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Flattr Adds Support For Funding In Bitcoin

Posted by Unknown on from the in-case-you-wanted-give-nothing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Swedish startup Flattr, which offers an 'online tipjar' service, has announced it has added partial support for Bitcoin: you can now fund your account with the virtual currency. Furthermore, the company is considering adding the option to withdraw in Bitcoins too, but it first wants to gauge its community's desire for the feature on Twitter."

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  1. Re:Bitcoin: a ponzi, and/or early adpoter unfairne by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And who created the bitcoin software? We don't know but I'm sure they are having fun selling off coins they got for free to suckers who just finished eating their tulip bulbs.

    And I'm sure you are having fun using tulip bulbs to send money across the globe. Bitcoins are a means of payment, not some silly collectables.

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  2. Re:Bitcoin: a ponzi, and/or early adpoter unfairne by AuMatar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, 100% of the risk is lack of utility. My supermarket, the local restaurants, and none of the places I spend money day to day take it. So its utility is 0. In fact its less than 0- I understand cash. With bitcoin I have to understand and deal with these "exchanges" things and make my purchases semi-public, where in real life I just hand them anonymous multi-colored pieces of paper. In fact I can't even pay for something unless I have an internet connection at hand. No thanks.

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