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Topic: Iran discovers Bitcoin - page 2. (Read 3501 times)

legendary
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November 29, 2012, 11:59:54 PM
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edit: but on the plus side.. this sort of attention will probably inspire more interest amongs Iranians abroad, and then their families/friends back in Iran.


This is actually a good point. There is a huge Iranian community in North America and bitcoin would serve as a very good remittance option if the traditional methods were being disrupted or unstable.
legendary
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chaos is fun...…damental :)
November 29, 2012, 11:53:16 PM
#6
BUY!!!!!
legendary
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November 29, 2012, 11:29:08 PM
#5
As much as I like this usecase - the story does strike me as a bit of an exaggeration.

I've no particular insight into what's going on in Iran - but while there have been a few nodes popping up in Iran over the past couple of weeks as evidenced on:
http://blockchain.info/nodes-globe?series=48hrs
... it doesn't look like much.

Perhaps they're using things like the blockchain.info/wallet rather than full nodes, but I'd like to see some evidence that there are even as many as 100 people using it there.

I worry also that this story brings attention to Bitcoin as a 'sanction buster'...  when it's barely got off the ground as such and is more easily squashed.


edit: but on the plus side.. this sort of attention will probably inspire more interest amongs Iranians abroad, and then their families/friends back in Iran.
legendary
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November 29, 2012, 11:28:43 PM
#4
Iranian-American bitcoin consultant Farzhad Hashemi recently traveled to Tehran and talked up bitcoin to his friends.

lol

haha noticed that too. Go on, everyone of Bitcointalk, for you are all consultants of the Gospel of Bitcoin and it is your duty to proselytize those who do not see our ways.
legendary
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November 29, 2012, 11:22:02 PM
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“They are instantly fascinated by it,” he says. “It’s a flash for them when they realize how it can solve their problems.”

I may have to rethink my 1-2week stable period prediction, and just skip to the upward explosion.  Grin
legendary
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November 29, 2012, 11:14:43 PM
#2
Iranian-American bitcoin consultant Farzhad Hashemi recently traveled to Tehran and talked up bitcoin to his friends.

lol
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November 29, 2012, 10:40:15 PM
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