Well, looking fast through the resource, I'd say it's perfect for those selling services or products through Bitcoin. There must be a lot of clients asking "How do I pay with Bitcoin?". Now you just give them this link and you're done with the support responsibility.
That's a dark pattern. Clicking on the "x" on the top right to close that full page popup takes one to the actual article and the list of countries, Bitcoin exchanges and requirements.
No, ALL countries really are covered [1]. These 31 countries happen to have country-specific recommendations. The page could benefit from a redesign and many people seem to think only 31 countries are covered...
> It's still the country Great Britain even if it's called the British Government.
Not the best example perhaps, as strictly speaking the British Government (or more formally Her Majesty's Government) governs the United Kingdom (which is a sovereign state or country), not just the geographical region of Great Britain (which includes the countries England, Scotland, and Wales).
Authors might be French-speaking, I've seen that error before.
EDIT: Actually, after looking it up, this is interesting: In most languages except English, Switzerland is referred to by the adjective. That is, in Italian it's "Confederazione Svizzera," or just "Svizzera" for short, in French it's "Confédération suisse" or "Suisse"... huh!
"Other: Citizen of the United Arab Emirates can use bitoasis.net to buy Bitcoins directly; in Kuwait you can buy Bitcoins on bitfils.com; in Vietnam you find the Broker bitcoinvietnam.com.vn and the exchange vbtc.vn; in Malaysia coinbox.biz and coins.my provide an online wallet and an easy method to buy and sell Bitcoins, while oinhako.com is a wallet with the option to buy and sell for Malaysia and Singapur and bitx.co offers an exchange for Malaysia and Indonesia. In Indonesia, you can also buy Bitcoins at bitcoin.co.id. Citizen of Taiwan can use maicoin.com to buy, sell and use Bitcoins."
These should probably be broken out into separate paragraphs for each country. I think that someone looking to buy bitcoin in Kuwait is very unlikely to be looking in the Israel section. But otherwise, I find this very useful.
Absolutely. I was investigating this last week. Most articles have suffered bit rot where nearly all linked sites that once allowed non-verified accounts now require verification.
After what I found the best ways to do this is to
a) find someone who sells it directly (cash <--> Bitcoin) or b) buy it de-annonymized and use a bitcoin tumbler for obfuscation.
Why would it be dead? There are needs it services better than any other current product, with no serious replacement in sight (except for alternative cryptocurrencies).
And at least the black market use case of bitcoin is really hard to replace with a better product. Not because Bitcoin is so great, but because it's politically and legally hard to develop a good product that works in a black market environment.
Bitcoin went from the "hype" stage to the "adoption" (although of the niche kind) stage with a couple of hyped spin-offs such as "blockchain everywhere" so it's less of a hyped up novelty more of a "fact of life" type thing now.
Adoption is still niche, there are technical issues to be taken care of and there are "existential" threats based on the uncertain legal implications but by and large both Bitcoin as "currency" and bitcoin as "p2p network" are doing ok as far as I'm concerned.
"No, really, it's what part of America again? The _North_, you say?"
Mexico is usually included in the definition of North America: "[its usage] sometimes includes Greenland[11][12][13] and Mexico (as in the North American Free Trade Agreement),[12][14][15][16][17] as well as offshore islands." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America#Extent
Options missing for South Korea. For example, all C&U ATMs now offer to sell bitcoins for cash (in partnership with Korbit). You can also buy bitcoin redeem cards in pretty much every 7-11 here.
widespread adoption would imply people actually use it (which I have doubts about) -> I'd love to see bitcoin usage numbers relative to actual ATM usage from these
In every 7-11, there's Bitcoin redeem cards, just like PSN redeem cards, Nintendo, Spotify... Don't know how they work though, I've never tried buying one.
The fact that Visa/MC allows Coinbase (and others) to make bitcoin purchases as a purchase and not a cash advance weighs heavily on the "bitcoin is not a currency" debate. I wholeheartedly agree. And no, bitcoin is not dead. It's just not a currency.
Is there a comparable list for buying altcoin in the US, such as ETH? I know Coinbase allows you to make ETH purchases (I've bought some there), but I'd be interested in other means. I'm not trying to dodge taxes, it's just that Coinbase seems kind of creepy now given how much the government is probing them. (I don't suppose the alternatives are any better / less sketchy?)
Genesis (Barry Silbert's exchange) allows OTC ETH buying. They can probably do OTC other things too, as the old adage goes money talks bullsht walks.
I love ringing them up and negotiating prices. OTC is the best and fastest (no accounts, you give them your public address and they send you bank wire instructions), but I don't always have the minimum amount.
Kraken is also a national currency exchange that has various markets, I think including Ethereum and Monero.
The best way to buy alts is to buy bitcoin then convert to the altcoin of choice. out if curiosity, do you wantbto invest in alts or do you find them useful?
I want to put a little money into ETH and see what happens in a few years. I don't know much about other altcoins. What are the most popular / most useful ones?
I also wanted to invest in ETH longer term. What I did was buy ETH on Coinbase (they have both BTC and ETH), you can even get $10 with this referral link when you buy $100 BTC or more ;) https://www.coinbase.com/join/55dd9c5febf2ca0080000063
Here's a really useful website that lists altcoins by market cap and other factors: http://coinmarketcap.com/
My question is why? It cost me $100+ to buy $1000 worth of bitcoins. 10+% transaction fee with limited places accepting it and must charge a higher price than fiat to make up for the high transaction fees.
The problem I had attempting to sell my old bitcoin last week was not where to buy it. It was where to sell it and come away with cash.
As a citizen of the US this appeared more or less impossible through any reputable means.
I'd say that's a show stopper to adoption. The most practicable thing for small amounts (a few K or less) still seems to be: buy a gift card at a service you actually use; or, shop Dell, Expedia, Tiger Direct, or New Egg.
To put blame where it is absolutely due: this is a direct result of aggressive intimidation by the federal government on institutions attempting to provide consumer banking services for bitcoin, or attempting to do business with startups and the like in the industry.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 140 ms ] threadIf you can send/receive International bank transfers then you should be good to go.
The only condition is that it requires that you already own a small amount of bitcoin used as security deposit..
[1] Generally the site say "use https://coinatmradar.com/ or use LocalBitcoins"
"Welcome to the official website of the Swiss Government", quoting from https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html
The country is Switzerland; if you are from Switzerland you are Swiss.
Not the best example perhaps, as strictly speaking the British Government (or more formally Her Majesty's Government) governs the United Kingdom (which is a sovereign state or country), not just the geographical region of Great Britain (which includes the countries England, Scotland, and Wales).
EDIT: Actually, after looking it up, this is interesting: In most languages except English, Switzerland is referred to by the adjective. That is, in Italian it's "Confederazione Svizzera," or just "Svizzera" for short, in French it's "Confédération suisse" or "Suisse"... huh!
[0] https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/ [1] https://bitcoin.org/en/getting-started
"Other: Citizen of the United Arab Emirates can use bitoasis.net to buy Bitcoins directly; in Kuwait you can buy Bitcoins on bitfils.com; in Vietnam you find the Broker bitcoinvietnam.com.vn and the exchange vbtc.vn; in Malaysia coinbox.biz and coins.my provide an online wallet and an easy method to buy and sell Bitcoins, while oinhako.com is a wallet with the option to buy and sell for Malaysia and Singapur and bitx.co offers an exchange for Malaysia and Indonesia. In Indonesia, you can also buy Bitcoins at bitcoin.co.id. Citizen of Taiwan can use maicoin.com to buy, sell and use Bitcoins."
These should probably be broken out into separate paragraphs for each country. I think that someone looking to buy bitcoin in Kuwait is very unlikely to be looking in the Israel section. But otherwise, I find this very useful.
Not a worthwhile amount of obfuscation (almost none), and it provides evidence of nefarious intent.
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And at least the black market use case of bitcoin is really hard to replace with a better product. Not because Bitcoin is so great, but because it's politically and legally hard to develop a good product that works in a black market environment.
As an alternative investment, it's very much alive.
Adoption is still niche, there are technical issues to be taken care of and there are "existential" threats based on the uncertain legal implications but by and large both Bitcoin as "currency" and bitcoin as "p2p network" are doing ok as far as I'm concerned.
Mexico is usually included in the definition of North America: "[its usage] sometimes includes Greenland[11][12][13] and Mexico (as in the North American Free Trade Agreement),[12][14][15][16][17] as well as offshore islands." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America#Extent
I love ringing them up and negotiating prices. OTC is the best and fastest (no accounts, you give them your public address and they send you bank wire instructions), but I don't always have the minimum amount.
Kraken is also a national currency exchange that has various markets, I think including Ethereum and Monero.
Here's a really useful website that lists altcoins by market cap and other factors: http://coinmarketcap.com/
That's incorrect
As a citizen of the US this appeared more or less impossible through any reputable means.
I'd say that's a show stopper to adoption. The most practicable thing for small amounts (a few K or less) still seems to be: buy a gift card at a service you actually use; or, shop Dell, Expedia, Tiger Direct, or New Egg.
To put blame where it is absolutely due: this is a direct result of aggressive intimidation by the federal government on institutions attempting to provide consumer banking services for bitcoin, or attempting to do business with startups and the like in the industry.