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January 15, 2020, 02:09:37 AM
#44
Im using bitcoin for a different way im using it as my source of income and its not P2P transaction either because my country doesn't have businesses that accepts bitcoin payments that's why in order to purchase goods and products, i need to convert it to fiat. The lack of services accepting bitcoin is the reason i need to rely in fiat currency, i hope in the near future i could see cryptocurrency being use as global payments for anything.
I am strongly agree to what you have said. Actually me too, I am using trading as a source of my income since I am still a student and I cant afford to apply for a full time job because my schedule is volatile thats why I am pursuing my trading job because it is easy, convinient and most especially you are the one who hold your schedule in posting and you can post and trade anytime.
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January 15, 2020, 01:58:46 AM
#43
Im using bitcoin for a different way im using it as my source of income and its not P2P transaction either because my country doesn't have businesses that accepts bitcoin payments that's why in order to purchase goods and products, i need to convert it to fiat. The lack of services accepting bitcoin is the reason i need to rely in fiat currency, i hope in the near future i could see cryptocurrency being use as global payments for anything.
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January 15, 2020, 01:34:33 AM
#42
I started learning about cryptocurrencies about a year ago. At that time I was unemployed, I wandered on forums, social networks and the media to find work. I am a mother with a young son, so in very little time, I accidentally read some information about cryptocurrencies. I started to learn about it. I earned my first cryptocurrency from the airdrop token ONE of the BIGONE exchange. I am very happy and happy from the first earnings from this profession. BIGONE is a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange founded in November 2017 by blockchain investment company INBlockchain. BigONE exchange supports over 30 different coins including major coins Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, LTC, EOS, TNB, GXS, QTUM, NEO, OMG ... some other coins. I started researching and switching to trade coins on BIGONE, it helped me to make more money. These are my share of the memories of cryptocurrency, thank BIGONE for helping me earn more income.
legendary
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January 15, 2020, 01:23:42 AM
#41
I only use bitcoin when necessary but if its just a normal transactions then i will use fiat money but will still depend on the situation. Many are still afraid to use this because of volatility and the price fluctuations. Bitcoin is still not accepted in all physical store in my place so I have no choice but to transact online, hoping for merchants to initiate and accept bitcoin in my country.
I used it to transfer money to other country without higher fee or hassle in going in remittances, though they will soon to convert it in fiat like I do sometime but it's helpful a lot. And as I prefer it to be my investment it is fine not using it daily to bear fruut once bitcoin adoption happens big time.
it's one of the conveniences I have gotten from using bitcoin when sending money to other countries without difficulty. whereas for every day to use bitcoin it's a little difficult in my country because it's illegal. so many shops don't dare to accept bitcoin. I prefer altcoin to use online transactions compared to bitcoin which has a fairly high fee and tends to take a long time for each transaction. I prefer saving bitcoin for the long term than to spend or use for payments.
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Dimon69
January 15, 2020, 01:01:32 AM
#40
I only use bitcoin when necessary but if its just a normal transactions then i will use fiat money but will still depend on the situation. Many are still afraid to use this because of volatility and the price fluctuations. Bitcoin is still not accepted in all physical store in my place so I have no choice but to transact online, hoping for merchants to initiate and accept bitcoin in my country.
I used it to transfer money to other country without higher fee or hassle in going in remittances, though they will soon to convert it in fiat like I do sometime but it's helpful a lot. And as I prefer it to be my investment it is fine not using it daily to bear fruut once bitcoin adoption happens big time.
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January 15, 2020, 12:54:13 AM
#39
Using bitcoin in daily lives? Nah, I am struggling with the high fees and regret to use my btc when the price is at it's peak. Though i did not use it in daily basis but I spend it some time in gas stations and bills payment. It's a good feeling to use btc as it's real purpose.  Just like others here stating, not all do accept bitcoin payments. The adoption is not enough because of lack of awareness, so it is really hard to make it happen.
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January 15, 2020, 12:34:24 AM
#38
Using bitcoin for daily life instead of for trade or for digital assets i think this is my dream and if bitcoin can be used for it then that could be good achievement but unfortunately in my country this not more than just only statements because in the fact bitcoin will never used for it and too many factors why bitcoin cannot use as usual currency and most people at here know it that people usually fear the volatility of bitcoin can makes them lost

I highly think that its main impact will be further focused on improving the daiy to day lifestyle of the people in such a case of developing technology that will accept cryptocurrency in transaction and payment mostly focused on transportation and areas which need payments to be fast and easy. Imaging tapping something to a sensor and wuth cryptocurrency technology, we could already enjoy the trip.In addition, paying in stores will also be a good step to enable us with adopting crypto to almost every transactions we made.
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January 14, 2020, 10:11:43 PM
#37
I only use bitcoin when necessary but if its just a normal transactions then i will use fiat money but will still depend on the situation. Many are still afraid to use this because of volatility and the price fluctuations. Bitcoin is still not accepted in all physical store in my place so I have no choice but to transact online, hoping for merchants to initiate and accept bitcoin in my country.

We are on the same boat right now. Bitcoin has very limited acceptance in my country as well and it would cost you much just to intentionally go to the physical stores that accept Bitcoin. Normally, the Bitcoin transactions I am involved are online transactions. It is good enough like this but there is still much room for growth.
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January 14, 2020, 10:04:07 PM
#36
Using bitcoin for daily life instead of for trade or for digital assets i think this is my dream and if bitcoin can be used for it then that could be good achievement but unfortunately in my country this not more than just only statements because in the fact bitcoin will never used for it and too many factors why bitcoin cannot use as usual currency and most people at here know it that people usually fear the volatility of bitcoin can makes them lost
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January 14, 2020, 06:13:53 PM
#35
I only use bitcoin when necessary but if its just a normal transactions then i will use fiat money but will still depend on the situation. Many are still afraid to use this because of volatility and the price fluctuations. Bitcoin is still not accepted in all physical store in my place so I have no choice but to transact online, hoping for merchants to initiate and accept bitcoin in my country.
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January 14, 2020, 05:37:44 PM
#34
In my case, there are two main factors why it's still hard to use Bitcoin "daily". For my daily living and expenses, it's hard since there's still no enough acknowledgement of Bitcoin in my place because there's still no law about it. Another reason is its volatility. I can't just use it to buy things everyday, I still have to monitor the market. But if I have the opportunity to use it, it's a great opportunity to use it in reality aside from online

But to use bitcoin to a transaction will really cost you allot in your daily living. I probably suggest you use bitcoin for huge transactions though, still included in your daily life, but take advantage of the cryptocurrencies we have. Bitcoin is not the only crypto we could use but it could serve as the main currency we need, and  we could convert it to other assets such as XRP or ethereum daily, allot for transactions that we are making. In this case, we aren't just using bitcoin, but incorporating the use of altcoin. Thus, utilizing more cryptocurrency will lead to better crypto adoption.

Bitcoin transaction fees are not as expensive as a lot of people think.
https://bitcoinfees.info

Next Block Fee: fee to have your transaction mined on the next block (10 minutes).$0.39
3 Blocks Fee: fee to have your transaction mined within three blocks (30 minutes).$0.39
6 Blocks Fee: fee to have your transaction mined within six blocks (1 hour).$0.18

this is not an expensive price to pay for a large degree of privacy IMO
legendary
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January 14, 2020, 05:34:42 PM
#33
Who here uses Bitcoin daily or lives on the financial crypto market?

I personally use Bitcoin wherever I possibly can, and accept it directly without converting it to fiat immediately. I have been using Bitcoin daily for years. (Ever since Bitpay started improving its Bitcoin debit card product)

This is a really interesting topic so I have reopened it. Here are some of my other threads on the topic that were closed. It is really cool to see the progression of comments which suggest that people are using it more and more.

And what are the fees for using this debit card? This is one of the things banks that want to remain in business should start considering to do, become payment processors themselves.

Of course this is not exactly adoption but helping in the transition. If the merchant directly takes bitcoin, there is no reason to give extra fees to a processor. However, as a service, it is nice to have just in case.

More importantly, who else in addition to bitpay is doing this? Bitcoin cards (debit/credit) have existed before, but if i recall correctly their fees were very high, not unlike those of an ATM. It is for the convenience, i guess.

For alternative crypto debit cards you could look at coinbase and wirex,
I created a thread comparing the fees for both > https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53526840

Up and coming bank activity from Europe might bring more of this sort
of service as they now have a green light to deal in Crypto according to
this article > https://www.coindesk.com/german-banks-allowed-to-sell-and-custody-crypto-assets-from-2020-report

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January 14, 2020, 12:58:17 PM
#32
In my case, there are two main factors why it's still hard to use Bitcoin "daily". For my daily living and expenses, it's hard since there's still no enough acknowledgement of Bitcoin in my place because there's still no law about it. Another reason is its volatility. I can't just use it to buy things everyday, I still have to monitor the market. But if I have the opportunity to use it, it's a great opportunity to use it in reality aside from online

But to use bitcoin to a transaction will really cost you allot in your daily living. I probably suggest you use bitcoin for huge transactions though, still included in your daily life, but take advantage of the cryptocurrencies we have. Bitcoin is not the only crypto we could use but it could serve as the main currency we need, and  we could convert it to other assets such as XRP or ethereum daily, allot for transactions that we are making. In this case, we aren't just using bitcoin, but incorporating the use of altcoin. Thus, utilizing more cryptocurrency will lead to better crypto adoption.
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January 14, 2020, 12:13:27 PM
#31
I only use bitcoin if needed because I prioritize my future assets and make savings.
and other reasons because in my country of residence there are no services or payments using bitcoin, and if I want to use bitcoin for any payment I have to exchange bitcoin to become fiat.
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January 14, 2020, 11:52:05 AM
#30
Good for you, OP. I wished I could say the same that I used Bitcoin for years, and not from hodling.
The problem is that I don't find that many mserchants to buy some products using Bitcoin directly. The adoption is quite slow in my country, but that's fine. As long as I can still convert to my local fiat without any problems, I am okay with that.

Besides I could purchase items in online shopping sites like Shopee using my online crypto wallet which I use for that mostly when I am just looking for something to reward myself at least.
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January 14, 2020, 11:48:29 AM
#29
There isn't any single place in my country where I can use cryptocurrency. So I can say with confidence that I can't live on CC but on fiat. I am sure my country is not alone on the list, there are many more such places. With fiat even a small kid can buy things and have a living but with BTC only experts can buy or sell.
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January 14, 2020, 11:34:35 AM
#28
Bitcoin has been part of my daily living though in my country only few know about this crypto. But bitcoin has a big help because I can use it in paying bills and purchase goods. And some of my btc I hold for long term which I believe I can earn profit.
Even if I am staying here in the crypto world for how many years, I cant still say that the cryptocurrency is a part of my daily living because here in my country, cryptocurrency is not accepted as a mode of payment because only few knows about this and also before I can use my money from trading, I should convert it first into our own national currency.
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January 14, 2020, 11:17:49 AM
#27
Bitcoin has been part of my daily living though in my country only few know about this crypto. But bitcoin has a big help because I can use it in paying bills and purchase goods. And some of my btc I hold for long term which I believe I can earn profit.
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January 14, 2020, 08:28:12 AM
#26
I don't spend too much of my BTC because I focus on holding it. I have been saving my salary and most of my money to buy more BTC. I sometimes spend a single part of my holding whenever I need to pay for my internet provider because I find it more convenient and faster but I have to convert it to our local money to be accepted by network provider companies.
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Blackjack.fun
January 14, 2020, 08:02:43 AM
#25
And what are the fees for using this debit card? This is one of the things banks that want to remain in business should start considering to do, become payment processors themselves.
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More importantly, who else in addition to bitpay is doing this? Bitcoin cards (debit/credit) have existed before, but if i recall correctly their fees were very high, not unlike those of an ATM. It is for the convenience, i guess.

https://bitpay.com/card/resources/Fees.pdf
Not so bad but they will never be able to compete with my card from a traditional bank, zero monthly fees, zero fees on ATM withdrawal, zero almost everything apart from 1 euro monthly mobile banking.
Also, I have a Wirex card, works ok but the exchange rate is a bit so and so and don't try to use it outside the eurozone, the conversion rates are overkill and most important, never ever try to use an ATM outside the euro area if you have a euro card, I paid almost 10% once and I'll never experiment with it again.

But no, using a card that converts bitcoin to euro or usd and then you pay via Visa it's not paying with bitcoins, you can claim that you pay with old because you've sold some jewelry at a pawn shop, then loaded your card with those funds and then made a purchase.


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