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No longer I'm afraid - the high transaction fees of the last month have put paid to that.
"Steam is no longer accepting bitcoin as a payment method
Valve explained that bitcoin transaction fees have gone up to nearly $20 per transaction last week, “compared to roughly $0.20 when we initially enabled Bitcoin.”
Dec 6, 2017
Bitcoin fees 'av gone so far through the roof over the last month they've 'killed' the currency as a 'day2day' purchase option.
Small/test Bitcoin purchases are also hacked savagely by the 'horrendous' fees.
"Coinbase just charge me $14 in fees to send $50."
"Can you explain why it's so much? Coinbase is asking a $12 dollar fee for a $6 transaction. What the hell?"
"Its crazy this fees! I sent yesterday 63€ and the tax was 7,80€ like 15%."
"Same here and it keeps going up. $7 fee yesterday ,$14 today."
Bitcoin Avg. Transaction Fees
01 Jan 2017 $0.35
24 Aug 2017 $7.9
12 Nov 2017 $19.19
9 Dec 2017 $21.56
21 Dec 2017 $54.09
6 Jan 2018 $32.49
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