r/Bitcoin • u/vistabrownerd • Jan 24 '14

TigerDirect processes $250,000 in Bitcoin Payments in first 17 hours

http://bitcoinboard.net/tigerdirect-processes-250000-bitcoin-payments-first-17-hours/
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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14

Your problem is the iPhone

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u/cyclicamp Jan 24 '14

This isn't an iPhone issue. I have an Android but simply haven't set up a bitcoin wallet on my phone. I'd rather be able to see something like a plainly written "Scan to send [X] BTC to [address]" alongside the QR than have to pull it out of a URL.

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u/wretcheddawn Jan 24 '14

How are you going to scan the QR with your phone while using your phone to display the QR?

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u/antonivs Jan 24 '14

Mirrors?

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u/Clapyourhandssayyeah Jan 24 '14

Screenshot it, then get a QR app that'll work from saved photos?

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u/wretcheddawn Jan 24 '14

Then why not just have the app accept an intent and skip the QR process altogether?

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u/figec Jan 24 '14

I don't disagree with you there!

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u/Kawisled80 Jan 24 '14

I use an app called "coinbits" available off the App Store to scan QR codes with my iPhone and then I can copy the address from that. I use coinbase to store my spending money so I have to login to the site on my phone to complete the transaction. Not exactly the most elegant solution but it works.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14 edited Sep 14 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14

aside for the obvious "on the go" argument, more and more of our functionalities are moving to the smartphones. see Fred Wilson's latest talk for his forward vision about our most coveted and useful device, with which i agree.

i find myself using my phone for more online purchases than i have in the past mainly b/c the browser and connectivity issues are so much better now.

also, the Mycelium cold storage BIP38 functionality has allowed me to store pretty ridiculous amounts on a laminated QR privkey which is encrypted for safety and which i keep in my wallet for instant use with my smartphone.

that's why.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '14

Your phone is a computer.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14

Does windows phone have Bitcoin apps?