As usual someone that THINKS they know what they are talking about makes a HUGE error. Hedged orders mean NOTHING for the buyer at all. NOTHING!!! That only has to do with the vendor. The vendor can pay 6% to hedge is order. That means where the customer buys something for 1 btc and at the exact time that btc is worth $40 then whenever the buyer finalizes the vendor will get $40 for that order... Even if the btc has fallen to $20 per btc... Also if the btc had gone up to $50 then that vendor STILL gets's $40 ...so hedging only works for the vendor if they want to lock up the exact price at the time they sold their item... vendors have done this in the past because some orders could take 2 weeks for the buyer to finalize and in that time the btc could have gone down x %....but in the last 9+ months...the btc has only gone up...so if you were to hedge...all you did was lose 6%. Now for the buyer...when you get your btc...and you pay $40 a piece...just use them that day! Thats it! and you wont lose any value...or because the btc has only gone up...you could choose to gamble and hold on to them to try and make some money...but that would not be very smart..as you bought the btc to buy drugs...not to invest. At the end of the day...with the btc being $45+ for the last 10 days...even if it falls a few dollars...that is a small %....so it is not that big a deal. Where as a few months ago...when it was $15...and it fell to $9...that is a HUGE drop % wise... So again...just buy your btc and use them..and you will be just fine..