasn't due to politics
Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by arcticbull on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:01PM (#21284708)
Also transaction times + volatility. Because it takes so long to confirm, the underlying exchange rates were shifting out from under customers, so even though you'd paid the right amount, by the time the transaction cleared, they either needed to refund you or you needed to pay extra. The whole system was so asinine nobody wanted to use it, and it created tons of customer service headaches.