> let's not turn this into a Balanced vs Stripe thread.

Hey, as I said below, I'm a Stripe customer: you guys are great. Frankly, I don't even see Stripe and Balanced as directly competing. Well, Balanced is deep in a vertical of one of your products. When I took the job at Balanced, I kept on selling my books through Stripe: you guys kick ass for that use case.

> we'll stay out of the way when you guys have your public launch.

That was gonna be today. ;) :(