Topic: Its almost impossible to buy (Read 314 times)

Ah, that's what I was wondering as well--and if bitcoin ownership was illegal in Iran I would have suggested that you just forget about it.

And yes, it's a pain in the ass to buy bitcoin if you want to do it anonymously and have a healthy mistrust of people.  You could check out the Currency Exchange section of the forum, but unless you have a reputation there aren't a lot of people willing to accept payment methods like PayPal and others.  I've never bought or sold bitcoin in person, but that's something you might want to look into.  Good luck in your quest, bro.

no its not illegal to buy but there are some laws (and the whole idea is not to deal with anything that the government has its hand in it .) however mining recently became illegal

I'm not using websites where you can buy Bitcoins out there like localbitcoins etc.

For me, here in the forum is one of the best way to buy Bitcoin but do it in bulks or in huge amounts (not that huge) so that you will not be eaten by escrow funds. There are many trusted users here that are offering escrow service. Buying Bitcoin isn't almost impossible but it is very possible with the help of the forum. There are many Bitcoin sellers in currency exchange section. You can just buy there and hire an escrow and you're good to go .

Hello everyone
not sure if this is even the right place in the forum to ask this but anyway.
so I always had a fare bit amount of information about the whole of cryptocurrencies and whats what .
so recently out of having nothing else to do I tried to set up a wallet and buy a few amount of btc (like 20 or 30 bucks ) . its nothing serious and I don't really care about the business side of it . so I tried to buy and guess what you need ID . well I have to tell you I'm from Iran .
so yeah OFAC ban , sanctions , phone restrictions and etc .. you name it we have it.
and even local legal sellers are controlled by government and they also verify you and thats even worse . not to mention they only work in high fees .
although you can find individual dealers by digging in telegram and thats easy but they have high rates and no trust .
so after 2 days the only way I found was this : buying giftcards here is really easy amazon razer mint itunes visa master etc and its legal and there is no need for ID.
paxful also doesn't need id for less than 1500$ ( I need a temp phone number for verification but that's easy )and it seems there are a lot of people who trade for giftcards on paxful . after that I can transfer the coins to another wallet from paxful ( however I heard people had problems for verification even for that ) . this way you can get about 15$ from a 20$ redeem code and that rate is not good but it's doable.
wanted to know if anyone can think of another way or some trusted place like a telegram group or something where you can do this without a third party like paxful . THANKS

Thanks for the advise I will try them . and as I said local exchanges only work in big amounts and I don't want to go through the whole process for something small (not sure if you get what Im saying sorry for the bad english) . no its not illegal to buy but there are some laws (and the whole idea is not to deal with anything that the government has its hand in it .) however mining recently became illegal

yeah the whole money rate thing is a mess . we don't know how it's still running . Thanks anyway

I have spoken to friends in Iran and they have echoed your story.

They also mentioned something about the official rate of the Iranian Rial and the street rate (or true going rate) being vastly different—and that it's impossible to cash out Rials at the government rate.

As far as I've heard, the only real way to get around it is by dealing out of the country. Travel to a nearby country like Turkey and deal for cash there.

Yes, gift cards seem to be one way to circumvent any unnecessary attention, and there's loads of it in the forum but I'm not sure how can OP secure one given his state. It's quite a paradox for OP but if he can find a way to at least get some of those--and I'm pretty sure there are tons of online sellers out there that can take his money for it--he'd be fine.

I can take up on the offer though if I have some coins to spare. There are no known repercussions here in my country if I ever dealt with someone from Iran so I'm good.

so recently out of having nothing else to do I tried to set up a wallet and buy a few amount of btc (like 20 or 30 bucks )

If OP can get US and UK Amazon cards and from other companies to sell here then they should do fine. There's always steady demand for stuff like that. I'd even consider having one myself as long as he can guarantee I won't get a Hellfire up my arse.

Hello everyone
not sure if this is even the right place in the forum to ask this but anyway.
so I always had a fare bit amount of information about the whole of cryptocurrencies and whats what .
so recently out of having nothing else to do I tried to set up a wallet and buy a few amount of btc (like 20 or 30 bucks ) . its nothing serious and I don't really care about the business side of it . so I tried to buy and guess what you need ID . well I have to tell you I'm from Iran .
so yeah OFAC ban , sanctions , phone restrictions and etc .. you name it we have it.
and even local legal sellers are controlled by government and they also verify you and thats even worse . not to mention they only work in high fees .
although you can find individual dealers by digging in telegram and thats easy but they have high rates and no trust .
so after 2 days the only way I found was this : buying giftcards here is really easy amazon razer mint itunes visa master etc and its legal and there is no need for ID.
paxful also doesn't need id for less than 1500$ ( I need a temp phone number for verification but that's easy )and it seems there are a lot of people who trade for giftcards on paxful . after that I can transfer the coins to another wallet from paxful ( however I heard people had problems for verification even for that ) . this way you can get about 15$ from a 20$ redeem code and that rate is not good but it's doable.
wanted to know if anyone can think of another way or some trusted place like a telegram group or something where you can do this without a third party like paxful . THANKS

I wouldn't risk getting my info out for $20-$30 of bitcoin, ever. If you really want to buy bitcoin, the best thing that you can do is to post a listing here on this forum and hope someone will take up on the offer. But even that would be somewhat of a stretch considering that there are a few Iranians here that do business in the forum. It's also hard to use debit/credit cards to receive and to send money from your country given that you could get a lot of trouble once you are caught.