No moral problems with the waste this encourages?
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Replying to @DanTwoHundred @handmade_hero
I've not heard arguments that BitCoin wastes resources at a level close to the traditional way currencies are supported, which is to run a government and support an army. So an argument that it is a "wasteful" currency would similarly argue all other currencies are "wasteful".
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The "waste" argument against bitcoin is really one of the weakest. It's much better to say that there are existing cryptocurrency alternatives that are more efficient and faster at validating transactions. Hell, even bitcoin has plans to improve these issues in the near term.
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Replying to @mvandevander @cmuratori and
Really the main issue at the moment is the transaction fees. It's often like $16 a transaction. Most other cryptos are way cheaper than that.
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Separate from this, unless there is something really obviously egregious about a form of payment, I don't know that it is really Molly Rocket's place to be deciding which currencies are "moral enough to accept". How would you even construct such a formula?
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Replying to @cmuratori @mvandevander and
I would rather accept those currencies that are generally in use and not obviously "immoral", and allow the customer to decide what payment method _they_ feel best aligns with _their_ morals, if they are somehow able to assess such intricate things.
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In a lot of respects, Bitcoin is more moral than fiat currency. Keep in mind you can just set up an ethereum wallet and the fees are much lower for people to donate. But recurring donations seem to be not a thing someone has built on top of that.
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We are only able to handle stuff that goes through our existing payment processor. We don't have the resources to manage other things. So if Stripe or Paypal supports it cleanly, we will try to turn it on... otherwise, it's not something we can do.
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Haha. Even bitcoin doesn't require a payment processor. That's the beauty of cryptocurrencies.
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No, I mean the thing on the website that allows you to make an order, pick a payment method, and complete a transaction, and comply with state, federal, and international law :)
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We don't do that stuff ourselves, because it's a major investment if you wanted to. So SendOwl/Paypal/Stripe take care of those things, and we only accept payments that are implemented in their pipelines for that reason.
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