dannno
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Other than the transaction fee, why would I want to use BTC to buy something online instead of a credit/debit card/paypal?
Using BTC puts all the risk on the buyer, whereas with the cards, the risk is all on the merchant.
If I buy something with a card and it never gets shipped or I don't like it and wont return it, etc. I can always dispute/chargeback the transaction and pay nothing. Not so with BTC.
That is not a limitation of BTC, I could start a credit card company (sans regulations) that dealt with bitcoin and I could create a dispute/chargeback resolution via contracts with the merchants and users.
It might work even better with ethereum.