Now, almost a year and a half after this statement, has the situation changed?
With bitcoin payment processors it is possible to make a system where users can pay in bitcoin or fiat of their choice and sellers can receive payment in fiat or bitcoin of their choice. So for instance, a seller chooses to pay in bitcoin, but the seller receives his payment in USD. Or a buyer pays in USD and the seller receives his payment in bitcoin. The conversion is not handled directly by shapeways, but by the payment processor.
With big players such as Microsoft and Dell now accepting bitcoin, perhaps the time has come?
Last edited: Mar 23, 2015