Bitpay allows companies to accept crypto payments and receive it as real currency automatically.

People wonder about the long range effects of things because we can’t know them until a long time has passed. Like when the internet first became available in homes, we all had no idea that it would change society and even human psychology in the ways that it has. Do you never read about something that’s fairly new and think, “I wonder how that’s going to play out”? There’s not currently any answer as to what new information will be revealed or what new understanding will be gained over decades to come. Only time will show us that.

My neighbor makes chainsaw bears out in his driveway. They’re visible from the road, so I can see them when I drive by. They’re nice bears. I enjoy seeing what he’s working on. But if he came out one day and told me I owed him money for looking at his bears, I’d think he was crazy.

They aren’t my bears, and the decision to craft them in an area open to public view was his own.

That’s what other people’s websites are like, to me.

You obviously see things differently. I’m sure the people whose websites you visit appreciate that. I mean that sincerely.

No, it isn’t. It was a casual statement of curiosity about the future.

There are always things we don’t know when newish discoveries go into common use that we learn over the first few decades of really widespread use.

It seems like you’re projecting a whole lot of meaning onto a casual comment when there was really not much there.

That’s good to hear. I know it’s very popular, but I’ve been avoiding it for a long time because the fees were so high the last time I used it.

I’ve seen many businesses that do this, also.

Where I used to live, the electric bill doubled after the city council voted to allow the electric company to charge customers for the cost of storm repairs. Nearly $400 a month for us. I knew people who lived there part time and were getting $200 bills for months when they weren’t living there and had no electrical usage. And people had been saying for years that the electric company wasn’t doing enough to prepare for storms.

Wondering something isn’t a question. It doesn’t have an answer. I think you took my comment to mean something it didn’t mean.

I’m arguing that the responsibility to pay a cost should fall on the person who makes the decision to incur the cost.

I feel equally surprised that you feel the way you do. I’ve never met anyone with your opinions before, and they seem very extreme. We’re living very different lives, I guess.

I wasn’t asking anything.

But, you’re right, what I’m wondering is actually if there will turn out to be side effects that we don’t realize until these have been in use for decades.

I wonder if there will be any long-team side effects.

I’m talking about random websites that people visit to see what they are, as one does.

Making a blog and thinking that people owe you money to be on the receiving end of your unasked-for opinions/advice is ridiculous. You can talk to people around you and get that for free.

And there’s even less reason to pay a company that you have an existing business relationship with to access their website, since you’re paying them already.

I pay money to a person or company in order to receive a good or service which is defined and negotiated ahead of time.

Someone I don’t know making a website I didn’t ask for isn’t doing anything for me, and doesn’t have my agreement or consent.

That’s fine as long as they aren’t expecting me to pay them for it. Expecting money for actions taken on someone else’s behalf without their consent is a scam.

I think websites should be paid for by the person or organization that owns them, personally. I don’t want to be subsidizing businesses that I have no role in or control over, or paying for other people to engage in their hobbies.