Japanese getting into Bitcoin? - page 3.

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Quote from: ChrisKoss on August 24, 2012, 04:41:55 PM

Where are you holding these Bitcoin seminars, Roger? Who is the audience? They look awesome!

We are actually having the meetings all over Japan, from Okinawa to Sapporo, and everywhere in between.
The people attending the meetings are investors interested in new businesses and technologies.
They are all excited about Bitcoin as soon as they hear about it and understand the basics.
I think we will start seeing a lot of Japanese investing money into Bitcoins and starting to use Bitcoin in their existing businesses.
They are particularly excited about the Bitinstant Bitcoin based credit card.
Last night there was talk about being able to sell tens of thousands of them in Japan easily.

I will update this thread as things progress.

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Roger thank you for every single thing you do for this community.
You are a blessing that is many times undeserved in this place..

Keep fighting the good fight sir!

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 24, 2012, 11:06:01 AM

There are Bitcoin seminars like this one happening all over Japan.

You will see more and more people in Japan get involved with Bitcoin over the next few weeks.

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Where are you holding these Bitcoin seminars, Roger? Who is the audience? They look awesome!

When Roger came to visit CoinLab, I had the opportunity to see his evangelism in action. He has an incredible skill for explaining the concept and getting people excited about it. My own Bitcoin evangelism skills improved just from watching him go. If Japanese interest in Bitcoin is on the rise, my bets are on him being the one to thank for it Grin

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Quote from: tonto on August 24, 2012, 04:08:30 PM

How will this affect the folks in other countries?

Overall, should we expect the world-wide value of bitcoins to increase when the Japanese get involved due to the increased demand over there?

No, we should expect the world-wide value to increase because of the decreased supply over here.

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How will this affect the folks in other countries?

Overall, should we expect the world-wide value of bitcoins to increase when the Japanese get involved due to the increased demand over there?

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Roger, you are an inspiration to us all.

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Quote from: giszmo on August 24, 2012, 01:34:39 PM

Just WOW! How did you get that started? I'm in Chile and people politely ask about bitcoin when I mention it but then I try to slow down as I barely see real interest and don't want to annoy people with my toy. I would love to do the same here but wouldn't know how to approach it.

Just say it's a new global international currency that will take over the world!
That should get you some eye-brows. Then explain the details

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Quote from: giszmo on August 24, 2012, 01:34:39 PM

Just WOW! How did you get that started? I'm in Chile and people politely ask about bitcoin when I mention it but then I try to slow down as I barely see real interest and don't want to annoy people with my toy. I would love to do the same here but wouldn't know how to approach it.

Just go to a major intersection dressed up in a Bitcoin suit and hand out flyers. Works every time. Cool

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Just WOW! How did you get that started? I'm in Chile and people politely ask about bitcoin when I mention it but then I try to slow down as I barely see real interest and don't want to annoy people with my toy. I would love to do the same here but wouldn't know how to approach it.

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Nice work Roger! I wonder what are their reactions once you tell them the name and country of Bitcoin's inventor.

And curious about the JPY volume.

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 24, 2012, 11:19:21 AM

Quote from: muyuu on August 24, 2012, 11:16:05 AM

Top man, Roger... that's great. Used to live in Japan myself and I write and speak Japanese, just in case you need a hand.

If your Japanese is good enough, please help translate various Bitcoin things into Japanese.

Here is a good place to start:
translate.multibit.org

I was afraid you'd ask me that Tongue

well I hate translating, but I will contribute some when I actually try that software (context is important). Note that sentence-by-sentence translation will lead to a weirdly worded Japanese version.

For the time being I've created an account.

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Quote from: muyuu on August 24, 2012, 11:16:05 AM

Top man, Roger... that's great. Used to live in Japan myself and I write and speak Japanese, just in case you need a hand.

If your Japanese is good enough, please help translate various Bitcoin things into Japanese.

Here is a good place to start:
translate.multibit.org

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The conferences are actually organized by a different networking group.
I'm helping explain what Bitcoins are and how they work to everyone.
I will be giving Bitcoin seminars almost every work day for the next few weeks all across Japan.
I think this is the start of great things for Bitcoin in Japan.

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Top man, Roger... that's great. Used to live in Japan myself and I write and speak Japanese, just in case you need a hand.

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Quote from: paulie_w on August 24, 2012, 11:11:06 AM

@memorydealers

how did you find out about that?

I'm guessing he organized it since his name is on the document he posted.

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@memorydealers

how did you find out about that?

MemoryDealers

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There are Bitcoin seminars like this one happening all over Japan.

You will see more and more people in Japan get involved with Bitcoin over the next few weeks.

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By the way, why is there no Japanese subsection? I remember wanting to post there and not finding it. I'd do translation but it's f**** boring and a lot of work (Japanese style is extremely different to most languages) I'd rather just discuss in Japanese.

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Quote from: Kupsi on August 24, 2012, 04:25:52 AM

Quote from: Spekulatius on August 23, 2012, 06:47:53 PM

The Japanese volume is indeed a bit odd. The Chinese one can be perfectly explained with the high volatility due to the bubble burst.

I think the Chinese volume increase last year looks pretty healthy.

http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/btcnCNY#tgSzm1g10zm2g25zv

It's even healthier if you use a currency chart

http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/btcnCNY#igWeeklyztgSzm1g10zm2g25zvzcv

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