Microsoft is not accepting bitcoin anymore ?

[dothebeats]

I hope after they returned the service, it would be available in all regions. As a pirate, I also want to experience using legit OS and services from them too, and I'm willing to pay with bitcoin.

[bitbaby]

A user on the reddit reported that he had a chat with their support and they confirmed that it is temporary and I am guessing they must have had some trouble with the BitPay service, so maybe this time when they start to re-accept it, they'll accept it directly without any third party service.

[visual111]

Maybe the process was too complicated on a large scale to continue accepting BTC payments? Not sure how easy/difficult accepting BTC is.

[Amph]

maybe no one were using it, like it was said, it's not important if they accept it or not, if afterward no one will use, it would be pointless anyway

[Denker]

I guess it was just a experimental move for them to see if it will be used or not.And maybe now they decided it's not worth it.
Or soon they will come up with an own version.I wouldn't be surprised.

[EastKing]

That could be due to the fact that not many people use bitcoin in Microsoft sites. If bitcoin is adopted more widely, Microsoft will come back.

[FanEagle]

A non-definitive way to sponsorising Microsoft even more?
Here we have a nice strategomind.
They probably stopped it because they don't like more updates than they usually do on their systems?

BTW, is it possible to original get windows 10 pro for $10 only? I saw few people sell it here

Please don't buy Windows 10, if you really want to buy original of something, go for 8.

[Kazimir]

I will stop spending anything with Microsoft until they accept Bitcoin again.

[1Referee]

Maybe the process was too complicated on a large scale to continue accepting BTC payments? Not sure how easy/difficult accepting BTC is.

It's not difficult at all. That's definitely not an excuse nor reason to stop offering Bitcoin payments to its users. They don't have to do anything as every Bitcoin sale gets converted into fiat currency. I think the reason for Microsoft to temporarily not offer Bitcoin payments is more due to the lack of interest from people. They are simply not using it enough.

[NorrisK]

I will stop spending anything with Microsoft until they accept Bitcoin again.

So You bought from them already on a regular basis?

Shame they removed the option, but it is most likely due to limited use of the option.

[knowhow]

Maybe those is connected to openbazar that is getting near the big opening ,those will change the way to buy and sell,soo maybe they are waiting to see how it will go on,and then return the bitcoin option.But one thing is well knowed already the openbazar should strike a part of ebay costumers ,since some are here and well lets see what will happen.

[EastKing]

I guess it was just a experimental move for them to see if it will be used or not.And maybe now they decided it's not worth it.
Or soon they will come up with an own version.I wouldn't be surprised.

Yes. When it is worth it, MS will come back.

[JeWay]

Keep calm guys, this is just temporary.
It's very influential tho

[teddy5145]

Keep calm guys, this is just temporary.
It's very influential tho

The question is for how long
I think Bitcoin won't be available for a really long time
And as far as i know Bitcoin payment is only available to US citizens
So i don't really care about them pulling this one off

[jakelyson]

I hope they return the service. I am more comfortable using bitcoin as payment method specially when transacting online. This is a huge setback if other companies also stop accepting bitcoins as payment.

[Betwrong]

Who cares really...

Some idiots like you might not care. But those who are doing the ground job of taking bitcoin mainstream, do care.

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That was quite a success. How many people do you figure bought bitcoins because Microsoft started accepting it? One, two...three?

Actually I think a lot more than that. Not because they are using Microsoft products and want to buy them with Bitcoin, but because Microsoft is a big company which is talked about in the news 24/7 and if such a big company is related to Bitcoin somehow this is a good thing for BTC.

[sniveling]

Who cares really...

Some idiots like you might not care. But those who are doing the ground job of taking bitcoin mainstream, do care.

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That was quite a success. How many people do you figure bought bitcoins because Microsoft started accepting it? One, two...three?

Actually I think a lot more than that. Not because they are using Microsoft products and want to buy them with Bitcoin, but because Microsoft is a big company which is talked about in the news 24/7 and if such a big company is related to Bitcoin somehow this is a good thing for BTC.

There was a pump when the news that Microsoft had started accepting Bitcoin reached this forum. People were buying thousands of Bitcoins, not a few. I remember the price going up at that time because of people speculating on the news, not buying Microsoft products.

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

Having Microsoft on board is excellent news, so stop being delusional by thinking this isn't negative news. Of course, at the end of the it doesn't matter, because Bitcoin will infect everyone's minds one way or another and it will finally be accepted worldwide, forcing every single merchant to accept them unless they want to look like morons, just like a company without a website and an email address nowadays would be seen as morons.

[QuestionAuthority]

I read an article a while back about BitPay getting hacked and laying off a bunch of people. Part of the article was about them losing merchants too. I think the reason given was the inability of merchants to give refunds back to customers because the transaction is irreversible. The only way the merchant could give a refund was to wait for the transaction to clear then refund in fiat and pay any fees out of pocket. Maybe that's what happened to Microsoft.

[apriyani420]

if they dont accept it anymore its kinda bad as less people will be interested in bitcoins and its price will not go up that much