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Re:Bitcoin for Rockstars by downandout on Saturday December 13, 2014 @02:58PM (#8746152)
>You have cash, you press a button on your phone which shows the nearest person selling it, you go there and buy it from them. Can it get any more simple than handing over money in return for an item, like buying a coffee?

Can it be more simple? No. Will most people do it, with the shady reputation of Bitcoin and the people involved with it? No.

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Re:Bitcoin for Rockstars by IkmoIkmo on Sunday December 14, 2014 @12:09PM (#8748789)
That's a different question from accessibility which I was answering.

As for will people do it? The popular ways to do this (localbitcoins, mycelium) have actually showed record amount of transactions lately, so more people do it than ever.

Does that mean everyone does? No, but that has more to do with the fact it's a nascent thing rather than a shady reputation or a lack of accessibility.

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Re:Bitcoin for Rockstars by downandout on Sunday December 14, 2014 @12:38PM (#8748887)
If the methods to obtain them quickly either cannot or will not be used by most people (as is the case here), then they are inaccessible to most people.
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