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nailer on Feb 19, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Stripe: Bitcoin

You can specify amounts in USD and get the exact amount back regardless of BTC fluctuations, which seems close to his original premise.

foobarqux on Feb 20, 2015 [–]

Not that close since to the user it is a BTC payment system.

Pyxl101 on Feb 20, 2015 | [–]

Why couldn't the user buy the bitcoin in dollars moments before, using the same price-stabilizing mechanism? Could an exchange engage in both operations simultaneously somehow as a sort of market-maker?

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