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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by mrb on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:07AM (#6813723)
"why not just use dollars"

Simple: as a merchant, I really like Bitcoin because it reduces fraud to absolutely zero for me (transactions are irreversible)!

Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by psionski on Thursday November 28, 2013 @07:59AM (#6814319)
Also, if you're selling stuff on the Internet, you can finally accept payments from countries that didn't receive Visa's "blessing".