Re:Poll: How many Bitcoins do you own?
by Lerc on Monday October 14, 2013 @07:25PM
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I found the practice of getting money to a place where you can buy bitcoin was an excellent lesson in the utility of bitcoin.
I'm a New Zealander who earns predominantly US dollars, I was an early adopter of bitcoin not as a way to get rich, but because I have been stung for fees so many times.
Nevertheless, despite the fact that I have been prepared to accept bitcoin for two or three years. I have yet to be actually be paid in bitcoin. I request payment in bitcoin, They ask what bitcoin is, I explain, They scream in terror because it's an imaginary drug money ponzi scheme and pay me in something else that stings me with fees (and now, due to new anti-money laundering rules requires more forms of ID than I actually possess)
I'm a New Zealander who earns predominantly US dollars, I was an early adopter of bitcoin not as a way to get rich, but because I have been stung for fees so many times.
Nevertheless, despite the fact that I have been prepared to accept bitcoin for two or three years. I have yet to be actually be paid in bitcoin. I request payment in bitcoin, They ask what bitcoin is, I explain, They scream in terror because it's an imaginary drug money ponzi scheme and pay me in something else that stings me with fees (and now, due to new anti-money laundering rules requires more forms of ID than I actually possess)