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Re:Why the practical applications of Bitcoin will be limited by stcredzero on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @01:03PM (#9146076)
You know why I would prefer a decentralized trustful solution like OpenBazaar? Because eBay bends me over with fees. In fact, they double dip. And there's nothing I can do about it.

Isn't that why established players will mostly prefer not to use decentralized currency? Won't the network effect always relegate things like Bitcoin to the fringes?

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Re:Why the practical applications of Bitcoin will be limited by dmihal on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @06:12PM (#9148080)
Market leaders don't have as much incentive to adopt Bitcoin, but competitors do

Look at Amazon and Overstock. Amazon doesn't need to implement Bitcoin to be successful, but Overstock was able gain some market share by accepting it

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