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Will steam accept BTC or LTC?

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Just looking for some opinions,

Do you think valve (or mainly steam) will start accepting bitcoin or litecoin?

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I bloody hope not, than at least another few hundred people will want to mine, keeping the 290 prices high, not good for me. 

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I have the answer... No one knows. Hard to predict. Cryptos are very touchy right now, and could plummet in prices. Steam/Valve would be a nice addition to the Crypto game though!

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I don't see why not in the future. It would be a smart thing for them to do as it's very merchant friendly with zero charge-backs, no fraud/counterfeiting, and next to nothing for "fees".

 

Currently there's a few ways to purchase steam gift cards with Bitcoin/Litecoin but nothing directly involving steam yet. Most of the places selling Gift cards do so at a markup so they can scrape some profit off the top.

 

I'd recommend using Humble Bundle when possible to purchase steam based games. Not only does 10% go to charity, but they have accepted Bitcoin for quite some time now. https://www.humblebundle.com/store

 

 

If I had to predict when, not if.. I'd say likely around Q4 of 2014. As this year moves along we will be seeing much more wide-spread merchant adoption. Along with current merchant adoption, many interesting start-ups which have quietly been funding and getting things in order over the past several months will start launching and opening their doors.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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http://www.steambits.com/ Never tried but i know people that buy regularly without problem

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Since the abbreviations for these cryptocurrencies consist of three characters, I highly doubt Valve would allow such a thing.

What about AUD, USD, CAD and EUR?

They're 3 characters.

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Doesn't sound like anything Steam would do based on past ventures. (Really I'd be sad to see how stupid they are if they did start to)

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In an announcement recently, they planned to add more currencies available for use on the Steam market. One of those planned currencies is Bitcoin.

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Just looking for some opinions,

Do you think valve (or mainly steam) will start accepting bitcoin or litecoin?

eventually, bitcoin is starting to come to etailers

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

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