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Does your country or city have a Bitcoin ATM?

In Croatia (where I am) we have only one Bitcoin ATM in Zagreb. It's in Tkalčićevoj 68, Zagreb if anyone wants to sell/buy some Bitcoin there.

http://crobitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/batm.jpg

When you buy, there's only a 3% fee! That's pretty great to be honest because usually, on forums, the fees are 10-20%.

So do you have a local Bitcoin ATM?

offtopic; gotta love Croatian girls am I right or am I right

ot; I think we have some ATM's here in Melbourne but they're too far from me, 1-2 hours lol not gonna bother going that for to take out money.
I just use e-coin & withdraw at any atm, but the problem is the fees :/
$100 = $5.7 USD fee.

W still don't have one but there are local companies that can convert our bitcoin to our local currencies and they send us the local currencies to our bank,courier and debit card but I also wish there are also bitcoin atm in our country too..

as far as i know we only have 2 Bitcoin ATMs, one ATM in captal city and the other in the vacation island, but unfortunatelly in my city we dont have any bitcoin atm here, hoping someday they open at least 1 ATM here

Well if you have no other choice then it's good even 3% because you get instant and you are paying in real life which is easier that dealing in forum.

hell yes

No ATMs in my city or country so far and don't think we will get them because here you need a government approval for things like this and until it becomes completely legal, I don't expect to see them.

Yeah we have a bitcoin atm here in belfast Ireland, i have used it once and i found it really easy to use and not to much more expensive than say if i had bought from local bitcoins.

Never have seen such atm in the Netherlands. Also can't tell you if it's existing in the Netherlands. Possible someone know more about the availability.

On my country atm's bitcoin is only one too. Bitcoin is not yet famous on my country  :'(

Yes there are a few ATMs here a couple scattered in the big malls in some of the major cities and the capital of course. People are very open-minded about Bitcoin around here.

Yes we Actually have 5 bitcoin Atm's in The Netherlands.

Source:
http://coinatmradar.com/country/150/bitcoin-atm-netherlands/ (http://coinatmradar.com/country/150/bitcoin-atm-netherlands/)

This is a website where u can also see it for your own country!

I think we have a few in the country but not in my hometown. Still waiting for the very first to arrive!

I live in Dallas, Texas USA and we have two Bitcoin ATM's. I've seen one of them and it was a BitXatm which has a camera and uses a touch screen (so use your knuckles and where sunglasses  8) )

I think there are currently 2 Bitcoin ATM's in the capital city in 2 business centers and I don't know for sure which machines they are using but heard the fees are not very high.

No ATM in my country.Kind of sad.
The actual number of worldwide atms is 577 and growing.
Hope we can make the 1000 in the next 2-3 years.ANd please also in my country at least one! :)

Not available in Utrecht sadly enough maybe once there will one. Never thought they already were available in the Netherlands. Really cool will such atm attract more people to your company. Something I wonder about such mobile atm.

AFAIK, there's no bitcoin ATM's were installed in my country (india). As bitcoin needs even more adoption by some companies here. Hope some ATM's will be installed soon india.

Happy to announce it!..

http://coinatmradar.com/city/165/bitcoin-atm-toronto/

There also the practical factor of reaching out for fiat from your digital coins at physical places. There's a comfort factor here that, obviously, comes at a price...

I would prefer 10x more a local ATM machine that would give me the easy to use tools to convert my coins instead of having to go online to an exchange, post an order, wait for the order to be executed, than transfering fiat to my bank account (which usually takes more than 24 hours) and only after that being able to withdraw my cash.

There's also two located in one of my countries (Philippines) and none so far AFAIK in my other country (Iran). You could also check the following link for some of early ATM machines that were registered (Note: the new one's seem to be missing on the map): http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-atm-map/

as i know, when was economic crisis in Greece, there were standing Bitcoin ATM

Regina, SK Canada has a BTC atm at a pizza place a way from where I am. I can get there, but have to go to another neighborhood to use it.

We went to see it and prove for ourselves that it really was there. I was glad it was there.

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There are two BTC ATMs in my city (metro population a little over 2,000,000).  Both machines work.  Lamassu brand. 

9% premium to "spot" (very high), but localbitcoins.com does not seem to work well here.  Their rep told me that they were going to get better machines (more robust, higher capacity) fairly soon.  Most of the times I have used them there were no other people there wanting to as well.

I only wonder who did provide the BTC atm when there was a high crisis in Greece.

i'm in italy, there is one in Rome, but for the moment i've never used it, i prefer to buy online

What country you are talking about?

Here in Belgium, we currently have 4 Bitcoin ATM's.
Two in Antwerp, one in Ghent and one in Hasselt (on campus).

I'd actually like to see one in Leuven, it's a big university town and I've met quite a few people there who use Bitcoin.
Also, it's pretty surprising that there isn't one in our capital, Brussels. Not a single one in the French-speaking part of Belgium.

Source:
https://coinatmradar.com/country/21/bitcoin-atm-belgium/

Side note: Would it be possible to set up some sort of crowdfunding campaign to get a Bitcoin ATM in my home town (Leuven), if I provide at least 25% of the investment myself? I wouldn't know what perks to give to investors/crowdfunders and it would be a pretty small target audience.
Or would this just be a pretty bad idea to start with, would like to hear some opinions of long-time members of this forum.

Yup converting bitcoin to your currency takes a lot of time before you can get it but if you would prefer to pay bitcoin with stuff and if you and your country already accepted bitcoin and has a ATM in yout country which you can withdraw bitcoins then that would be easy .  But now only few are acepting bitcoins and i also read that some country has an atm which you can withdraw bitcoin and thats really nice and i hope that we do have also that here in our country

Anybody ever sold bitcoin at a BTM? What experience(s) have you had?

I presume you can send whatever you want to sell to a paper wallet, then go to the BTM & scan the QR code & the relevent amount of cash comes out of the machine (minus fees).

Sounds easy in theory but I've never used one. I've been a HODLER for a few years now & I'm trying to get as much info I can so I can get rid of my coins in a variety of ways whenever the time comes (still a few years away at least but I want to be prepared).

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I did not use a ATM honestly. I know it cost a lot of money just to have one.
Even worse is that you always have the risk of system defects and robbery.

i guess we're not yet having bitcoin ATM but i hope just some company who is bitcoin related would do this,although with bitcoin debit card it's already help me a lot,but if i can instantly exchange my money to bitcoin in atm that would be very good

what about some documents like id or so. do you need to give them something or register somewhere? how do you do this? The fee seems to be ok.

Are you sure it's an ATM, because I think it's just a Bitcoin vending machine.  ATM is the machine that can sell and buy Bitcoin, while a vending machine is just a machine that can just sell Bitcoin.

well after some investigation i can say that it's considered as a vending mechine as it could only sell bitcoin and i just give the bitcoin vending machine 's company a question about it and they say the same thing,it's definitely a vending machine,it's for correction

There are no any bitcoin ATM in my country even not in capital city. And actually i came to know that bitcoin has been considered as illegal by Nepal rastra bank which is very sad news for us. But there is lot of demand of bitcoin here in Nepal these days may be government will rethink about legalizing bitcoin here and we may see bitcoin ATM machines.

There is only one Bitcoin ATM here, in Serbia. It is located in Belgrade in some restuarant. Too bad that I am not living there, so I will not be able to buy Bitcoins that way. I hope it comes to my town so I can use it because I do not own a credit card, but Serbia is a small country so I think it will mainly be in big cities and later get to other, smaller ones.

Its not really the fee they charge that you need to keep a eye on but the actual currency conversion. I visited a btm last week and they the conversion should have been about $782 but they charged at $825,so got gauged on the conversion rate.

I was actually surprised to find that there is actually Bitcoin ATM here in Philippines. lol. And I found it because of this thread.(I was curious so I googled it)  ;D  It's in Sunette Towers, Makati .

https://coinatmradar.com/images/genesiscoin/genesiscoin_bitcoin_atm_7f85f995fa.jpg

If you want to know more about that Greek BTC then this Reddit thread can shed some light on it.
One cool feature - apparently this BTM has no KYC capabilities build it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ayjug/first_btm_bitcoin_atm_in_greecejust_in_time_for/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ayjug/first_btm_bitcoin_atm_in_greecejust_in_time_for/)

In fact, I am not entirely sure. However, I believe that a city like Sydney should have a Bitcoin ATM somewhere if it is in Croatia.

It would be nice to have a Bitcoin ATM around. And a meagre 3% fee is pretty good. In fact, it is one of the best that I have heard about.

 :)

We do have some around the area (United States). BitAccess from Canada makes great and reliable machines, and their customer service are top notch. The fees, depending on the company deploying the machines, can be high. 3% is quite good!

It says "only in minutes", does this mean that you have to verify yourself with your ID first, or don't you know that because you haven't tried it out yet?

Thats good. Here in my country, bitcoin is not that popular so i can withdraw bitcoin in a money transfer center only. Hope i can see that also in my country and many company will accept bitcoin in the future. I cant believe there is such thing like bitcoin atm. This is a covinient way to withdraw your bitcoin to money.

its nice to see that there are such things though i have never seen something like that in my country

Not your ID, rather, it has to be verified through your phone and Bitcoin Mobile App.
I haven't personally tried it yet, but according to the machine developer, the time varies:
   For Buying: Estimated Time : 3 - 10 minutes
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   For Selling or Getting Cash from your Bitcoin Mobile App : Estimated Time : 5 - 30 minutes
         https://scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12241491_554404984722849_7936161388058201819_n.jpg?oh=4aacd2c9ae5cb0db005ff079dfbacc9b&oe=585EB40C
        

     * It mainly depends on how long the confirmation takes from your Bitcoin Mobile App
     * Some needs two confirmations for the transaction to be validated and accepted by the machine

Here:  
Buying :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19tVcU4rZrU
Selling :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCSgLZQGu1E

no any part of our country do not have any bitcoin atm tillnow but we have requested localbitcoin site for it but they said that our government are not permitting for it.stupid governments :/

Because of the KYC involved with Bitcoin ATMs, personally I want nothing to do with them. I'd rather us Local Bitcoins.

They are everywhere you can imagine now. :D
I think there is even one in the bath room somewhere in Europe.
Their is some freaky sh1t going on there all the time.  :-\

The answer is no, we don’t have even a single bitcoin ATM in my city although it is the biggest city and the largest financial centre in my country. We only have some small coffee shops that accept bitcoin as payment in the foreigners area and honestly, I’ve never tried those shops as well as the bitcoin ATMs so I’m so curious about how bitcoin ATMs work and I really want to experience these extraordinary machines at least once in my life.

Croatia, eh?  That's great, it's nice to hear there's bitcoin action across the world.  I'm in the US and I have yet to see anything like a bitcoin ATM.  I don't exactly live in a hick town in a hick state either.  Sometimes I think the hicks use bitcoin more so than the urban stylers like myself. 

I still don't think they're necessary, though.  You can buy bitcoin just as fast and with lower fees right on your cell phone through Circle or any of the other exchanges.

Wow, 3% fee is really low. $200 has $6 in fees only! Awesome to know. I thought all ATMs got high fees :D

I don't have any ATM nearby. I have to drive over 8 hours to get to one ATM which is too much. I will plan visiting one this winter though :D

My country doesn't have a bitcoin atm only exchangers

Here in my country still there is no ATM for bitcoin but we have a company here that we can exchange money to bitcoin associated with banks.. we can easily withdraw and deposit in there company.. I heard singapore too has ATM for bitcoin i just heard in news before last year..

That's like it's just there any bitcoin atm in my country and it's so far, but maybe for the substitution of bitcoin atm, we can use bitcoin debit card the fees is very high and very very not worthed for using it in my country. bitcoins need a lot of bitcoin atm is available in every part of the country. ::)

What i surprise to that there is a bitcoin atm here in our country philippines.. I thought that next year they will release those atm.
I am happy to here that but the problem its too far in my place it takes a long time before i can withdraw there or deposit.

I also see that in an article that Philippines have an ATM for BTC however I can't use it, it is so far away in my city, however yes it will increase the transaction here if I ever find that one I will try it and see for myself how it is wonderful.

Yep there are a few where I live and the fees are 10%. But the one who asks is not the stupid one... until competition arrives.

I haven't bought or sold myself and won't with that kind of markup.

Yeah but a low initial volume can force them to have high fees, later they will lower their fees not because of competition but because there will be a high number of txs and they will get more money even with a lower fee.

I invested in some bitcoin ATM project but it went pear shaped and I lost some money there which is a shame as the project and business had huge potential but I am no sure what rent wrong s I have a sour taste now and don't know where the bitcoin ATM world is heading next to be honest.

It's never going to kick off.

3% fee is not a huge fee comparing with those that require you lots of documents and verification process which sometimes can take many business days. In my country I haven't seen any atm bitcoin but if i ever see any I would go there and try how it works (with small amounts of course)

In my country Bitcoin ATMs are not so wide spread and the first one was placed in capital but there are more and more ideas to put them in other cities too. And some tourists who have visited my country have been asking about those ATMs so people are starting to see it as something normal and usual.

The issue is not so much bitcoin ATMs, but more so that there is a limited amount of retailers that accept BTC in proximity to the ATMs.

But it's very not worthed for withdrawing a huge amount in atm the taste will so weight in fee. in my country only there a one bitcoin atm and that is in the different island with me.

I think the same as ATM machines in general, you are only charged the normal transaction fee and no fee will be charged double. Because I've never tried Bitcoin ATM then I myself do not understand. thanks

Thats the problem in other country but here in my country is good we do not need atm to deposit or exchange bitcoin we can deposit here bitcoin directly in my wallet. also we have bitcoin atm here. but its too far in my place..

Not surprising at all, tbh. Makati is a city that has always been advanced in terms of this stuff. Bitcoin ATM would be a good way to introduce Bitcoin to the people passing by. But, I don't think the machine in the picture is functional. See the picture and the paper on it says "Out of order". I've never seen this Bitcoin ATM in person (well, because I live far away from the city) but I'm looking forward into seeing them around especially now that you can buy Bitcoins from 7-Eleven.

Lol, but everybody knows they can deposit their money into their wallet directly, but I means the usefulness of bitcoin atm, you can withdraw your BTC into fiat at the same time and no need to visiting the exchange site or contacting the buyers of bitcoin before.

wow its really bitcoin ATM? its cool ATM, i wish i can see that on my city. i hope it can use for buying and sell bitcoin and can give real money for the transaction and not just for selling bitcoin and adding the amount of money in our bank.

As far as I know, there is already a bitcoin ATM here in UAE but I did not see one yet.This is an advantage to people in here if they use bitcoin because about half of the population does not have access to banking services since there is a salary requirement in opening a bank account which is quiet high and only those who have positions in the company can usually open their own bank account. Using bitcoin, people can store their money as bitcoin and reduce the possibility of spending more because of the limited use of bitcoin.

Cool,  i haven't seen any bitcoin ATM here in our place.  But soon i hope that there would be some merchant that is going to established ATM same as your place have.  I just want to ask if how beneficial  that bitcoin ATM for you as a user.  Since i think that there are also other services in which you can convert your bitcoin to fiat or for buying and selling

I saw an article says there are thousands of bitcoin ATM all around the world, but I think it is very rare nowadays, maybe the figure is not real.

I never saw or used any bitcoin ATM, there is two in capitol city, which is 240 km from my city. Is anyone really using this ATM`s or they are just standing there and collecting dust?
Someone posted a site about where we can find bitcoin ATM`s all over the world, I wonder is there any statistic how much people are using this, and is there some profit in this? I tried to find something on internet, but I didn't have success.

Good for you I am envious right now that you have that.  We do not have it here but maybe one day as bitcoin is accepted here in our country to pay for our bills.  Maybe if many people here in our country would use bitcoin and will be familiar with it maybe our bitcoin wallet company would put up a bitcoin atm.  While still we do not have that I am very much happy to the service and on what bitcoin can do for me. 

My country also has  bitcoin ATM but I have not withdrawn there yet :D

I am also living in the Philippines and I just know that there is a bitcoin ATM here in our country, but I guess I will not enjoy that benefits as I am not living near to that area, I am not in makati so I would just use my exchange site which link my wallet to a certain banks.

There is no ATM, frankly I was shocked to find someone to trade with using BTC rather than an ATM which will probably not happen in my area unless bitcoin becomes the main currency worldwide.

Just checked coinatmradar.
And regarding their charts there were 252 new Atms taken into operation this year so far.
Last year the number was "only" 182.
So compared to that this years performance is really good and we have a few more months to go this year.
2,72 Atms as an average number, get installed per day.
With that kind of momentum we could see the 1000 Atms installed this year already.That would be awesome.
What we don't know is if deinstalled Atms get taken into account as well.

Installing ATMs is great and all, but did it also mention something about how many of them are actually being used by people? I think that's the most important bit of information.

People is Zagreb should be happy there is just one because around 1 million kilometers from here there aren't any BTC atm's. people using BTC can just wait for it to gain more popularity and maybe then someone would install one in the area.

In my country (RO) you can buy Bitcoin from self-payment machines (zebrapay). The fees are higher than I'd like, but they cover quite a lot of cities and they are quite handy.
But you can only buy Bitcoin, not sell....

There are a few BTMs in Bucharest, but that's too far for me...

I think it is a cool idea but if they want people to use them more often the fees must be lowered,if i recall correct there is only one Bitcoin ATM in my city and not very far from where my home is but i never used it cause it doesn't give you the option to sell BTC and i am not interested in buying from an ATM.

According to Coinatmradar there are lots in Spain, but my experience is that few if any are working correctly when trying to sell coins. I have visited several along the coast between Málaga and Barcelona. If you send coins and don't get the right amount you won't get your coins back. I tried to warn about it on Coinatmradar but I was banned.

That's not a good service, in order for a ATM to successfully work, it should also allow us to buy bitcoins like some Bank ATMs which allows its client to withdraw and deposit, I think they will innovate and improve their system once there are many people who are in demand of using the ATM.

Glad to see more and more btc ATM in the world now. What's the address in Makati city? I will find and use it if I travel to Philippines.

If you read the post in this quote, it says "It's in Sunette Towers, Makati" and also, if you've read my post, you'll know that this Bitcoin ATM is actually out of order (picture is the reference).

Considering there is a constant increase of bitcoin atm stalls, there should be high enough demand/use of them because they would not be installing them if there were not in demand. In my opinion, bitcoin ATM's playing dual role like spreading bitcoin to new people and for a bitcoiner it serves the real purpose of ease bur/sell for fiats. What else we could expect from a traditional vendor machine to modern crypto.

You don't know nothing John Snow! There is many ATMs much closer to your city then you know it, please check google to see that. Belgrade have couple ones, Split, Sofia... and this cities are much closer then you think.
As I know soon there will be even more ATMs on Balkan, I was talking with some people from Belgrade and they said they have plans for future, but they are not in a hurry and things are going slowly but safe.

We have a couple around my city, mainly Lamassu machines but theres hardly a time when all machines are working if any.

I think we still also have a Robocoin machine here too but with all the verification needed like photo and palm print scan  i would be to paranoid to walk in front of the machine let alone use it.

It is good news and will make more famous about bitcoin, but it is just for Toronto still many there are place without ATM's bitcoin. And still need much time for another cities get ATM's bitcoin.

Thank you, i didn't realize the address, sorry. And I was just focus on the picture and "makati" because once I had a business trip there.

Yeah I  actually have 2 bitcoin ATM’s in my town and they both work great. The fees are a bit high and I would rather just go to an exchange and get money like that, but there are working ATM’s across the globe.