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Board Bitcoin Discussion
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Just asked leanpub if they accepted bitcoins, this is what I got...
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gurghet
on 28/07/2014, 21:15:22 UTC
Hi gurghet,

Unfortunately we do not accept Bitcoin at the moment, and this is
unlikely to change this calendar year unless PayPal Website Payments
Pro starts accepting Bitcoin.

Regards,
Mike

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Andrea Passaglia <gurghet@me.com> wrote:
Hello, I would like to buy a book but I can’t find any way to pay with bitcoins. Is there any way to do that? If not, are you planning to accept bitcoins?
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Now I’m asking why should any merchant in their right mind wait for paypal to accept bitcoin? If there is an application for bitcoin, that is cutting the middle man. I agree, Paypal accepting bitcoins would be huge, but from the point of view of the single merchant, what is the gain? They would still have to pay a fee to Paypal, and for what?? Paypal is not bringing them new clients, bitcoin is! Furthermore, if they accepted bitcoins straight away, they would gain more as they wouldn't be forced to pay a fee to Paypal.