Wall of Coins is Like LocalBitcoins, Except Easy to Use

When I paid for surgery with Bitcoin a couple months ago, the anesthetist who took the payment (their first Bitcoin payment ever, by the way) asked me what the selling options were in case they wanted to exchange for fiat.
I’ll never forget how my heart sank as I navigated LocalBitcoins with him. The site layout was not simple. It used abbreviations that he didn’t understand. Every Bitcoin buyer had his own quirky way that he wanted to pay. And the trade options were almost overwhelming: Wire transfers? Cash by mail? Bank deposit? PayPal? Cash in person? Gold?
Don’t get me wrong – I think LocalBitcoins is a great service. But for someone who’s using Bitcoin for the very first time, it’s way too complicated. Even intimidating.

This post was published at Coin Telegraph on 2014-12-08.