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by morlockabove 1922 days ago
I wonder if you could take payments in bitcoin to print out epubs/pdfs of books in high quality, bind them, and ship them to people. The bitcoin's to avoid the copyright ninjas; you could try to silk-road the whole operation. It'll be easier once we have better drones and automated cars.
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Honestly, I'm more inclined to just mail someone some cash in exchange for their services printing/binding/mailing the book back. Seems a little more straightforward than transferring bitcoin and having a noisy drone drop a book on my lawn. Plus, why would I want all my transactions on a public ledger? ;)
I don't have any bitcoin, but I would pay extra to have a drone wake up my neighbor's dog every time I buy a book.
Of course, whenever I say bitcoin, think monero. And if you know their address, so do the feds ;)