Steam Customers can no longer pay in bitcoin

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    At Steam, you no longer can pay in bitcoin. Valve just announced this. The reasons are simple, the bitcoin fluctuates too much in value, prices for games vary from day today and the transaction costs ...

    Steam Customers can no longer pay in bitcoin
     
    Hilbert Hagedoorn, Dec 7, 2017
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  2. Silva

    Silva Ancient Guru

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    For me, this is good news.
    Will probably mean nothing for the future of the coin, but people shouldn't place their economies on something so volatile as crypto currencies.
     
    Silva, Dec 7, 2017
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    RzrTrek Guest

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    Bitcoin is just a phase, you'll grow out of it.
     
    RzrTrek, Dec 7, 2017
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  4. gx-x

    gx-x Ancient Guru

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    Yea, privately owned FED and it's petro-dollar (with 20 trillion gvnt owned bubble) are much more secure :p Talk about poop-coin... :D
     
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    Loobyluggs Ancient Guru

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    If you cannot pay your taxes in a currency, I don't want to use it.
     
    Loobyluggs, Dec 7, 2017
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    Webhiker Master Guru

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    20$ transaction fee ??
    Yes, transaction fees have increased for priority verification. But 20$ ?? I have never seen that. But normal verification is still dirt cheap, but takes longer.
     
    Webhiker, Dec 8, 2017
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