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[BinaryBeast1010011010]

Will toady ever accept bitcoins donations?

[MrWiggles]

Will toady ever accept bitcoins donations?

Why would he want to deal with that headache?

[BinaryBeast1010011010]

Donations from overseas? This way willing patrons wont get ripped off exchanging one currency for another and that's more money for him

[AutomataKittay]

Donations from overseas? This way willing patrons wont get ripped off exchanging one currency for another and that's more money for him

Bitcoins' value are pretty unstable, though, like it makes pretty much every other major currency looks rock stable in exchange rate.

[MrWiggles]

Doesnt paypal automatically do exchanges?

[Cruxador]

Doesnt paypal automatically do exchanges?

Yes. And it does so at a perfectly competitive rate.

[Rose]

Doesnt paypal automatically do exchanges?

Yes. And it does so at a perfectly competitive rate.

rate is still better than the difference of bitcoin value from one day to the next.

[BinaryBeast1010011010]

I'm not sure of that, do you have any proof of that over a significant time frame or is it just "common sense"?

[Rose]

http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg60ztgSzm1g10zm2g25

Over the past month, bitcoin value went between 10 and 13 dollars per bitcoin. That's a 30% change. Some of that was a dollar difference over a day. That means you can give Toady a 10 dollar donation, and by the time he cashes it in, it's only worth 9

[BinaryBeast1010011010]

Thanks for the link, that made your point.an optimistic would say it could also go the other way.

Ok, I suggest toady implements a bitcoin donation system, this way all the black hat hackers around the world playing dwarf fortress will be able to share profit with him.
What? You're giving my IP to the feds? X)

[Rose]

Thanks for the link, that made your point.an optimistic would say it could also go the other way.

I'm not a gambler.

[King Mir]

It's possible to set up an account with MtGox that will convert bitcoins to dollars right away with every transaction, AFAIK. Also, people interested in donating bit coins have bitcoins to give. If the value of bitcoins drops, that doesn't mean the same people would have donated more bitcoins if they knew that it would.

I think the real issue would be if the marginal increase in donations due to people being able to use their preferred currency is worth the hassle other potential drawbacks of setting it up. If somebody interested in donating bit coins were to ask Toady to set something up, that might be enough. Or he might not go for it. Questions about making donations may be more suitable for email or PM than this thread.

[Inarius]

Is it possible to make donation in GOLD ? :p

[MrWiggles]

It's possible to set up an account with MtGox that will convert bitcoins to dollars right away with every transaction, AFAIK. Also, people interested in donating bit coins have bitcoins to give. If the value of bitcoins drops, that doesn't mean the same people would have donated more bitcoins if they knew that it would.

I think the real issue would be if the marginal increase in donations due to people being able to use their preferred currency is worth the hassle other potential drawbacks of setting it up. If somebody interested in donating bit coins were to ask Toady to set something up, that might be enough. Or he might not go for it. Questions about making donations may be more suitable for email or PM than this thread.

ToadyOne seems to be in favor of the path of least resistance with the administration of the businessy side of ToadyOne The Great Productions. Why bother with unstable, obscure, quasi legitimate tender, when in so far ToadyOne makes enough with just accepting donations.

And on another note, thats what we need more administrative man hours away from working on the game, for a questionable increase in donations and furthermore, a questionable sustained increase in donation.

[Robosaur]

When can we get modding support for the procedurally generated things, like modding Necromancers or making our own secrets?
What about syndromes that add new limbs?