I personally like it, just not every time. It's not quite as exciting or thrilling as fanning yourself with 100's or 20's, while taking a selfie to post on your tumblr for all your sex worker friends to see. But, I still like it for various reasons:

I would use Bitcoin, but I don't know that much about it. From what I've heard and speculated, it seems like you just have "Cyber-Money" floating somewhere in space that could easily be deleted/stolen in a mouse click.  

Most people liked 'DickCoins' or 'ButtCoins'.

if someone actually named their cryptocurrency something like that. I'd trade for it in a heartbeat! That's hilarious.

Bitcoin needs to be spent right away because it's value fluctuates so much, so there is not much danger of it being stolen if you're not keeping in your btc accounts for long. The only time you keep it is when you are using it to invest in other cryptocurrencies. So, you either spend it on Gyftcards or transfer it to your real life bank account.

Currency has a set value.  Buttcoins are on a downward trend, and how would you price accordingly?  1 Buttcoin= x hours?

Also creates paper trail...

Although I wouldn't call bitcoin a currency.

Bitcoin is worth a certain dollar amount lol
When you're paying someone with it, it shows you the amount in dollars that you are transferring to her.

Providers need two accounts. Coinbase linked to their real bank account and Blockchain not linked to anything. Take payments with Blockchain, she transfers it to her coinbase and then to her bank account. Or, she can just spend it straight from Blockchain at many online vendors or at Gyft.com. It's all very quick and easy with the phone apps.

The younger crowd have been quicker to adapt to this,  as usual. The older crowd are less inclined to accept it, because it sounds new to them,  as usual.  I see it this way: the world is changing and we will be seeing more of this.  

Courtney, not sure if I got correct link? Seems out of context. Bitcoin's value is based on the dollar, not boobs? lol Maybe I'm looking at the wrong post?

and in my learned opinion Bitcoin and its kin are no more than high tech Ponzi schemes.

Now excuse me, I need to oil the tappets in my Maxwell.

It's a wonderful concept especially to those of us with  Libertarian leanings, but I am a realist not an ideologue, and like mrfisher pointed out, I have been around long enough to see countless scams, and this one smells to high heaven.

All currencies have risk and that certainly includes the dollar, but currencies of almost all world currencies are backed by SOMETHING, no matter how weak. In the case of the dollar it is back by the full faith and credit of the largest economy in the world. The chances of it dropping to zero are astronomical and if it were to happen there would be no safe haven, not gold, not silver, and certainly not bitcoin.

OTOH bitcoin is simply pulled out of thin air and there is a very real chance that holders of this "currency" could wake up tomorrow and find out that their holdings are completely worthless.

Sorry DA, but as much as I am a free market kind of guy, some things need regulating, and a world wide currency is one thing that should be at the top of that list. I think bitcoin is simply riding the antibank sentiment that is so pervasive today and are simply taking the suckers for a ride, but only time will tell. In the meantime I don't see a single compelling reason to use bitcoin that would make it worth the risk.

It's a digital currency. Plain and simple. Acts the same as a currency and trades like one too.  

YOU need to understand just what you're dealing with here...and YOU have no clue!!!

That line will be OTB (Off The Board)

Filing a return with bitcoin profits or losses would be like filing a return that starts off with "I don't recognize the right of the Federal Government to tax me" it will put you right to the top of the audit list as you are shouting to the IRS that you want to hide from them. NO thank you, I will take a pass

And those who hate any form of regulation are those gambling on the ponzi scheme aspect of speculation.  This may one day be the accepted form of currency...but not in it's present unregulated format.

And AnonymousFun can stay anonymous...  LO

And backed by the faith and credit of the United States of America.

but in the case of bitcoins, I won't give anything of value in exchange for them, or at least not until I have converted them to some form of currency that I trust. You know, kind of like waiting for a check to clear.

Those things give Bitcoins a bad name,  unfortunately.  

invest in lead, sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter... that would be a better bet than gold, silver, and diamonds...

my cash says it's good for all debts, public and private, and yet I've had numerous places refuse to accept it... mostly US or State Government agencies (read: DMV and other licensing bureaus).

Maybe they were all run by the same gal that wouldn't see Tidwell?

I would not trade in it.

Me thinks you're living in another country?

I would rather not leave a paper trail. Cash only.

... I would be outing myself to anyone that even peripherally knew me.. suffice it to say it was a couple State government offices in a western state in the good old US of A... and while I understand their reasoning (small bureaus that are not normally in the business of collecting fees and have no system in place to accept and audit cash insist on check or credit card) it still strikes me as wrong that a branch of the government will not accept government issued script in payment.

Operations? Shill? WTF are you talking about? I get bitboin, I spend them on Gyftcards or transfer to my bank account. I like it, so I am telling other sex workers about it. End of story. You are reading way too much into this. I have never even heard of a ponzi scheme or recruiting or whatever in regard to bitcoin. Someone sends me $200 worth of bitcoin, I log onto Gyft.com, buy a gift card worth about $200 and spend it. It's a convenient way to get paid when gentlemen have to be kinda discreet about their cash. It's really not that serious.

I don't set up accounts. The person wanting to use bitcoin does. I personally use coinbase because it can transfer to my bank account. And, I use blockchain because they have an iPhone app. If you go sign up there, you don't put in my name to give me credit or anything. I just thought it would be helpful to sex workers and hobbyist. Nothing more.

Better to get in those other investments earlier not after they are up already

Notice that those of us who actually use it know what it's really for.  We purchase stuff online using it and treat it like it's just another form of payment. Nothing more, nothing less.