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Topic: Why so much bitcoin popularity in Russia? - page 3. (Read 6621 times)

hero member
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September 15, 2012, 04:59:12 PM
#5
good networking skills
sr. member
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Merit: 250
September 15, 2012, 12:37:41 PM
#4
They can scam you out of BTC and they know their government will just ask for a cut in USD or Euro of course... Thats IF they even get noticed.
legendary
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September 15, 2012, 11:12:24 AM
#3
Russians happen to love internet money!
jr. member
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September 15, 2012, 11:06:16 AM
#2
The economic system of Russia has been built from underground activity since the collapse of The Soviet Union. Bitcoin serves the Russian legally-black/grey power structures very well in laundering funds among other things, especially on an international-scale, since Bitcoin is not centrally managed.

Basically, my guess is Russian mobsters and criminals are picking up on it.
newbie
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September 15, 2012, 11:00:44 AM
#1
Yesterday I was looking at map that showed popularity of bitcoin worldwide and was wondering why Russia got the first place.
There is a good reason for bitcoin being so popular in Russia.
It is probably because there is a Russian TV channel that discusses bitcoin all the time: "Russia Today" TV (rt.com).
This may tell us how important is mediatic coverage for bitcoin popularity.
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