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		ty_a on Aug 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin: Evidence of spoofing, wash trading, and a... At what point would people start using Bitcoin as currency? When it hits 5k, 10k, 100k, 1m?

kbaker on Aug 5, 2017 [–]

I mean, you already can. I have purchased things from Newegg and Steam, used it with Expedia to book hotels and flights...

You can treat Bitcoin the same way you treat USD, there are a lot of places that accept BTC directly. Phone apps make transactions easy.

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