[OT] bitcoin donation

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 17:23:08 UTC, Steven 
Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote:
>
>> But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, 
>> perhaps you have
>> _some_ explanation?  You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all 
>> those sites
>> will buy your bitcoin with dollars anytime you want.  It's 
>> just an open
>> way to trade value- in your case, just another 
>> payment/donation method-
>> I don't see the issue.  If it required setting up a bunch of 
>> software,
>> sure, but those websites make it easy to set up, as they run 
>> the client
>> for you.
>
> Begging the question, why not trade your bitcoin for dollars 
> and buy it using those?

Simple, we're already invested in bitcoin: why waste money 
changing payment methods again, especially since it would be so 
easy for him to accept this new payment method?  Also, perhaps 
you're not aware but the fees on bitcoin are much lower than 
dollar transactions (most of the time, as there are a few 
low-cost dollar options like direct dwolla transfers if both are 
on the same payment network), so even if he ultimately wants 
dollars, it would be much cheaper to send him bitcoin and then he 
can sell it for dollars anytime he wants.

However, I don't know about the others, but for me personally the 
fees are not the biggest reason.  It's just that I'd like to try 
using bitcoin for such payments, as I believe such distributed 
crypto-currencies are the future, and surprisingly Ali is now the 
second person to refuse a bitcoin payment from me.  I was able to 
pay my email host using bitcoin, but the other guy who refused 
cited some vague security/ponzi concerns.

I find it strange that people would refuse a donation because 
they don't like the currency used, even though it can be easily 
resold in an extremely liquid market, but, oh well, if they don't 
want my money, their loss. :)