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So... basically it lets you pay in dollars?



... using a third party.

Paypal refuse multiple type of transaction, it's why so much Indiegogo campaign had their funds frozen at the beginning. If we can't trust Paypal to keep our funds, who can we trust? No one it seems...

Bitcoin is an alternative, you don't have to stick with Paypal, you have alternatives, you can go with Coinbase, Btc-e, Bitstamp, Bitpay or even on of your local Bitcoin reseller in the street.

It's basically saying Paypal is bad because you pay in dollars...

For me Bitcoin was never a full currency, it's more like an independent intermediate currency. Dollars > Bitcoin > Dollars (or Euro, Yens, Pounds, etc...).




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