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JS Bin is a service that appeals to techies. As such, it should see moderate success accepting Bitcoin! Bitcoin transactions are non-reversible, which would solve the fraud complications.

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But would it fuck him on the VATMOSS? Would he lose the ability to verify the address via the cardholder billing address?

A question I don't know the answer to.

At the moment it's a bit of a grey area. In the future, the Government is already planning:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-custo...

You'll have to charge VAT as normal, before the price is converted into bitcoin.

This is a really good question. It's funny, a little digging led me back to the same blog.

https://remysharp.com/2014/12/30/vatmoss-proof

I could see the location information being supplied using a Bitcoin service provider (Coinbase?), but whether it is accepted as "proof," is questionable.

How many people do you think would pay for jsbin via Bitcoin but not via regular money?

A couple percent at most. I think companies who've implemented Bitcoin payment have seen a 1% or less. A good number of those would have been customers anyway.

I love Bitcoin and use it a lot, but the truth is, this likely wouldn't do much for jsbin.

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