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by r3m6 4599 days ago
Why would you care about in which currency you are paid?
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GigabyteCoin 4599 days ago
It's not easy to buy $500,000 worth of bitcoins on the open market at "current value".
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TomGullen 4598 days ago
Someone bought ~$1mm on gox a few days ago without too much trouble I think
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GigabyteCoin 4596 days ago
They did, but it sparked a frenzy of buying shortly afterwards...
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dllthomas 4599 days ago
Cost of conversion would be a potential reason.
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creativeone 4599 days ago
Right, if there are supposedly buyers from abroad who want to buy, we can save money in currency conversions and transfers across borders.
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dllthomas 4599 days ago
Doesn't even have to be "from abroad" - if a buyer has a stack of bitcoins and I want a stack of bitcoins, going through an exchange is going to be expensive given the pretty broad spreads (if there's even the necessary liquidity).
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