By Ben B.
As it says in the title “Why don’t you accept bitcoin for billing instead of paypal?”
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We do not accept Bitcoin as a payment method at this time. We use UserVoice to track feature requests and to gauge user demand. There is already an open request there which you can subscribe to in order to get any updates regarding Bitcoin support.
Hello, all
We currently accept payment using credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover), debit cards, and PayPal.
You can find more information here:
It looks like someone has had the same idea before and has posted it on our Product Ideas board. The best thing to do would be to head over and add your vote to it, as well as adding any additional information in the comments for exactly what you’d like to see implemented!
https://ideas.digitalocean.com/interfaces/p/bitcoin-payment-method
Hope that helps! Alex
Looks like you don’t have a choice now, DO: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-02/05/paypal-bans-vpn-and-dns-services
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