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I live in a country with backwards financial laws; no PayPal and ridiculous credit card regulations. Bitcoin has been the only way I could purchase stuff/ pay f

I live in a country with backwards financial laws; no PayPal and ridiculous credit card regulations. Bitcoin has been the only way I could purchase stuff/ pay for books/servers online. No one can take away the fact that it has changed my life more than Facebook ever could. Certainly I am one data point but to discard the entire technology just because one doesn't see the value in it seems self-centric and hasty.

tzs 10y ago
> I live in a country with backwards financial laws; no PayPal and ridiculous credit card regulations. Bitcoin has been the only way I could purchase stuff/ pay for books/servers online. What country?
- curiousgal 10y ago
  IP block 197.0.0.0/11
- 6nf 10y ago
  Tunisia. Not sure why people like the GP can't just include the obviously important information in their comments
  - curiousgal 10y ago
    Obviously important? I actually didn't feel comfortable sharing that since it didn't really matter but I did it indirectly in a reply just out of curtesy.
    - 6nf 10y ago
      Instead of just posting 'Tunisia' you made hundreds, maybe even thousands of people waste their time looking up an IP range in Google. That's just inconsiderate.
      - ryanlol 10y ago
        I don't know about the political situation there, but that's just one of the hundreds of possible reasons the poster might want to refrain from directly naming the country. Not respecting their decision to do so is at least equally inconsiderate.
        6nf 10y ago
        They posted the IP range of Tunisia. If they didn't want anyone to know they would not have done that.
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        ryanlol 10y ago
        Read my comment again, I specifically said "directly naming". "IP Block x.x.x.x/x" isn't exactly something you can search for, or even easy to understand for people outside of HN. This obviously isn't about "anyone" knowing, as you said yourself > If they didn't want anyone to know they would not have done that.
      - curiousgal 10y ago
        If people had minded wasting their time they wouldn't have wasted it in the first place. My comment makes perfect sense without the word 'Tunisia', hence, I didn't make anyone waste their time. But if I did, I am glad those who won't get my comment now have yours to save them those precious seconds. sigh But it's funny, I try to be polite by not ignoring a comment, I get called "inconsiderate". You really can't please everyone.
roywiggins 10y ago
Out of curiosity, how do you buy bitcoin?
- curiousgal 10y ago
  I actually don't because I can't. I won 1 btc at a small competition on r/Bitcoin (Hidden private key kinda game) last year and been trading with it, I spend the profits.
  - 6nf 10y ago
    Sure you can https://localbitcoins.com/places/859645385/tunisia/ https://localbitcoins.com/places/859645385/tunisia/
    - curiousgal 10y ago
      Those sellers are located away from me and I am a student, the prices are way out of my budget.
  - im3w1l 10y ago
    Good for you! But that's not a success story for bitcoin. A succesful currency is one people get by selling goods and then use to buy goods.
    - curiousgal 10y ago
      Thank you! The profits I make are actually in bitcoin, I can only spend bitcoin so I have the second part covered. I plan on working for Bitcoin once I graduate.

tzs 10y ago

> I live in a country with backwards financial laws; no PayPal and ridiculous credit card regulations. Bitcoin has been the only way I could purchase stuff/ pay for books/servers online. What country?

curiousgal 10y ago
IP block 197.0.0.0/11
6nf 10y ago
Tunisia. Not sure why people like the GP can't just include the obviously important information in their comments
- curiousgal 10y ago
  Obviously important? I actually didn't feel comfortable sharing that since it didn't really matter but I did it indirectly in a reply just out of curtesy.
  - 6nf 10y ago
    Instead of just posting 'Tunisia' you made hundreds, maybe even thousands of people waste their time looking up an IP range in Google. That's just inconsiderate.
    - ryanlol 10y ago
      I don't know about the political situation there, but that's just one of the hundreds of possible reasons the poster might want to refrain from directly naming the country. Not respecting their decision to do so is at least equally inconsiderate.
      - 6nf 10y ago
        They posted the IP range of Tunisia. If they didn't want anyone to know they would not have done that.
        deleted 10y ago
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        ryanlol 10y ago
        Read my comment again, I specifically said "directly naming". "IP Block x.x.x.x/x" isn't exactly something you can search for, or even easy to understand for people outside of HN. This obviously isn't about "anyone" knowing, as you said yourself > If they didn't want anyone to know they would not have done that.
    - curiousgal 10y ago
      If people had minded wasting their time they wouldn't have wasted it in the first place. My comment makes perfect sense without the word 'Tunisia', hence, I didn't make anyone waste their time. But if I did, I am glad those who won't get my comment now have yours to save them those precious seconds. sigh But it's funny, I try to be polite by not ignoring a comment, I get called "inconsiderate". You really can't please everyone.

roywiggins 10y ago

Out of curiosity, how do you buy bitcoin?

curiousgal 10y ago
I actually don't because I can't. I won 1 btc at a small competition on r/Bitcoin (Hidden private key kinda game) last year and been trading with it, I spend the profits.
- 6nf 10y ago
  Sure you can https://localbitcoins.com/places/859645385/tunisia/ https://localbitcoins.com/places/859645385/tunisia/
  - curiousgal 10y ago
    Those sellers are located away from me and I am a student, the prices are way out of my budget.
- im3w1l 10y ago
  Good for you! But that's not a success story for bitcoin. A succesful currency is one people get by selling goods and then use to buy goods.
  - curiousgal 10y ago
    Thank you! The profits I make are actually in bitcoin, I can only spend bitcoin so I have the second part covered. I plan on working for Bitcoin once I graduate.