understood

Don't take my comment to be against the idea, it's great to be honest, I'm simply not the target market - however there are quite a few more wealthy, entrepreneur and silicon valley types on here who wouldn't miss a few hundred dollars in tipping.

The idea is definitely a good niche and if I simply had more disposable income I would use it - don't let me refusal discredit it in any way.

  > ... who wouldn't miss a few hundred dollars in tipping.

There's nothing preventing you from buying $1 worth of bitcoins (say, 0.01 BTC) and tipping 0.00001 BTC each time.

I did not know you could do that, I always assumed it was full bitcoins, in that case I rescind my original answer due to ignorance.

Thanks. :)

Bitcoin would be pretty useless if you couldn't break it up into smaller pieces, especially at the current prices. =) It is divisible up to 0.00000001 (8 decimal places) and the total number that can exist is 21 million (which hasn't been reached yet).

exactly. so you reckon it's a good idea. would you use it?

I'd definitely give it a try. I don't know whether it would fit HN as nicely as it does Reddit, but there is just one way to find out, isn't it? :)

edit - I also wonder how it would evolve on HN. I could imagine using it here not for tipping, but for crowdfunding of sorts. With so many vcs reading this group, I'd expect people throwing 1-2BTC at a time at good ideas/ShowHNs to support some of the entrepreneurs.

once set up with the system you could type Tip [HN USERNAME] [AMOUNT] and so it would be

i see, but i imagine that would get you banned for spamming around here :\

I don't think it's a contribution to any thread, no matter the size.

you'd prefer to sit in your armchair and stroke them gently?

yes :)

at least until i need a house or something expensive.

You posted 33 minutes ago. Give them a chance to reply and resolve your issue

Okay, I revoked the accusation. I'm afraid my instinct is to mistrust people by default. We'll soon see if my instincts are wrong.

not sure about now. but it's only going to get bigger and getting your hands on bitcoins is a huge pain

thanks for your thoughts. i wasn't that worried about my bitcoin purchase being on record more that i wanted some immediately and didn't want to wait 3/4 days for bank payment to clear etc etc.