Topic: Bitcoin Nordic: 300M can now buy bitcoin in the Middle East and North Africa - page 2. (Read 32225 times)
July 14, 2012, 10:02:54 PM
Good job guys. Spread it!
July 14, 2012, 09:54:19 PM
a) cashU again is not an option in Iran
b) Bitcoin info is barely available in Arab or Farsi
c) many Bitcoin sites are censored by the sites' owners for Iranian people
Many people here have a very USA/Europe-centric perspective of the world.
b) Bitcoin info is barely available in Arab or Farsi
c) many Bitcoin sites are censored by the sites' owners for Iranian people
Many people here have a very USA/Europe-centric perspective of the world.
July 14, 2012, 09:22:11 PM
Great! Anyone got English literacy rates for the region, or for specific cashU countries?
Table 4a - Literacy (I can't open the file right now, but this should contain what you're looking for. It's been a great resource for me in the past.)- Adult (15+) literacy rate, by sex
- Youth (15-24) literacy rate, by sex
United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics
You may want to have a look at this: Wikipedia - List of countries by English-speaking population.
It seems very few people have English as a primary OR secondary language in the majority of countries on this list. I don't think it's too bold to assume that most English speakers would not, could not or should not buy things from - let's say - a Mandarin language website, no matter the product and price.
July 14, 2012, 08:53:47 PM
do all those africans know they can buy bitcoins now?
July 14, 2012, 06:46:03 PM
This is pretty freken awesome guys, NICE JOB!!!
July 14, 2012, 05:51:06 PM
Great! Anyone got English literacy rates for the region, or for specific cashU countries?
Table 4a - Literacy (I can't open the file right now, but this should contain what you're looking for. It's been a great resource for me in the past.)- Adult (15+) literacy rate, by sex
- Youth (15-24) literacy rate, by sex
United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics
July 14, 2012, 05:49:05 PM
Great! Anyone got English literacy rates for the region, or for specific cashU countries?
Table 4a - Literacy (I can't open the file right now, but this should contain what you're looking for. It's been a great resource for me in the past.)- Adult (15+) literacy rate, by sex
- Youth (15-24) literacy rate, by sex
United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics
July 14, 2012, 05:40:58 PM
Great! Anyone got English literacy rates for the region, or for specific cashU countries?
You would probably benefit from hiring someone to do professional Arabic and French translations.
You would probably benefit from hiring someone to do professional Arabic and French translations.
July 14, 2012, 04:49:07 PM
Great stuff.
July 14, 2012, 04:40:55 PM
Held og lykke med det Lasse. Det kan kun goere gode ting - for baade Bitcoin Nordic og for Bitcoin.
July 14, 2012, 04:26:48 PM
The price for purchasing bitcoins with cashU is the MtGox 24h average + 15% at the moment, but Bitcoin Nordic is looking to lower this as soon as volume increases.
The website also show sales tax:
"15% at the time of processing including 1.82% sales tax, which is currently 8.746877 USD. "
That reads that the 15% already includes sale tax. Is that correct?
Plus ... sales tax? Is that because these are being treated as a digital good or something?
We treat bitcoins as goods and must therefore apply a sales tax for customers within the EU. But I have removed it from the cashU page now as most purchases made with cashU will probably not be by Europeans.
July 14, 2012, 04:18:38 PM
The 15% fee is way to high to get people involved. I'd suggest starting with a lower fee, then once you have people hooked then you can raise the fee. start with like 5% imo. Nobody will want to make an investment with a 15% fee.
July 14, 2012, 04:11:43 PM
Heh, will it really?
This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
We're not offering to top up cashU cards by sending us bitcoins. It's the other way around: We're selling bitcoins for cashU payments.This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
Before, people in the Middle East and North Africa did not have any obvious way to acquire bitcoins. Now they do.
Very nice, although I think it's the other way around that makes for incredible potential. If you can figure out a way to get Middle East and North Africans in Europe to use Bitcoins to transfer their earnings back home to their families: Then it would be a KILLER. :-)
agreed
July 14, 2012, 04:09:29 PM
Heh, will it really?
This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
We're not offering to top up cashU cards by sending us bitcoins. It's the other way around: We're selling bitcoins for cashU payments.This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
Before, people in the Middle East and North Africa did not have any obvious way to acquire bitcoins. Now they do.
Very nice, although I think it's the other way around that makes for incredible potential. If you can figure out a way to get Middle East and North Africans in Europe to use Bitcoins to transfer their earnings back home to their families: Then it would be a KILLER. :-)
July 14, 2012, 04:08:22 PM
The price for purchasing bitcoins with cashU is the MtGox 24h average + 15% at the moment, but Bitcoin Nordic is looking to lower this as soon as volume increases.
The website also show sales tax:
"15% at the time of processing including 1.82% sales tax, which is currently 8.746877 USD. "
That reads that the 15% already includes sale tax. Is that correct?
Plus ... sales tax? Is that because these are being treated as a digital good or something?
July 14, 2012, 02:04:26 PM
EDIT: NVM I get it now.
For some reason your OP was super confusing to me, I had to read it like 10 times.
For some reason your OP was super confusing to me, I had to read it like 10 times.
July 14, 2012, 02:01:31 PM
Heh, will it really?
This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
We're not offering to top up cashU cards by sending us bitcoins. It's the other way around: We're selling bitcoins for cashU payments.This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
Before, people in the Middle East and North Africa did not have any obvious way to acquire bitcoins. Now they do.
July 14, 2012, 01:59:10 PM
btc value is going to skyrocket now!
Heh, will it really?
This is a layer on top of the traditional banking system not on top of Bitcoin and I also don't really understand how the option to top up your cashU account with either buying a prepaid card via fiat or using bitcoins introduces Bitcoin to all those people.
I'm all for any type of development when it's conntected to Bitcoin and I wish them good luck but I'm not particularly a fan of this specific endeavour.
July 14, 2012, 01:48:57 PM
btc value is going to skyrocket now!
July 14, 2012, 01:39:01 PM
Wow...this could be huge. Best of luck!
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