Japanese getting into Bitcoin? - page 4.

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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

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Quote from: Kupsi on August 23, 2012, 02:57:50 AM

> 30k volume last 30 days

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxJPY.html

China has almost 40k volume last 30 days Cheesy

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/btcnCNY.html

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

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Quote from: evoorhees on August 23, 2012, 03:44:45 PM

Quote from: jimbobway on August 23, 2012, 03:21:59 PM

Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

What exactly is going to happen in the next few days that will make more Japanese people get on board?

The fact that you can now buy Geiger counters with Bitcoin?

...too soon? Grin

Ah I heard about the project - yay for Bitcoin as a payment system!

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Quote from: jimbobway on August 23, 2012, 03:21:59 PM

Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

What exactly is going to happen in the next few days that will make more Japanese people get on board?

The fact that you can now buy Geiger counters with Bitcoin?

...too soon? Grin

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

What exactly is going to happen in the next few days that will make more Japanese people get on board?

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

Thumbs up

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

Can't wait! :-)

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Quote from: MemoryDealers on August 23, 2012, 05:10:38 AM

Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

This is awesome

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Just wait until a few more days, you are going to see A LOT more Japanese getting on board.

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9.9.2012: I predict that single digits... <- FAIL

> 30k volume last 30 days

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxJPY.html

China has almost 40k volume last 30 days Cheesy

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/btcnCNY.html

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Quote from: BkkCoins on August 15, 2012, 07:51:41 PM

They were using QR codes long before "us" so I expect once the info is available they'll be quick to grok it.

Lol - was just about to say the same thing about QR codes, that and Suica / ICOCA cards and other forms of personal electronic payment have been around since 2001/2002. Japan will be a hard market to break into, especially as I'm not aware of any current electronic methods of withdrawing to Yen. (Every time I've been to Japan since learning about bitcoin, I've always wished I could do away with currency conversion or at the very least convert via bitcoin.)

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They were using QR codes long before "us" so I expect once the info is available they'll be quick to grok it.

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Quote from: SimonL on August 15, 2012, 03:23:22 PM

Even with Mt. Gox being established in japan it is well known that the guys running it have english as their primary language.

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not that it matters much which non-japanese language is primary.

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The Japanese mentality is not to dive in until others have. Not entirely unexpected, but give it time. I think another sticking point is that Japan simply has no exposure to Bitcoin, seriously, I bet you they have almost no idea that Bitcoin exists. Even with Mt. Gox being established in japan it is well known that the guys running it have english as their primary language.

Translation of sites into japanese will probably help a great deal. I am not really surprised that Japan is late to the table, they usually deal with cash in many, many situations anyway. Digital cash, is much, much less common there.

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Quote from: niko on August 15, 2012, 10:32:18 AM

Quote from: tvbcof on August 15, 2012, 02:49:35 AM

Quote from: niko on August 14, 2012, 07:03:16 PM

The prevailing sentiment in Bitcoin world may be too US-centric, egocentric, and anarchist for the Japanese taste and culture. ...

Or their culture may start to evolve at a more rapid rate due the radiation and the realization that their government is directly responsible for their calamity due to actions (or lack thereof) before, during, and after the Fukushima meltdowns.

...or they may take an honest look into facts and realize that private corporations were directly responsible for deceiving them, cooking books, shielding dosimeters, corrupting government workers, and putting everyone at risk. Their culture may then start to evolve towards something different from what you were imagining. Time will tell, but in the meantime we should try and expose them to Bitcoin as a technology, letting them decide on ideal use cases, politics, and ideology.

I certainly did not mean to downplay the culpability of the corporations. But corporations are being what they are supposed to be in distributing risk and damage and consolidating the profits into the hands of their owners. It's up to the government to regulate this (completely expected) behavior. If the members of the government are bought off (and I believe that this is more common than not in both the US, Japan, pretty much everywhere else) then it's up to the people to change that. Or die the deaths they/we have earned...or have their children bear the mutations in the case of Japan.

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There is more to Bitcoin than bitcoins.

Quote from: tvbcof on August 15, 2012, 02:49:35 AM

Quote from: niko on August 14, 2012, 07:03:16 PM

Quote from: Stephen Gornick on August 14, 2012, 03:19:51 PM

I've really been surprised at how little activity there is in Japan. ...

The prevailing sentiment in Bitcoin world may be too US-centric, egocentric, and anarchist for the Japanese taste and culture. ...

Or their culture may start to evolve at a more rapid rate due the radiation and the realization that their government is directly responsible for their calamity due to actions (or lack thereof) before, during, and after the Fukushima meltdowns.

...or they may take an honest look into facts and realize that private corporations were directly responsible for deceiving them, cooking books, shielding dosimeters, corrupting government workers, and putting everyone at risk. Their culture may then start to evolve towards something different from what you were imagining. Time will tell, but in the meantime we should try and expose them to Bitcoin as a technology, letting them decide on ideal use cases, politics, and ideology.

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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin

This needs some work.

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here is some services that I know for translation
https://www.transifex.com/
http://crowdin.net/
http://www.guru.com/emp/search.aspx?#&&page=1&sort=Earnings&cid=500&keyword=Localization

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Quote from: MemoryDealers link=topic=100676.msg1100110#msg1100110

I think the biggest holdup currently, is that there are no Japanese language wallets yet.

Japanese translators welcome !
MultiBit translation site.

Edit: It would be useful to have at least one Japanese language wallet by the time MemoryDealers presents in Akihabara.
Please retweet to your Japanese native speaker friends: https://twitter.com/MultiBitOrg/status/235665478071246848

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Quote from: niko on August 14, 2012, 07:03:16 PM

Quote from: Stephen Gornick on August 14, 2012, 03:19:51 PM

I've really been surprised at how little activity there is in Japan. ...

The prevailing sentiment in Bitcoin world may be too US-centric, egocentric, and anarchist for the Japanese taste and culture. ...

Or their culture may start to evolve at a more rapid rate due the radiation and the realization that their government is directly responsible for their calamity due to actions (or lack thereof) before, during, and after the Fukushima meltdowns.

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