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Re:Why Bitcoin Matters by arasmussen on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:51PM (#7097347)
You can already get paid in BTC too [1] so you don't even have to convert USD -> BTC in the first place. Why wouldn't a16z like that? Wouldn't they love that? If BTC becomes that commonplace then all of these companies they're invested in will skyrocket.

[1]: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140113006504/en/BitP...

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Re:Why Bitcoin Matters by presty on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @02:13PM (#7097519)
I'm guessing msvan means that "Coinbase" wouldn't like that (at least in the short term) since they have a 1% transaction fee
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Re:Why Bitcoin Matters by gnaritas on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @08:04PM (#7099910)
> You can already get paid in BTC too

Unless your salary is denominated in BTC, i.e. you make the same BTC every paycheck, I'd argue you're still being paid in USD and just using a third party service to hide the exchange from you and deliver your paycheck in BTC.

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