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I am frequently amazed that people who consider themselves international business people are confused by complex wire transfer instructions.
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@bkuhn I'm occasionally amazed by !freesoftware totalists who don't reject banking, all other commerce run on proprietary sw #maybetroll
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@bkuhn I know the philosophical out. I guess there aren't really any !freesoftware totalists.
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Seriously, I get jammed up on wire transfers every single time. It's like nobody ever did it before.
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I've been using Bitcoin instead of wire transfers, for USA<->UK and USA<->Canada. Refreshingly easy. (But yeah, forex risk...)
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Yeah, I don't think people who can't handle a wire transfer should consider Bitcoin transfer right now.
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The “Bitcoin transfer” step is dead simple: you cut and paste a "Bitcoin address", enter an amount, click a button, and wait an hour or two.
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The hard part about using Bitcoin right now is making a wire transfer to someone to buy Bitcoin in the first place.
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@bkuhn I'm impressed with your avoidance of ATMs but think the "own computing" as ethical boundary problematic.
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@mlinksva, using proprietary sw isn't murder. It's moral equivalent of failing to ♻. I don't require service providers are perfect on that.
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@bkuhn individual ♻ apt & gets to what is problematic about "own computing" ethics. tentatively I say too individualistic, won't save world.
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@mlinksva,I'll die in a world w/ proprietary software rampant no matter what I do. I'm just carrying an individual torch for next generation
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I still don't get it. Could you do a screencast of yourself sending, say, 10 BTC to 1Dns6cwcYR1Uk42EqfyucVAy9ydGmCVqiL ? That'd probably help me understand.
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Perhaps I should explain that I'm using hosted services to hold and transfer the Bitcoin, so this is all on a web page.
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Will try! Making screencasts is not something that I already know how to do...
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Oh, you were kidding, right?
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Yes. But if you'd like to demo wiring me money and sending me BTC to see which is easier, I won't complain.
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You should write a humor column in an internet zine.
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