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Re:Bitwage by yen223 on Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:19AM (#8079436)
I see this argument a lot. The issue I have with this is that you are merely trading the headaches of international wire transfer with the headache of converting BTC<->fiat. Basically, instead of dealing with a bank, you're dealing with Coinbase.

No, this service would useful if I can get paid in Bitcoin, and pay for a majority of my expenses in Bitcoin, without having to convert to fiat at any point. Unfortunately, the Bitcoin ecosystem is nowhere near this sophisticated yet.

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Re:Bitwage by SG- on Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:28AM (#8079461)
I suppose that would be true if exchanging BTC to local fiat was a "headache" for me. In my country and with my experience it hasn't been a headache at all between the local exchanges I can walk up in person or online.
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Re:Bitwage by yen223 on Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:48AM (#8079525)
Dealing with banks is less of a headache for me than dealing with a Bitcoin exchange.
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Re:Bitwage by hayksaakian on Thursday July 24, 2014 @01:47PM (#8081074)
Have you ever tried to pay someone in another country?
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