You can now Pay for Steam Games with Bitcoin

[WYP]

You can now Pay for Steam Games with Bitcoin, adding a new payment method to the platform.

Read more on Steam accepting Bitcoin payments.

 

[SuB]

Will bitcoin prices be fixed to their gbp counterparts or will it be live with current exchange rates?

 

[WYP]

Will bitcoin prices be fixed to their gbp counterparts or will it be live with current exchange rates?

ATM it is expected to use a similar approach to other sites where it will use the current value of Bitcoin to directly convert it to whatever currency the store us using. Bitcoin to GBP in the UK or to USD in the US.

Exact details on the method are not clear yet, but it should be a straight-up conversion to the currency that region uses.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Isn't is hard to obtain bitcoins these days? It's becoming more popular and more people are mining for them. We remember the 290x launches were constantly out if stock because there were so much better than Kepler.. This in turn caused values to drop significantly. Not sure if it's recovered though

 

[TPC]

Isn't is hard to obtain bitcoins these days? It's becoming more popular and more people are mining for them. We remember the 290x launches were constantly out if stock because there were so much better than Kepler.. This in turn caused values to drop significantly. Not sure if it's recovered though

well some people only invest in them without mining. Just like the stock market.

 

[SuB]

Isn't is hard to obtain bitcoins these days? It's becoming more popular and more people are mining for them. We remember the 290x launches were constantly out if stock because there were so much better than Kepler.. This in turn caused values to drop significantly. Not sure if it's recovered though

no, you just buy them