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Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by hndamien on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:49PM (#21540372)
Or you could not go through any of the steps of making a payments platform and just accept BTC.
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by Daishiman on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:56PM (#21540414)
And then you have to find a seller for BTC and deal with that hassle yourself.
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by stale2002 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:39PM (#21540780)
Ok, but the buyers and sellers of BTC are discriminating very little, against perfectly legal activities, in the way that PayPal is doing it a lot.

If I buy or sell BTC from coinbase, for example, they aren't going to care if the money came from the porn industry or not.

That's the difference. Apparently, for some reason, PayPal is shutting down people who are doing perfectly legal stuff, but coinbase isn't, to the same degree.

That is the practical advantage, right there.

Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by stoptypingnow on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:09PM (#21541012)
I'm in the US and bought perfectly legal supplements from a US company using BTC from my Coinbase wallet. I and several other customers of this US company had our accounts terminated by Coinbase. This US company we bought supplements from also accepted and still accepts major credit cards. Coinbase certainly cares.
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by StavrosK on Thursday November 14, 2019 @07:14PM (#21541039)
I don't want to be "that guy", but Bitcoin being pseudonymous is a definite downside when it comes to losing your account. That's why I greatly prefer Monero, especially with xmr.to letting you transparently send Monero to Bitcoin addresses.
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by paulmd on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:18AM (#21542684)
Places like Coinbase are increasingly implementing KYC and will "care" just like other financial institutions. It's not hard to see when money is coming in from a known account or a tumbler.
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by acchow on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:12PM (#21540552)
Unless other things were priced in BTC...
Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by bduerst on Thursday November 14, 2019 @06:37PM (#21540753)
Yes, if everyone used BTC that would solve the problem of people using BTC.