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Cosah
Masters of Zen
Nomad Alliance
#1 - 2014-05-29 01:35:52 UTC
CCP Y U NO ACCEPT BITCOIN?

Seriously though, with companies like Coinbase and Bitpay that will process bitcoin transactions with tiny fees and convert them to USD on the spot for you, why not? You accept credit cards. They cost more money to accept.

I would pay my subscription in bitcoin.
Kaerakh
Obscure Joke Implied
#2 - 2014-05-29 01:46:49 UTC
Cosah wrote:
CCP Y U NO ACCEPT BITCOIN?

Seriously though, with companies like Coinbase and Bitpay that will process bitcoin transactions with tiny fees and convert them to USD on the spot for you, why not? You accept credit cards. They cost more money to accept.

I would pay my subscription in bitcoin.


And I would like to pay for my subscription with tears and monopoly money.

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Ines Tegator
Serious Business Inc. Ltd. LLC. etc.
#3 - 2014-05-29 01:58:14 UTC
Kaerakh wrote:

And I would like to pay for my subscription with tears and monopoly money.


I was going to make a snide remark of some sort, but I really can't top this. +1

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SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-05-29 03:50:39 UTC
Kaerakh wrote:
Cosah wrote:
CCP Y U NO ACCEPT BITCOIN?

Seriously though, with companies like Coinbase and Bitpay that will process bitcoin transactions with tiny fees and convert them to USD on the spot for you, why not? You accept credit cards. They cost more money to accept.

I would pay my subscription in bitcoin.


And I would like to pay for my subscription with tears and monopoly money.



The companies he's talking about are transaction brokers. CCP would never actually have to accept bitcoins personally - they get paid in real money. The bitcoin transaction is strictly between the purchaser and, e.g., Coinbase.

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Daoden
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-05-29 04:10:44 UTC
Honestly I'm just going to say no to bitcoin and I'm actually glad they did say no. Go CCP
Foxstar Damaskeenus
why did i join this corp
Not Purple Shoot It.
#6 - 2014-05-29 04:33:39 UTC
If nobody ever suggested this again it would be too soon. Seriously, this forum doesn't have to be **** on with a million bad ideas every day.

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Cosah
Masters of Zen
Nomad Alliance
#7 - 2014-05-29 08:47:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Cosah
The level of ignorance and toxicity on this forum is astounding. It makes me sad when I am reminded of the real reason New Eden bleeds new subs.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#8 - 2014-05-29 09:31:08 UTC
Cosah wrote:


Guess I'll just stick to playing EVE and not trying to help a company that still operating like it's the 90s.

Good man.

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Ines Tegator
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#9 - 2014-05-29 22:00:55 UTC
>OP proposes Bitcoin to a bunch of EVE players, aka people who generally have a substantially above-average knowledge of economics, markets, and currency exchange.

>OP is surprised when said players call out his terrible idea.

Surprise surprise.

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SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-05-29 22:49:23 UTC  |  Edited by: SurrenderMonkey
Ines Tegator wrote:
>OP proposes Bitcoin to a bunch of EVE players, aka people who generally have a substantially above-average knowledge of economics, markets, and currency exchange.

>OP is surprised when said players call out his terrible idea.

Surprise surprise.



But they're *really* bad at reading.

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Zan Shiro
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-05-29 23:12:07 UTC
Ines Tegator wrote:
>OP proposes Bitcoin to a bunch of EVE players, aka people who generally have a substantially above-average knowledge of economics, markets, and currency exchange.

>OP is surprised when said players call out his terrible idea.

Surprise surprise.



Its not like the bitcoin is getting support though. I googled this stuff. Even the US treasury is leaning to supportuing it (or so said a wiki). OFC...the US has shown such well founded fiscal policy in the past this is not a glaring endorsement lol.


OP....some people like money based on real value. When ccp gets my USD 15, they know rain or shine in some gold repository a little piece of a gold brick has it covered.

OP...eve is also global. Your bitcoin....is not globally accepted. Same wiki I read says Japan for example is just in stages of evaluating it. Kind of hard to have a payment base that does not apply worldwide. Quick check of major exhange rate sites is oddly enough not showing bitcoin as a convert to option. Here is the US paying in electronic money...and here is japan paying in cold hard yen to whatever currenctyccp bases on as bitcoin not even on the table here yet. Bit of a disparity there.



Jacid
Corvix.
#12 - 2014-05-29 23:40:12 UTC
I agree as a general rule people don't know how to read.. it seems to me the OP was suggest a third party service provider that processes the bit coins to $. This is similar to how credit cards are currently processed. It's a good idea at first glance but might not be worth the cost to implement the system. Though it could be a good idea for a third party to sell GTC for bitcoins instead of $.
Komi Toran
Perkone
Caldari State
#13 - 2014-05-29 23:42:20 UTC
Zan Shiro wrote:
OP....some people like money based on real value. When ccp gets my USD 15, they know rain or shine in some gold repository a little piece of a gold brick has it covered.

The US hasn't been on the Gold Standard in practice since 1971, and officially since 1976.
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2014-05-30 00:04:17 UTC
I really wish bitcoin would just die already, gives people too many bad and stupid ideas.
Zan Shiro
Doomheim
#15 - 2014-05-30 01:52:23 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
I really wish bitcoin would just die already, gives people too many bad and stupid ideas.



Its not money from "the man" I think is its draw. Maybe just me but I lost my rebel without a clue mindset long ago. The man takes...but he gives back. Well that and I am not rich enough to buy my own island and make my own rules lol so I play the game.


Funny bit from monty python and the life of brian very loosely quoted to show why I lost my rebel without a clue phase::


the romans have bled us dry...and what have they ever given us in return

Aquaduct, wine, roads, public order, sanitation, etc......




And my bad about the gold standard above. Whatever US bases on stll more stable. And recognized. I live oversears. I have made large purchases for stuff like cars in the 1000's of dollars. Lets just say how I get dollars to yen for this....its not digging imaginary money. I say 5000 USD to yen...this a smooth process. I say 5000 bitcoin to yen....nani desu ka? (what is it) and a odd look back is what I'd get.
Ines Tegator
Serious Business Inc. Ltd. LLC. etc.
#16 - 2014-05-30 02:23:59 UTC
SurrenderMonkey wrote:


But they're *really* bad at reading.


Oh, not at all. I think most of us understood the difference between accepting an exchange service and accepting currency. I did at least. Which begs the question, if it's so easy to exchange, just do the exchange then pay in $.

We just wanted to mock Bitcoin anyway.

BC is a hack currency supported by anti-government loons and shady investors looking to make a quick buck. As long as it's unregulated, it's too volatile for any serious investment uses. If it becomes regulated, then it's functionally equivalent to any other government fiat currency.

So this thread is kinda like the Econ equivalent of tripping the kid on crutches. /popcorn

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Cosah
Masters of Zen
Nomad Alliance
#17 - 2014-06-01 06:43:45 UTC
From a raw economic standpoint CCP can make more money by accepting bitcoin payments and using a merchant service like Bitpay or Coinbase to turn it into USD.

The fees for accepting Paypal and credit cards are HIGHER than these services. More people paying with bitcoin, even if it's instantly converted to USD, means more money in CCP's pocket. It's quite simple. I have no interest or intent to debate the merits of cryptocurrencies with video game avatars.
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#18 - 2014-06-01 11:04:59 UTC
Why invest effort in setting up processes to accept Bitcoin when it could be gone in a month?

And where do you stop accepting cryptocurrency? Dogecoin?

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Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#19 - 2014-06-01 11:12:59 UTC
If bitcoin can be converted to US currency, then convert it and pay your sub.

Why is this hard?
Kaerakh
Obscure Joke Implied
#20 - 2014-06-01 22:05:11 UTC
Paikis wrote:
If bitcoin can be converted to US currency, then convert it and pay your sub.

Why is this hard?


But, but I can't do it in one button click. I want my vapor money to be validated and accepted like a real boy.

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