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How to buy bitcoin anywhere in the world, as long as it's in one of the 31 countries on the list.
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.
As long as the client is in one of those 31 countries.
This genuinely pissed me off. It's a blatant clickbait!
Is it sufficient if your Tor exit node is in one of those 31 countries?
Signed up and ... it's a news letter. sigh
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.
Use Bitsquare. It is completely decentralised and all traffic is routed over Tor, so quite secure.

If 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..

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...

[1] Generally the site say "use https://coinatmradar.com/ or use LocalBitcoins"

Interesting guide, I like the country overview, but it's actually Switzerland not Swiss.
Swiss Government disagrees. (On the other hand, indeed Swiss Government is not the authority on English language usage.)

"Welcome to the official website of the Swiss Government", quoting from https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start.html

Switzerland is to Swiss as England is to English.

The country is Switzerland; if you are from Switzerland you are Swiss.

It's still the country Great Britain even if it's called the British Government.
> 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).

You're absolutely correct. Thankfully linguistically the point stands at least.
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!

In Portuguese it's "Suiça" (Suisse) or "Confederação Helvética" (CH).
Interesting share with insightful data is always amazing
Under the third bullet point for Israel it says:

"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.

I think the more interesting guide would be how to buy Bitcoins anonymously.
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.
For solving a) I recommend Localbitcoins.com. I've used it a couple of times without issues.
> use a bitcoin tumbler for obfuscation.

Not a worthwhile amount of obfuscation (almost none), and it provides evidence of nefarious intent.

Desire for privacy isn't evidence of nefarious intent any more than exercising your right to remain silent is evidence of guilt.
Well, I'm not a lawyer so maybe I said it wrong but if you keep coded notes, etc, I've heard it makes it much easier to prove intent.
>(Ultimate Guide)

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Isn't Bitcoin dead already?
I think it died twice this week already, it may even be up to its monthly quota.
Currently at $900, so near record high.
It's a scarce asset. Some say it's value can only rise in the long run. HODL.
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.

As a way to buy coffee. Yes. Dead as a dodo.

As an alternative investment, it's very much alive.

As dead as BitTorrent and BitMessage. P2P is hard to kill.
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.

A correction: Perhaps culturally Mexico belongs more to South America, but officially it is located in North America.
No, really, it's what part of America again? The _North_, you say?
"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.
You can? Tell me more! That is widespread adoption
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
More widespread than I anticipated
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.
It depends on your definition of currency. If you define it as a medium of exchange then for sure Bitcoin is a currency. I can buy stuff with it.
You think Visa and MC should decide what a currency is?
No, I think the buyer and seller should agree on what the being currency traded is, and how it's valued. I bid 40 quatloos for the newcomer.
In Mexico, localbitcoins.com is the best way to buy them, others one mentioned are quite sketchy or haven't hear much from them.
Buy high, sell low
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.

Most altcoins are bought and traded using BTC as the onramp.
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?
Before investing in eth, do your own research. Every coin has a share of problems. List of coins can be found at coinmarketcap.
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.
> BTC-E offers additionally the funding of an account with Credit Cards

That's incorrect

How interesting that this post comes out right as the dollar value of Bitcoins is skyrocketing. What a 'coincidence'.
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.