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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by fiesycal on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @05:31PM (#6764985)
Don't forget to include the fee's from an unstable method of exchange (bitcoin) depreciating or appreciating between the times you exchange it for USD.
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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by fragsworth on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @05:48PM (#6765054)
Bitpay assumes the volatility risk for customers and merchants, and charges at most 1% for their cheapest platform, so none of this is really an issue - is it?
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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by fiesycal on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @08:19PM (#6765786)
Bitpay is when the customer pays in bitcoin. But to get bitcoin you still need to exchange for USD somewhere. And that's where the cost of exchange risk comes in.
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