Apparently people in Greece are not even searching for bitcoin in google...
http://www.google.com/trends/?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&geor=all&date=ytd (try choosing 'Greece' in the region combox)
Topic: Bitcoin's Usefulness - So utterly apparent - page 4. (Read 9423 times)
By the way, I have no idea how many android smartphones there are in Greece that could download the greek flavor..
I was curious too, here's a link for some data:
https://www.getclicky.com/marketshare/gr/droid/
Back of the pizza-box calculation, (hey, I'll throw it out later..) says that based on my estimated population of 4.9 million, market share for Android would be approximately ~1,240,680 people. No idea what the average handset is, or the version they're running.
That's a nice userbase, even if you assume only %10 adoption.
bitcoin could be very well suited to Greece's geography. a bunch of small islands (economies) separated by the sea, but connected by the internet.
At Paymium, we did our best by releasing a greek translation of Paytunia for android last week..
And that's why I love you guys and promote your app all the time
If only we could get it in the appstore
By the way, I have no idea how many android smartphones there are in Greece that could download the greek flavor..
1. TraderTimm's reference is from 2010. assuming a linear adoption for the masses btwn 2000-2010 you can increase that population # by at least 20%. but it's probably higher than that assuming exponential increases of internet usage.
2. 49% of the population, if true, sounds pretty high, not low, to me. that's still alot of ppl so to my mind it's more a matter of awareness than access.
3. this is where a Bitcoincard.org solution would flourish. those who do have internet connections could plug in their gateway transmitters and let the masses walk by with their cards.
4. lets not confuse ease of use of today's clients with difficulties in understanding the Bitcoin protocols. i think modern day clients are pretty easy.
2. 49% of the population, if true, sounds pretty high, not low, to me. that's still alot of ppl so to my mind it's more a matter of awareness than access.
3. this is where a Bitcoincard.org solution would flourish. those who do have internet connections could plug in their gateway transmitters and let the masses walk by with their cards.
4. lets not confuse ease of use of today's clients with difficulties in understanding the Bitcoin protocols. i think modern day clients are pretty easy.
you can run MultiBit from a USB stick.
Greece has amazingly few Internet users. Only 45% of people there use the Internet at all, and probably a much smaller percentage are skilled enough to use Bitcoin. I don't think Bitcoin can make significant inroads there.
Beg your pardon, but I think 4.9 million internet users in Greece ( http://www.internetworldstats.com/eu/gr.htm ) would supply some percentage of bitcoin users, if any of the guides on using it were localized in the language, in addition to the client. ( Upon checking, apparently Multibit supports greek - http://multibit.org/ )
Even if bitcoin 'captures' %0.01 of that population, that would yield about ~490 people. If anyone has the ability to translate the basic usage docs to greek, I think that could go a long way. Hell, if I could do it - I would be right now.
move the decimal place one the right and you have captured 4900 new users. IMO if there was a very simple user friendly way for new users to create their own secure bitcoin flash drive's the whole thing would be a much easier sell. A video showing how to convert and protect your assets in a few easy steps would be very cool.
This problem highlights the biggest selling feature of bitcoin - you can control your own medium of exchange/store of value (like gold), but it's digital, and when appropriate measures are taken, more secure than physical assets.
seriously? how low in cost can a cheap Android smartphone go?
or at least get them to use Coinapult...
or at least get them to use Coinapult...
Greece has amazingly few Internet users. Only 45% of people there use the Internet at all, and probably a much smaller percentage are skilled enough to use Bitcoin. I don't think Bitcoin can make significant inroads there.
Beg your pardon, but I think 4.9 million internet users in Greece ( http://www.internetworldstats.com/eu/gr.htm ) would supply some percentage of bitcoin users, if any of the guides on using it were localized in the language, in addition to the client. ( Upon checking, apparently Multibit supports greek - http://multibit.org/ )
Even if bitcoin 'captures' %0.01 of that population, that would yield about ~490 people. If anyone has the ability to translate the basic usage docs to greek, I think that could go a long way. Hell, if I could do it - I would be right now.
At Paymium, we did our best by releasing a greek translation of Paytunia for android last week..
And that's why I love you guys and promote your app all the time
I'm european and i'm considering this. Buy Bitcoin and problem solved in a very quick, safe and efficient way.
It's really incredible to consider how well suited bitcoin is for this.
If I were greek (or Spanish, French or Belgian) I'd run - not walk - to protect my assets in Bitcoin and metals.
Greece has amazingly few Internet users. Only 45% of people there use the Internet at all, and probably a much smaller percentage are skilled enough to use Bitcoin. I don't think Bitcoin can make significant inroads there.
This is part of the Greece problem. It's not a random thing that they have huge debt, epic corrutped government and so few ppl using internet. 
Maybe we can raise enough to send an envoy to greece to setup an in person exchange
Great. Dont know how this could work but is the kind of ideas I would like to see more often here.
How bitcoins can actually help Greeks? dont tell me. Go there and tell them!
Maybe we can raise enough to send an envoy to greece to setup an in person exchange
At Paymium, we did our best by releasing a greek translation of Paytunia for android last week..
In my mind, Greek are lazy, maybe they will be boring to learn the brilliant new things in the bitcoin world. If Germany, this should sure be done. 
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