Peer-To-Peer News - The Week In Review - January 12th, '13

[JackSpratts]

Originally Posted by theknife

i cheerfully donated to several nzb index sites, knowing they have their costs and appreciating what they provide. and now they seem to all facing this dilemma of finding a way to accept cash. i was wondering why snail mail wouldn't work - i'll send a donation via money order with an email address in the envelope, they send me an e-mail activating the access upon receipt - Paypal is not involved. frankly, it's no less certain than giving up your credit card online via paypal and completely anonymous for me. a couple of days wait is worth it to bypass the online financial system.

yeah, i've wondered about this too. why allow yourself to be held hostage to paypal? perhaps it's the impulse factor. maybe people will drop ten bucks on a link, but they won't when purchasing stamps, envelopes and money orders requires leaving the house. still, if i was facing oblivion, i'd be promoting all kinds of alternatives.

- js.

[theknife]

Originally Posted by JackSpratts

yeah, i've wondered about this too. why allow yourself to be held hostage to paypal? perhaps it's the impulse factor. maybe people will drop ten bucks on a link, but they won't when purchasing stamps, envelopes and money orders requires leaving the house. still, if i was facing oblivion, i'd be promoting all kinds of alternatives.

- js.

i know of one in particular that's trying to funnel it's users into Bitcoin, and getting a lot of kickback from it's users about it. i haven't looked at it closely and even tho i like the concept, it has to involve me putting a credit card number onto a Bitcoin site at some point. i'm very reluctant to do this, at this point in time.