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2022

Bitcoin Vs Credit Card Transactions

Paul Ebeling
Last updated: January 19, 2022 7:22 am
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“Bitcoin is being accepted by merchants more and more}–Paul Ebeling

The Overview: Bitcoin transactions operate more like cash: exchanged person-to-person without a financial intermediary. Credit card companies are widely accepted, but there are many parties between merchants and customers that charge fees for necessary services. Credit card providers generally offer fraud protection, while Bitcoin does not.

Bitcoin was designed for peer-to-peer transactions, which removes all parties except the two making the financial exchange. Bitcoins are stored in a digital wallet that you hold and control. You do not need to depend on a financial institution to hold your money for you.

Payments are similar to wire transfers or cash transactions, where payment is “pushed” directly from one party to another without going through another financial institution. Payment processing is executed through a private network of computers, and each transaction is recorded in a blockchain, which is public.

When making a Bitcoin transaction, it is not necessary to provide personal identification, such as your name and address. This means no 1 monitors your financial activity and establishes limits on what you can or cannot do.

By contrast, in a credit card transaction, you authorize a merchant to pull a payment from your account, passing through financial intermediaries in the process.

For example, a typical Visa transaction generally involves 5 parties: the credit card network, the merchant, the acquirer (the financial institution that enables payments to the merchant), the issuer (the cardholder’s bank), and the individual cardholder. Sometimes, there is a 6th party: the payment processor, although many are also the acquiring bank.

Each party involved in the process charges other parties fees, which are then passed on to the cardholder effectively raising prices. Credit cards must also be physically stored and kept secure.

Technology is improving, but the card numbers are easy for hackers to steal, especially if you allow merchants to store them for easy future access. Even if you do not, hackers can access merchant’s records and steal card information.

A Key difference between the 2 is that often you hand your card to another person or swipe it in a point-of-sale terminal. These machines can be hacked, and simulated terminals can send your card information to hackers. An untrustworthy cashier can keep your credit card information, sell it online, or use it themselves. Bitcoin comes straight from your digital wallet and goes directly to the party you’re paying, without a way to intercept the information.

Bitcoin transactions are irreversible and can only be refunded by the receiving party—a key difference from credit card transactions that can be canceled. This means there are no charge-backs for merchants when taking payment via Bitcoin. A charge-back is the demand by a credit-card provider for a retailer to cover the loss on a fraudulent or disputed transaction. 

Merchants that accept Bitcoin also save on credit card fees; fees can range anywhere from 0.5% to 5%, plus a $.20 to $0.30 flat fee for each transaction. Bitcoin payments can be sent and received at either very low cost or none at all, as Bitcoin fees are based on the amount of data sent or the wallet you use.

Which you choose depends on your preferences for fraud protection, ease of use, anonymity, and personal beliefs about cryptocurrency and existing financial infrastructures.

Have a prosperous day, Keep the Faith!

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By Paul Ebeling
Paul A. Ebeling, a polymath, excels, in diverse fields of knowledge Including Pattern Recognition Analysis in Equities, Commodities and Foreign Exchange, and he is the author of "The Red Roadmaster's Technical Report on the US Major Market Indices, a highly regarded, weekly financial market commentary. He is a philosopher, issuing insights on a wide range of subjects to over a million cohorts. An international audience of opinion makers, business leaders, and global organizations recognize Ebeling as an expert.   
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