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legendary
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I was wondering for anyone in the UK what is the current situation with bitcoin and is it growing over here??


It all seems pretty peaceful here to me. The US is a whirlwind of innovation and progression in comparison. There's still very few places to use it.

As for the OP, ATMs make sense but there are so many different types and so many varying levels of personal info rape that they may not be any better than an exchange.

There have been numerous attempts such as zipzap to be able to buy it over the counter at your local store. That all seems very quiet these days.

Some of the Chinese exchanges got around banking restrictions by operating a voucher system to be able to deposit for a while. That's something that I think would work very well.

At most supermarkets these days you can pick up mobile phone credit, itunes and google play vouchers by the checkout. If you could bring that ease to buying BTC it would be a boon.
newbie
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I was wondering for anyone in the UK what is the current situation with bitcoin and is it growing over here??

plus how can I help this forum?
legendary
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sadly i think until bitcoin can be acquired directly at your local job, with your wage, there is not faster way to get them besides circle or exchange

when employers will be payed directly with bitcoin, there will be a revolution indeed, but again it is a thing that it will come with a better adoption

Local bitcoins is a good alternative specially if you meet with someone to pay you in cash for the extra privacy, but in general is annoying as hell to deal with exchanges and no one wants to give data to some overseas based exchange, thats why Gemini will be a good hit, it finally solves the buying problem.
legendary
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sadly i think until bitcoin can be acquired directly at your local job, with your wage, there is not faster way to get them besides circle or exchange

when employers will be payed directly with bitcoin, there will be a revolution indeed, but again it is a thing that it will come with a better adoption
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It's true.  You can go into Walmart, buy a debit card, load money on it.  Go to Amazon.com (or Walmart.com) and buy anything you want. 

Hell...with the cash, you can buy ANYTHING you want in the US.  ANYTHING.  Of course, not more than $10K, but you can buy TVs, iPads, iPhones, etc etc and then resell them and launder the money anyway...if that is what they don't want you to do.

These people are scumbags (bankers and the one's who think they are overlords).

It's ALL about envy...NOTHING else. 
legendary
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Isn't there a newer company that is out there that is supposedly pretty close to Coinbase (but for Australian citizens)?   I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head, but I remember reading about it recently...
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No I think OP has a good point for the "average joe". Guys, yes, we can all get bitcoin if we want it but think about your parents, your friends, who don't know anything about bitcoin. They need to be able to buy it with linking their bank account to some online site, and it needs to be 100 percent legit and them do it with a click of the finger.  It is a bit of a hassle to use local bitcoins even IMHO.
Why can't they all simply use a bitcoin ATM? We are somewhat limited as to where you can use a ATM like this but the number of locations are expanding.
hero member
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No I think OP has a good point for the "average joe". Guys, yes, we can all get bitcoin if we want it but think about your parents, your friends, who don't know anything about bitcoin. They need to be able to buy it with linking their bank account to some online site, and it needs to be 100 percent legit and them do it with a click of the finger.  It is a bit of a hassle to use local bitcoins even IMHO.
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LocalBitcoins works fine just be careful with the thrust, buying is a piece of cake, selling is harder i guess.
As long as you use a non-reversible, tractable payment method to purchase the bitcoin you will be protected by their escrow system.   
legendary
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amarha
I think BTC-e still doesnt require any information as far as private information goes, it's just a tip.

BTW, now I wonder what MT.gox did with all the personal info they got, hmm..

It's not that easy for non-eastern europeans to get fiat on BTC-e last time I checked anyway. Is it different now?
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I think BTC-e still doesnt require any information as far as private information goes, it's just a tip.

BTW, now I wonder what MT.gox did with all the personal info they got, hmm..
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LocalBitcoins works fine just be careful with the thrust, buying is a piece of cake, selling is harder i guess.
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Ok, so I want some bitcoin in Australia.

What are my choices?

There are so many ways to get bitcoin.

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Provide services (on this forum), for example write some text, site reviews etc;
Sell products for btc
Sell services for btc
Bitcoin ATM. See http://bitcoinatmmap.com/  Shows two ATMs in Australia if you zoom in. In Melbourne and Dunning.
Work for btc (lots of jobs)
Make a website with (bitcoin) ads.
Faucets (gets you some btc, but mostly waste of time)
Meet people on a bitcoin conference, trade there. http://www.btcconference.com.au/


If you can't find a way to get bit coin you aren't trying very hard.

Bitcoin is much easier to buy today then it was even a year ago.
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Dude, come to continental Europe and I'll put you in touch with some local traders...
newbie
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I agree if your in the UK you can buy from bittylicious but selling is always a bit of a pain
legendary
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Grasshopper , where is your imagination..
Simply buy some online good that someone is willing to trade for bitcoin, its as simple as that

cheers
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Ok, so I want some bitcoin in Australia.

What are my choices?

There are so many ways to get bitcoin.

Signature advertising
Provide services (on this forum), for example write some text, site reviews etc;
Sell products for btc
Sell services for btc
Bitcoin ATM. See http://bitcoinatmmap.com/  Shows two ATMs in Australia if you zoom in. In Melbourne and Dunning.
Work for btc (lots of jobs)
Make a website with (bitcoin) ads.
Faucets (gets you some btc, but mostly waste of time)
Meet people on a bitcoin conference, trade there. http://www.btcconference.com.au/


If you can't find a way to get bit coin you aren't trying very hard.
sr. member
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Ok, so I want some bitcoin in Australia.

What are my choices?

There are so many ways to get bitcoin.

Signature advertising
Provide services (on this forum), for example write some text, site reviews etc;
Sell products for btc
Sell services for btc
Bitcoin ATM. See http://bitcoinatmmap.com/  Shows two ATMs in Australia if you zoom in. In Melbourne and Dunning.
Work for btc (lots of jobs)
Make a website with (bitcoin) ads.
Faucets (gets you some btc, but mostly waste of time)
Meet people on a bitcoin conference, trade there. http://www.btcconference.com.au/
legendary
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Hello,

Thankyou for your response.
Can you give me an example of such an exchange that would give me a sort of franchise or some other deal where we market them locally.
It would be much better than setting up our own exchanges.

Regards

Duke
legendary
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amarha
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