Not exact matches
Interestingly, back when various banks, Mastercard, VISA and PayPal all denied financial services to Wikileaks for donations and merchandising needs - it began to
accept Bitcoin donations - which was one
of the
reasons behind
Bitcoin gaining mainstream popularity.
«We at Malekula farms via
accepting bitcoin, look to attract and do attract the tech - savvy centric generation
of investors and at the same time by
accepting bitcoin transfer a portion
of our farmland real estate, an existing wealth asset into an
accepted and unrestrained international currency vehicle for exactly the same
reasons.»
For security
reasons, Wall
of Coins only
accepts three payment methods for buying
bitcoin.
There is a good
reason for this; the chargeback mechanism inherent in these methods
of payment makes it trivial to defraud a
Bitcoin exchange that
accepts them, but nevertheless the relative difficulty
of alternative methods
of payment remains a significant roadblock to many.
«My main
reason for attempting to get others to
accept bitcoins is that I love the speed and ease
of bitcoin payments and have a distrust of most central banking methods,» Burgunder told Bitcoin Ma
bitcoin payments and have a distrust
of most central banking methods,» Burgunder told
Bitcoin Ma
Bitcoin Magazine.
For that
reason, it's hardly a surprise that forward - thinking companies — ranging from precious metal dealers to companies in the service industry — are seeing the benefits
of accepting bitcoin as a form
of payment.
Nevertheless, there are a lot
of reasons why
Bitcoin will further rise in the future as more and more governments are planning to
accept and properly regulate
Bitcoin as a currency and store
of value.
There are a few Ponzi schemes
accepting Bitcoin payments, which may be part
of the
reason.
The
reason or
reasons that Fiverr has now turned away from
accepting bitcoin as a form
of payment on their website is not known.
Some claim that
reason of the
Bitcoin popularity increase is because
of the big companies like overstock that are
accepting Bitcoin payments for their goods.
Johnson has an answer for that as well, however, stating that
Bitcoin can be
accepted and transferred into fiat currency almost immediately, there is no
reason to hold it for companies — although Overstock does hold a large portion
of theirs as an asset.
Microsoft is an example
of another merchant that had to stop
accepting bitcoin for a time in their store for a similar
reason, however, they went back to
accepting bitcoin.
At the same time, there is no
reason not to
accept Bitcoin payments as well to reduce the potential risk
of fraud and chargebacks.