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June 11, 2014, 01:55:23 PM |
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jjc326
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June 11, 2014, 02:29:57 PM |
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Wow all these new merchants, it really is like online merchants are interested in BTC. I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
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LavaWave
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June 11, 2014, 03:21:14 PM |
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I don't think price would have anything to do with it, but seeing these companies starting to accept it is great news!
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boumalo
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June 11, 2014, 06:52:20 PM |
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I don't think price would have anything to do with it, but seeing these companies starting to accept it is great news!
It seems like it is taking a while but it only picked up 7months ago and the media and politicians are trying to make us believe that there is a recovery and the financial system is sound again when it is not
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blatchcorn
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June 11, 2014, 06:54:10 PM |
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I am booking a holiday to the moon
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ejinte
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June 11, 2014, 06:57:24 PM |
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They'll save a lot of money thanks to this. They're very smart those guys on expedia. Apparently they're using coinbase as their service.
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littlewizard
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June 11, 2014, 07:41:36 PM |
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Seems i can plan a holiday in expedia..
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amitrwt
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June 11, 2014, 08:13:29 PM |
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So the adoption is spreading like a wild fire..! quite fascinating
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Mikez
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June 11, 2014, 08:37:41 PM |
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This is actually quite big. More and more big businesses start accepting Bitcoin. These are great times to live in!
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ShakyhandsBTCer
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June 12, 2014, 10:47:50 PM |
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Wow all these new merchants, it really is like online merchants are interested in BTC. I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
I don't think it is because bitcoin has decreased in price, I think it is because it has become more widely held and users have requested that it be accepted. Many companies will not just start accepting a new payment method without first understanding how it works at a very deep level.
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boumalo
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June 15, 2014, 10:45:26 PM |
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Wow all these new merchants, it really is like online merchants are interested in BTC. I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
I don't think it is because bitcoin has decreased in price, I think it is because it has become more widely held and users have requested that it be accepted. Many companies will not just start accepting a new payment method without first understanding how it works at a very deep level. Companies that accept it are still pioneers : it just started to get widespread; when enough people will use it most companies will accept it, not the other way around
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koshgel
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June 15, 2014, 11:37:09 PM |
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The more companies accept bitcoin, the more legitimacy it gains. Don't want to always associate bitcoin with Silk Road and drugs
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keithers
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June 15, 2014, 11:59:50 PM |
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Wow all these new merchants, it really is like online merchants are interested in BTC. I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
I don't think it is because bitcoin has decreased in price, I think it is because it has become more widely held and users have requested that it be accepted. Many companies will not just start accepting a new payment method without first understanding how it works at a very deep level. Companies that accept it are still pioneers : it just started to get widespread; when enough people will use it most companies will accept it, not the other way around I agree here. Companies are much more likely to accept it when their customers keep asking for it. Companies with slim profit margins (like overstock), will be the first to jump aboard, because a few extra percent of profit is huge to them.
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boumalo
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June 16, 2014, 09:13:06 AM |
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Wow all these new merchants, it really is like online merchants are interested in BTC. I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
I don't think it is because bitcoin has decreased in price, I think it is because it has become more widely held and users have requested that it be accepted. Many companies will not just start accepting a new payment method without first understanding how it works at a very deep level. Companies that accept it are still pioneers : it just started to get widespread; when enough people will use it most companies will accept it, not the other way around I agree here. Companies are much more likely to accept it when their customers keep asking for it. Companies with slim profit margins (like overstock), will be the first to jump aboard, because a few extra percent of profit is huge to them. Companies do what is profitable for them and try to lower prices, lower costs and have happy customers, the number of persons using bitcoins is growing quite rapidly
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haploid23
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June 16, 2014, 09:21:31 AM |
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Wow expedia accepting bitcoin is actually pretty huge, as they are one of the larger travel agencies. This will trigger other merchants to also accept bitcoin, otherwise give up the market share.
I've used expedia several times to book trips, and next time will definitely be using btc to pay.
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boumalo
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June 16, 2014, 11:19:02 AM |
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Wow expedia accepting bitcoin is actually pretty huge, as they are one of the larger travel agencies. This will trigger other merchants to also accept bitcoin, otherwise give up the market share.
I've used expedia several times to book trips, and next time will definitely be using btc to pay.
Expedia customers will see the Bitcoin logo and those who know about Bitcoin may decide to have 0.5 or 1BTC ready as an alternate form of payment
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haploid23
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June 16, 2014, 06:25:07 PM |
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I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
And how did you come to this conclusion? Price has nothing to do with merchants accepting bitcoin. Currently most merchants that accept btc as payment, just immediately cash them out to fiat so price does not matter.
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boumalo
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June 18, 2014, 12:01:01 PM |
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I think everyone has started accepting it since it's come down in price, right? I wonder what would happen if Bitcoin went down to like $100/BTC?
And how did you come to this conclusion? Price has nothing to do with merchants accepting bitcoin. Currently most merchants that accept btc as payment, just immediately cash them out to fiat so price does not matter. More merchants accepting bitcoins mean more merchants believing Bitcoin is useful, used and will be used more so it is a good sign Also, more merchants accepting bitcoins mean there are more ways to spend your bitcoins so having bitcoins is more useful thus more valuable
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June 18, 2014, 12:38:45 PM |
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I've used Expedia a couple of times over the past few years. I look forward to using bitcoin on it. Always great to see more companies popping up accepting bitcoin as it gets us that little bit closer to mainstream adoption and actually being able to spend our coins on something worthwhile.
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gondel
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June 18, 2014, 01:00:17 PM |
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Hello, From Expedia said that they will only accept BTC for the offers for Hotels . Also they will hold BTC for up to 24 Hours and then exchange it to USD. This is a big step, but they are still scared of the investment and dont want to hold BTC for the moment. May be it will be better if they hold for more time. BTW can I book with BTC for offers for hotels from my country ( I am from Bulgaria)? Are they putting higher price then the original? BR
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