It may have even been me you were talking to! I was in the exact same scenario. I think was using a Trezor, though. The chances are very very slim to find a fellow bitcoiner.
Are you in Sydney!
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Where I live, it's very unlikely to find someone that invests in bitcoin. I'm sure there are peopl here that do, just not very many. I never hear anyone talking about bitcoin in person, only on the internet.
I was also using my ledger hardware wallet(HW.1 model) on my samsung through OTG cable but people didn't noticed what I'm doing or simple they didn't care because they don't know about bitcoin or simple think that I'm a nerd or a hacker, so until know I haven't found any bitcoin IRL.
Well, it is not polite to look at other people's smartphone screens in the first place. Plus, in your situation someone would need to be really close to you to see what exactly you are doing.Don't expect people standing like 15+ feet away to even remotely realize what you are doing. Op was in ideal situation, because he found fellow bitcoiner sitting right next to him...
haha, where i live if you take out your phone and start using it on a bus or on underground train there is at least a dozen eyes coming on your screen and start reading what you are reading
Oh how cute. In our country if you take out your phone and start using it on a bus or on the street or in anywhere public, at least a dozen eyes will look at your phone and will try to steal it.
I believe thats called identify theft but I may be wrong.
I was also using my ledger hardware wallet(HW.1 model) on my samsung through OTG cable but people didn't noticed what I'm doing or simple they didn't care because they don't know about bitcoin or simple think that I'm a nerd or a hacker, so until know I haven't found any bitcoin IRL.
Well, it is not polite to look at other people's smartphone screens in the first place. Plus, in your situation someone would need to be really close to you to see what exactly you are doing.Don't expect people standing like 15+ feet away to even remotely realize what you are doing. Op was in ideal situation, because he found fellow bitcoiner sitting right next to him...
haha, where i live if you take out your phone and start using it on a bus or on underground train there is at least a dozen eyes coming on your screen and start reading what you are reading
Oh how cute. In our country if you take out your phone and start using it on a bus or on the street or in anywhere public, at least a dozen eyes will look at your phone and will try to steal it.
I was also using my ledger hardware wallet(HW.1 model) on my samsung through OTG cable but people didn't noticed what I'm doing or simple they didn't care because they don't know about bitcoin or simple think that I'm a nerd or a hacker, so until know I haven't found any bitcoin IRL.
Well, it is not polite to look at other people's smartphone screens in the first place. Plus, in your situation someone would need to be really close to you to see what exactly you are doing.Don't expect people standing like 15+ feet away to even remotely realize what you are doing. Op was in ideal situation, because he found fellow bitcoiner sitting right next to him...
haha, where i live if you take out your phone and start using it on a bus or on underground train there is at least a dozen eyes coming on your screen and start reading what you are reading
All my acquaintances are online. Of my half a year or more on bitcoin, I never meet any person 
Online, tehres a community dedicated to bitcoins, altcoins, crypto currency trading groups etc.I hope there will be a crypto currency conference in my country where all enthusiast,devs and traders meets.
Online, tehres a community dedicated to bitcoins, altcoins, crypto currency trading groups etc.I hope there will be a crypto currency conference in my country where all enthusiast,devs and traders meets. 
Do you know the IOS app/game called Takara? It is like Pokemon Go but instead you look for bitcoins and counterparty tokens. It has a map and everything and it is like a treadure hunt. You can drop or pick up treasure boxes if you want. If your town has many dropped treasure boxes you will know that there are people in your town into bitcoin. I am still looking for treasures in my town. 
Now that I have moved from South Carolina to the west side of the country, my odds should improve ;-)
I used to live in Tennessee. Big bitcoin market there.
There is a bitcoin atm (two actually) in my city and when trying to use one of them, I met a fellow bitcoiner who was waiting to use the same bitcoin atm. It wasn't working and the two of us were trying to figure it out. The machine had a bug or something and we gave up on trying to use it, scared/paranoid we might lose our bitcoin somehow, but we did talk abit about bitcoin ans stuff. It was pretty cool to meet a (kind of) random fellow bitcoiner.
I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
So the bitcoin ATM's are buggy to use? I never seen one in person but I would imagine they would be more vulnerable than the ones cemented in the wall of a bank. They are standalone ones that just sit on the floor from what I have seen on google maps.I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
Reminds me of that episode of Breaking bad when those two stole a standalone atm and ended up having his head pancaked.
Sometimes there is disputes between the host and owners of the machines and that can cause problems.
I was also using my ledger hardware wallet(HW.1 model) on my samsung through OTG cable but people didn't noticed what I'm doing or simple they didn't care because they don't know about bitcoin or simple think that I'm a nerd or a hacker, so until know I haven't found any bitcoin IRL.
Well, it is not polite to look at other people's smartphone screens in the first place. Plus, in your situation someone would need to be really close to you to see what exactly you are doing.Don't expect people standing like 15+ feet away to even remotely realize what you are doing. Op was in ideal situation, because he found fellow bitcoiner sitting right next to him...
There is a bitcoin atm (two actually) in my city and when trying to use one of them, I met a fellow bitcoiner who was waiting to use the same bitcoin atm. It wasn't working and the two of us were trying to figure it out. The machine had a bug or something and we gave up on trying to use it, scared/paranoid we might lose our bitcoin somehow, but we did talk abit about bitcoin ans stuff. It was pretty cool to meet a (kind of) random fellow bitcoiner.
I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
So the bitcoin ATM's are buggy to use? I never seen one in person but I would imagine they would be more vulnerable than the ones cemented in the wall of a bank. They are standalone ones that just sit on the floor from what I have seen on google maps.I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
Reminds me of that episode of Breaking bad when those two stole a standalone atm and ended up having his head pancaked.
Now that I have moved from South Carolina to the west side of the country, my odds should improve ;-)
There is a bitcoin atm (two actually) in my city and when trying to use one of them, I met a fellow bitcoiner who was waiting to use the same bitcoin atm. It wasn't working and the two of us were trying to figure it out. The machine had a bug or something and we gave up on trying to use it, scared/paranoid we might lose our bitcoin somehow, but we did talk abit about bitcoin ans stuff. It was pretty cool to meet a (kind of) random fellow bitcoiner.
I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
I've also eavesdropped on two people doing a ptp bitcoin transaction at a Starbuck's once. I didn't engage either of them in conversation though. But I did think to myself, "Ah, two people doing a btc transaction in person, that's cool."
With services like Localbitcoins I thought it would easier to find a fellow bitcoiner in your designated area of where you live. So to do business and trade with. But are you talking about to just talk about it and pass the time with? You can just do that here.
I have a hard time getting people to understand what bitcoin is, I don't think I will have the chance of speaking with a fellow bitcoiner for at least five years in my country 
I was able to find a computer hardware shop that accepted Bitcoins, which got my surprised and excited. I began asking the shop owner several questions and one of which was -how had he gotten to know about Bitcoins? He replied that he used to freelance online and accept Paypal and Skrill but later had his account frozen, hence after scrounging online for alternative means of payments, he had stumbled upon Bitcoins. Ever since then he's been accepting it at his shop. Only thing I forgot to ask was was I his first Bitcoin customer or had he had anyone else pay in Bitcoins for computer hardware at his shop.
To me i live in philippines but the problem there is no bitcoin near to me that i can see in my way every day life outside in my house.. because bitcoin still not so popular..
I've never met another person using Bitcoinw, in person, alive. Only in virtual world, here on.forum or some other platforms. Like Bitcoin users are some rare and endangered species.. That is really odd.
That is really odd.
Funny that, I live in London which is a very cosmopolitan, progressive city - also a big financial center - and I've never seen other people use the Bitcoin ATMs I use. Maybe I just go at weird times, but I read so much about bitcoin use and people who follow/use it in this city, but I've never seen anyone using it or buying it. Weird 
never happened with me i gurss you are very lucky one or i just say your locality is good but i will not get this type of chance bevause here the ratio is 5/1000 i hope people should understand technology they are just learning it just for to be able to do jobs but there are a lot we can do with these
Same here never meet any bitcoin here in my country but many people here are using bitcoin.. i think we are just few users but they are just using their cellphone for safeplaces.. because many snatchers here in my country.. Jump to: