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Comment by cwilson | Hacker News Reader

What I need is the ability to automatically reload my wallet with the same amount of Bitcoin I spend as I spend it, so I always have X amount. I want to save at least a certain amount for years, so of course I don't want to spend it, but I have no problem using the USD I would have used to purchase something to buy Bitcoin to offset BTC based purchases. This just needs to happen seamlessly so I don lose money because of volatility.

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Yup, totally agree. If there was a seamless way to ensure my bitcoin wallet always auto-reloaded after I spend, I'd have no problem using bitcoin as an actual currency.

This seems like a pretty simple & awesome feature for coinbase to implement.

Just sent Brian at Coinbase a note about this. I'd use the feature constantly if they added it. It could be as simple as selecting a funding source when you send; your wallet or an option to purchase what you're sending.

Trouble is it's not anonymous. If you could find a way to do that anonymously, that would be amazing.

Just find a friendly localbitcoins seller. Hand him cash once a week while you're at your favorite coffee shop.

https://sharedcoin.com/

I emailed them about this idea a few weeks ago and they replied with this: "Thanks for your feedback - that's a great idea! I'll pass this on to the team so we can look into implementing that!"

(Fred from Coinbase)

Agree, strikes me as a good idea.

be aware that the value of bitcoin is in no way guaranteed to rise and you are gambling with your money.

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