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Bitcoin is also completely legal. Recently there has actually been many positive developments regarding the legality of using Bitcoin. It's more legal than ever before. The only country where it's problematic on the legal side is Thailand, but I believe it will get sorted over there as well. In the US and EU there is absolutely no concern for Bitcoin users/merchants.

They have significantly increased Bitcoin exchange regulation requirements, but that is for the exchanges to sort out. The legality of Bitcoin in general has become much clearer in a positive way, which likely accounts for some of the recent price increases.

From what I've seen now, your definition of bad press implies an IQ of close to 0. I was not, at any time, referring to bad press for Bitcoin. That is entirely irrelevant. Bad press for Bitcoin is the same as bad press for the central banks, commercial banks and VISA. Is that bad press somehow linked to the companies using services from the mentioned entities? No it's not. It would be imbecil-level ridiculousness for it to be, and the same applies to Bitcoin.

I have not seen the services using Bitcoin get bad press because they use Bitcoin. It's not an endorsement, it's accepting an alternative payment method, plain and simple. The companies using Bitcoin have no responsibility for other Bitcoin use, just as companies using dollars can't have responsibility for other dollar uses.


This is quite true, and it's not a reason to not accept Bitcoin. The illegal activities around Bitcoin do not decrease by not accepting it.


This is not even a Bitcoin issue, like I explained previously. Mt. Gox wasn't sertified in the US to run the kind of business they run. There are however other US companies such as Bitpay and Coinbase that have flawless track record.

"Currency Fluctuation"

As I've explained the fluctuation is a non-issue. The merchants can go around it, the users don't care since the value on average goes up. That's all that matters. Bitcoin was at $15 in January, now it's over $100. In 2012 it was less than $10 most of the time. In 2011 it was less than $5 most of the time. And so on.


This is BS. Bitcoin came about as a decentralized currency meant to compete with national currencies and the banking system. From there it has been used for many purposes. I agree that the emergence of Silk Road was the first time Bitcoin hit mainstream news, which was a big deal back in 2011. Regardless, it's used for a lot of things now.


This again highlights the lack of understanding. First of all, botnets are mostly good for the Bitcoin network. They add security, which is what the mining process is for. Second of all, botnets are becoming useless for Bitcoin mining due to the emergence of ASIC mining chips. So that news is somewhat non-relevant at this time.

There is one thing in common with Eve and Bitcoin though. The only place where I've seen more scams than Bitcointalk (unofficial Bitcoin forum) is Eve. :)

Anyways, Eve as a game is as close to Bitcoin as anything. It's a sandbox and (mostly) a free market. Bitcoin is exactly that as well, so it's a good match. I'm not surprised that there are many Eve players in the Bitcoin community, and there are, trust me on that.

You and your "bitcoin dealer" probably lack understanding of the revolutionary effects of the cryptocurrency phenomenon. Bitcoin is just one of them, which is the most promising one right now quite clearly, but the whole point of the technology is decentralization and openness (open source), which allows for quite flexible innovation if need be.

I find it a curious time to quit Bitcoin when the Bitcoin economy is experiencing its by far largest advancements and is going through the largest growth period it has ever had. However if you bought bitcoins 3 years ago and heard of it again just now, you have been first of all living under a rocky cave and second of all, totally clueless of Bitcoin then and especially now. I'm sorry to say it straight like this but it's the truth.

Regardless, all of this is meaningless for the topic in question. CCP as a Bitcoin merchant would not need to worry about any of the potentially risky issues related to Bitcoin as they can go around it using services such as Bitpay which currently serves over 10,000 Bitcoin merchants successfully. Users who don't like Bitcoin are not forced to use it either.

Bitcoin is all about choice and the free market. If you don't like it then don't use it, it's that simple. That doesn't mean there isn't plenty of people who'd like to use Bitcoin (to pay for Eve sub). Personally I'm looking forward to the day when I can simply close all my bank accounts and scissor all my debit/credit cards. That day is coming, I just wish it came sooner.

They weren't a deposit bank.

While I'm not part of the Bitcoin economy myself, I'll give this a +1 (and a bump back to the front page in the process).

"Hi my name is Sergeant Acht Scultz. Please listen to my detailed arguments about why real world banking sucks. I know so much about this topic.

By the way, what's the difference between commercial and investment banking?!?"

The exchange rate for bitcoin is still very unstable at the moment, in terms of EVE, the price curve of bitcoin sometimes waves like moon materials.

We will laugh at If CCP does declare to accept bitcoin in haste, but withdraw it later due to exchange-rate issue or politic issue, and the reputation of the company will be damaged by this irresponsible and foresightless movement that has no necessary to go since initial.


Or, you can try to be more honest, tell us the real reason that motivates you to sell bitcoin to us, such as you feel unsafe about the monopolization of visa/mastercard, and then we may be more likely to agree with you.

It's highly unlikely that RMTers would link a payment method to their account anyway - they would almost certainly be paying for the account with PLEX bought off the market. Because of this fact, CCP accepting bitcoin would have nearly zero impact on RMT.