The negative to this is similar to the negative of Flattr, you're giving a prominent position to a button/brand other than your own for less than the value of that space. On Adam Corolla's site, he's got it in the top banner, a very prominent position. It's only gotten him $3.30* in exchange, a <i>very</i> cheap ad buy.<p>It will be interesting to see how these perform after a week and a month vs just placing a small ad there. Especially after the $2,000 they gave away to spur usage is used up. I'd wager these will only bring in a small fraction of what an ad would.<p>One positive over Flattr, though, is at least you can see how much that ad position is paying out as a visitor. 1 Flattr doesn't have a direct connection to dollars.<p>* - I'd originally forgotten the default tip is 10 cents, not $1. Updated with the 1/10th value appropriately.
I had the pleasure of being one of the pilot test cases with Crypto 101:<p><a href="https://www.crypto101.io/" rel="nofollow">https://www.crypto101.io/</a>
<a href="https://crypto101.github.io/" rel="nofollow">https://crypto101.github.io/</a><p>Much easier for folks who happen to already have a Coinbase account! Same functionality for everyone else (cards, straight LTC/BTC).
This is excellent.<p>Any chance we'll see an API? It would be cool to be able to use it as a micropay button on top of a microdonation button.<p>Also a nitpick, the implication that things like this<p><pre><code> > aren’t possible with traditional payment networks
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is obviously untrue. Flattr had the same functionality without bitcoin.
What does the Coinbase service offer over something like a browser plugin that enables one-click dispensation of tips from a small wallet to a bitcoin address on a site?<p>A lot of Americans use Coinbase, but not everyone has a Coinbase account....
This is great! I was using the donate button on www.gitignore.io but this is what I was actually looking for when I implemented the donate button. Thanks for launching this.