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For online payments bitcoin works quite well

Many people who tried to buy stuff on Steam with bitcoin seem to disagree. In fact Steam recently stopped accepting bitcoin since they apparently couldn't make it work.

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I assume you mean recently. I used bitcoin on Steam a few years ago and it worked fine.

It's quite recent and I presume because of fees, delays and volatility.

Dell stopped accepting it too. Ironically the rocketing speculative value is killing the prospects for longer term use and stability.

As they should -- Lightning Network is the correct technological solution for small frequent payments such as game purchases on Steam.

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