I don't think I will ever understand what bitcoins are. I also don't care nearly enough to try and figure it out.

And that's exactly why every currency is just as made up as Bitcoin is.

I guess the only "problem" they face is where to expand. I guess there is not much growth with their core business (rent games to gamers); probably has not been for quite some time, anymore. At some point a critical mass is reached. Adding another currency might offer stuff previously being harder (i.e. trade cocaine with Los Zetas) or by adding movies or by creating a console for steam games to nap fans of other closed platforms like XB or PS.

I can buy cocaine on Steam now?!
:D

Good for Gabe and Co. :D

Am going to have to start ordering from them if I get a free suck too!

Anyways, when is GOG going to accept Nectar points!

They could accept monopoly money (the real stuff not the euro) on steam and I still wouldn't rent from them.

Bitcoins only, delivery in fake steam boxes :P

Noice!

I can imagine now thousands of steam zealots will start to upgrade their PCs just to be able to mine Bitcoins .

edit : I hope those loosers know that Bitcoin payments are not eligible for refunds .

Then blowjobs are a currency, too. wtf.
Here's where you're wrong: What's a "monetary system"? Ever heard of "monetarism"? A monetary system implies a monetary policy. Bitcoin doesn't have one.

USD would be a commodity if the US stopped existing. Like Soviet Roubles with Lenin's head -- the USSR doesn't exist anymore and they are now simply bits of paper (that have value as material objects you can trade with collectors). No one in the world is legally required to give you bread or internet access or a blowjob for 10 Soviet roubles. However, the US still exists no matter where you are.

I can't speak for the community, but I can tell you about myself:
Yes, it's Steam. I haven't played Half-Life or CS, and I like Portal; I'm fine with Valve as a videogame developer. I'd buy their games on GOG.

I personally pirated Portal, then bought The Orange Box. When I started playing it through Steam, I gradually realized I was actively procrastinating (by playing Solitaire instead of the game for hours) because I hated the client. That's when I decided to avoid digital downloads and started hunting for CDs on ebay. Soon after, I became homeless and some of my games were stolen by an actual career thief. Because the postal service was unreliable and it was likely that packages in my name simply wouldn't arrive, I decided to buy a downloadable DRM-free copy as a replacement and signed up on GOG.

I kind of like Steam's community content publishing system (so far -- paid mods are a nope). GOG should absolutely steal from them when designing the new forums. (Except the GOG forums should be purple, obviously.)

I like the absence of curation. I like GOG's curation, too, and it's what makes me buy more games here. If they open the floodgates, I will buy substantially less, simply because I will have to do research rather than rely on GOG to pick games for me, and there are only so many hours in a day.

I don't mind the abstract idea of a client. I use (and like) Galaxy.

I detest the Greenlight submission fee, although I would pay it if I made a commercial game and needed to publish it.

However, the Steam Marketplace is pure evil. I will never participate in it and I will go out of my way to avoid supporting Steam whether with time or money -- unless I'm publishing a commercial game and can opt out of all "features" (trading games, badges, cards, etc) which presume or facilitate the exchange of resources in relation to my game other than a direct purchase. If I can't opt out of that, my game will not be on Steam.

He wants to expand his empire. Dominating every thing in PC market.

And i hope his empire will fall after his death .

How on earth is the anonymous bitcoin supposed to interact with the non-anonymous economy? When someone delivers the goods or services that you bought via bitcoin to you, or pays you in bitcoin for goods or services, they need to IDENTIFY YOU to know which of the 9 bilion people to interact with.

Because of Marketplace, shitty bloated client.

half-Life 1 was the last Half-Life I player, and it was before Steam came out.
Also DoD (original) and CS 1.5 was the last version i played. I preferred Enemy Territory and Quake 3

This is were you're wrong. It all depends on what you buy and who you buy from. Also on how you do it. There are countless extensive guides on this, so don't expect me to train you on it. :P