The transacting of business using Bitcoin or related technologies.
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How do I accept bitcoin payments at a real world store?
From what I understand, there are some requirements for using bitcoins at a physical store:
Both the store owner and the client must have Internet access
The client must have a cellphone or a laptop to issue the payment
The seller must have a way…
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What percentage of Bitcoin transactions never complete?
Occasionally transactions will be broadcast to the network that will show in a 0/unconfirmed status in the Bitcoin client. It is also the case that from time to time for various reasons those transactions will never confirm. One known reason for…
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How could recurring payments be implemented?
I pay for some things on a regular basis. They generally fall into two categories:
Things I pay for or lose, eg a variety of online services (Spotify for example)
Things I'm legally obliged to pay because I've signed a contract (my mobile bill, for…
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Where can I find a list of merchants who accept bitcoins?
Is there a list of merchants who accept bitcoins?
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How can I find out the address my payment will come from?
Can I find out the address I am going send from before making a payment? And could this be useful for merchants that want to identify my transaction?
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Is there a chart of Bitcoin merchants over time?
Does there exist a chart documenting the number of bitcoin merchants over time, and if not, would it be possible to create one from any available data source? (I'm thinking mostly of https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade for source material)
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Are there any hosted online store solutions (a la Shopify.com) that are compatible with bitcoins?
Are there any hosted online stores that can be set-up easily to take bitcoins?
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Freelancer: billing my customers in bitcoin
I do freelance work and I was considering offering my customers the option of paying me in Bitcoin. Given that bills are usually paid in 2 - 4 weeks after sending them, and the exchange is still quite volatile, how could I do this? Can I do anything…
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What are the differences and similarities among Paymium, Bitpay, Coinbase, etc.?
Google news in recent months has turned up a story about a company in France called Paymium that has been licensed as a bank (without going into just what the company does), and another company that has moved to Atlanta, called Bitpay, which enables…
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How to accept payments via Ripple on a website
A web search led to Ripple.com.
Is it possible to add the payments via Ripple payment to an e-commerce website?
Where can i find source code to implement such Ripple payments?
For example, there are few websites which offer payment via Ripple such…
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Largest current merchants accepting Bitcoin?
I am writing some rants about the use of Bitcoin, and would like to sum it up by naming some spearpoint examples of companies and service providers that use Bitcoin. Either solely or side-by-side with conventional currency.
But the few lists I came…
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Bitcoin as subscription method
I am contemplating designing some minor sites that uses bitcoins, but as far as I can see, a manual action is needed for every payment.
Is it possible to set up a "subscription" system or repeating transactions?
If not, I am planning to design a…
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Is there a point to vanity addresses if a new destination address should be created per sender?
There is some advice for merchants to have a unique Bitcoin address for each incoming address. Apparently this will help associate a transaction with a sender.
Since it can take a long time to generate a vanity address:
Is there any benefit to…
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Anonymity versus trust
Bitcoiners seem to love to talk about anonymity. But to me, anonymous transactions are far from Bitcoin's greatest strength. And to some, the need for high anonymity is the first sign that someone is "up to no good".
But what happens if you need to…
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What are the problems with normal currency that may be solved by using Bitcoins?
I've watched the video on weusecoins.com and read some of the FAQ, read information about wallets etc, but I still can't find any information about why we should use Bitcoins? What are the issues with normal currency?
I know that this is a very…
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