2013-03-05 Namecheap - We now accept bitcoin

[alexanderanon]

https://www.namecheap.com/support/payment-options/bitcoin.aspx

We're delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P currency that enables instant payments. Use Bitcoin to purchase domains, web hosting, SSL certificates, or WhoisGuard on Namecheap.

[fancy_pants]

I think this trumps kim dot com's tweet for best news of the day.

[ShadowOfHarbringer]

This year, Bitcoin may become mainstream almost as fast as Gangnam Style.

[Mageant]

Is this the reason for the recent price jump?

[grondilu]

This year, Bitcoin may become mainstream almost as fast as Gangnam Style.

Interesting comparison.

[ShadowOfHarbringer]

This year, Bitcoin may become mainstream almost as fast as Gangnam Style.

Interesting comparison.

Well, in my defense - Gangnam Style is also an "Internet thing" just like Bitcoin. And just like Bitcoin it came out of nowhere, nobody expected it and it drastically changed the world (world of popculture in Gangnam's case).

Gangnam style is kind of a revolutionary thing just like Bitcoin - it shows an important thing: that simply anobody today can become famous, start a revolution using Internet and change the world in a relatively short time (before the internet era such changes would take decades or even generations).

Both Gangnam style and Bitcoin show that we live in truly remarkable times when just anything can happen tomorrow, growing at exponential speed.

(I am serious, this is not a joke)

[grondilu]

This year, Bitcoin may become mainstream almost as fast as Gangnam Style.

Interesting comparison.

Well, in my defense

No need to defend yourself.   There was no irony in my remark.

[colour]

So, do they accept BTC directly? Or are they using a service like bitpay or similar as a "proxy"? 

[justusranvier]

That rhythmic 3.5 minute pop song seems more likely to be a "one-hit wonder" than the next ____________ with a long and illustrious music career.

The man has already had a long and illustrious music career.

[mitty]

So, do they accept BTC directly? Or are they using a service like bitpay or similar as a "proxy"?  

It looks like they're using BitPay... but still, this is pretty big news.

https://i.imgur.com/orOyRKo.png

[alexanderanon]

I don't know if they already did this once before and I missed it, but Namecheap just sent a mass email to all their customers featuring Bitcoin, in some sort of March newsletter:

Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin
We're ecstatic to announce that we now accept Bitcoin, the decentralized peer to peer currency. Namecheap is the first major domain registrar to accept this payment method. We're also the fifth largest website in the world to use Bitcoin. We're really excited to be on the cutting edge and hope those of you who use Bitcoin will try it out. Learn more about Namecheap and Bitcoin.

Final sentence links to OP's link.

[John (John K.)]

I don't know if they already did this once before and I missed it, but Namecheap just sent a mass email to all their customers featuring Bitcoin, in some sort of March newsletter:

Namecheap now accepts Bitcoin
We're ecstatic to announce that we now accept Bitcoin, the decentralized peer to peer currency. Namecheap is the first major domain registrar to accept this payment method. We're also the fifth largest website in the world to use Bitcoin. We're really excited to be on the cutting edge and hope those of you who use Bitcoin will try it out. Learn more about Namecheap and Bitcoin.

Final sentence links to OP's link.

Was about to post this too. 

[nimda]

l recently purchased a few domain names from Namecheap and the process was wonderfully smooth. In fact, it was probably faster to pay via Bitcoin than credit card, since I sent high-priority coins.