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There are many countries where bitcoin is not accepted legally, so how do you use bitcoin in that country? Usually if you raise the level of bitcoin use in that country then you may get into legal trouble.
So how do you use your earned bitcoin in that country.

For now, I simply trade them on an exchange an convert it to fiat. But trust me, maybe in 10 years time, they'll be more use case for bitcoin. BTW, there are online stores that actually accept bitcoin as a means of payment (see here (https://www.inverse.com/article/38953-the-22-major-stores-online-that-accept-bitcoin)). So you don't really have to make use of it in a physical store. However, it's only a matter of time.

I tried to read this over and over again so that I got a simple, suitable and clear gist of it. :) thanks for the question.
actually the answer is very simple, that is what I need to do is I will increase the use of bitcoin to the maximum limit, then repeat it at a different time.
for example if in a country the maximum limit for using bitcoin is say 2 btc, then I will immediately change it to fiat currency.
Then on the other hand I collected BTC on different exchanges until it reached 2 BTC, I automatically exchanged it again.

for me it can always be simplified, so that I can avoid uku problems in the country.:)

Fortunately in the Philippines, we have this local exchange called Coins.ph. Pretty much like Coinbase, but on steroids— we can use the funds in that wallet to buy through Lazada and Shopee(pretty much the Philippine version of Amazon).

Also, take note that you don't necessarily need to be using bitcoin to pay for stuff "use" it. You're using bitcoin, specifically taking advantage of it's scarcity aspect, by just holding it.

Using bitcoin isn't a big deal. In my country I prefer using trading platforms and PayPal. Most of the bitcoin usage from wallet goes towards gambling and for long term holding. Upon this I don't feel any complications on using bitcoin. As I have the easy access of buying bitcoin in exchange for paypal the same amount can be transferred to the bank account for other usages.

I trade my bitcoin directly to fiat on P2P exchanges and withdraw directly to my local bank account. Aside that I use bitcoin to purchase services I can't spend fiat on online and bitcoin is accepted for such services.

In our country, we are free to invest and use cryptocurrency, however, there are only a few stores or merchants who accept crypto as payment. So, if ever we intend to buy something online via crypto we will have to exchange our BTC for our local currency to pay bills, buy cellphone loads, game credits, or even food, or even use it as a remittance to send money.

They are not that many that don't accept bitcoin.

This is one source that you can use for reference to how many of them accept and accepts not.

--> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory

I usually cash it if there's no option that accepts bitcoin to that online store that I shop.

But if I live in a country where bitcoin is illegal, I'll hold it temporarily.

Bitcoin is different than what you know and use every day. Before you start using Bitcoin, there are a few things that you need to know in order to use it securely and avoid common pitfalls.

You obviously cannot force anyone in your country to accept bitcoin for payments if it is not declared as a legal means of payment. There are some countries where you still can use it for other purposes such as hodling, trading, transacting between people and your own wallets, etc. There are also countries where all these things are prohibited, and the use of bitcoin is significantly restricted. If you happen to live in a country hostile to bitcoin and still want to use it, you have no choice but to break the law and become a criminal  (at least in the eyes of your government). If you believe your rights to free speech and freedom of expression should be respected, you may start to consider bitcoin a tool for transferring your messages to those who agreed upon receiving them.

There are several ways to convert bitcoin to cash and ultimately move it to a bank account: Sell bitcoin on a cryptocurrency exchange, such as Coinbase or Kraken. This is the easiest method if you want to sell bitcoin and withdraw the resulting cash directly to a bank account.

Me and the Bitcoin users here in the Philippines are lucky enough that cryptocurrency is allowed to use here that is why we are free to use our Bitcoins in anyway we want.
In order for us to use our Bitcoins here to buy some goods, we must convert it into our own currency which is the PHP.

I'm using my Bitcoins to pay monthly expenses here as long as my own expenses too. I'm saving some Bitcoins too for long term and at the same time, I'm using some of my Bitcoins to invest into other assets like the Stock Market etc.

In my country, owning bitcoin as an asset is legal so I can own bitcoins as an asset and be protected by law. Also I can sell it as cash to pay the bills, as long as I pay the taxes in full then everything will be fine.
However, in my country, bitcoin is not allowed as a currency, so if someone uses bitcoin to pay for an item he will surely be in trouble with the law.

It is not accepted in My country legally as well but at least there are no rules of not having this.so there are some online merchant that offering to accept Bitcoin and also there are some restaurant/bar that i found Bitcoin as valuable.
other than this is using as payment of billings though it needed to be converted as fiat first before i can pay bills after.
but at least i am lucky as Bitcoin and cryptos are not banned in my country totally so i don't need to face legal matters.

Nothing really. I use them whenever my fiat funds are gone, and I really need to buy something OR the merchant accepts Bitcoin but doesn't accept anything else easy enough for me to use. That, and simply for trading, but that's about it. Nothing much to do with it tbh, especially since most physical stores don't accept Bitcoin as payment, most of my payments are through e-commerce stores that accept Bitcoin payments. Mostly in concerts (online ones) right now though, especially if it was through another country since sometimes my card doesn't work, luckily enough there are some merchants that accept Bitcoin payments.

In India, its a compete chaos! I mean government neither fully banning it or letting us use it the way we want. In any case people here are using it for the purpose of trading only. We can freely withdraw the traded money into our bank accounts. I see WazirX is biggest platform followed by ZebPay who are giving us the opportunity to withdraw the money without any hesitation.

We like to see more application in our country but somehow government is resisting the use of BTC/crypto in our country. Keeping that in mind stores/malls/e-commerce is just out of the question in our country. All you can do is trade, earn online, do the mining secretly, thats all.

We have a crypto wallet here in our country where we can store bitcoin and at the same time we can convert it directly to fiat money and withdraw in selected remittance center. Also I can use bitcoin directly to pay our bills and to buy loads. Very useful digital currency and convenient to use.

I am not part of that countries which have restrictions in Bitcoin or Bitcoin transaction so I can use my Bitcoin normally .

I can convert Fiat anytime that  I need money I can also use my Bitcoin in many transaction like topup paying bills top up  shop online widraw in remittance or bank etc , using 3rdparty custodial wallet .

For now I am accumulating BTC as faster as I could because I feel that there will be another ATH that will happen by this year or next year and I do not want to miss it.

I trade bitcoin and exchange it to fiat on some reliable platfroms when I need it. I hope it will be more adopted soon so we can really use it as payment method.

Due that the bitcoin is not legally accepted in most of the countries right now, people like us are currently exchanging our crypto like bitcoin into fiat first in order to use it for buying some products. We all know that there are some shops and stores that are accepting bitcoin but most of the stores are still into the fiat form of money so that we are using bitcoin to convert it first into fiat to be used as an reliable exchange to the stores.

Many countries have legal using bitcoin as currency payment except my country still illegal if you wanna use bitcoin as payment currency transaction, still not available when you buy some thing and use bitcoin for payment way. Just I use bitcoin as investing and trading transaction for earn profit and money. Still large people in my country do not know with bitcoin and need education early how to make bitcoin as payment transaction, how to get profit after bitcoin become legal transaction because many people just think bitcoin as investment only right now. Optimist few years later bitcoin will be legal transaction payment if have higher price and always more advantage after using bitcoin as currency than make transaction with fiat only.

Yes, many countries are not adopt bitcoin as their legal currency but it is not a big issue as bitcoin is a decentralized coin. Most of the time I sell bitcoin for fiat currency and some times I buy from online.

In my country Bitcoin is not legal. Also government don't bann Bitcoin. I'm holding Bitcoin. When i want to sell Bitcoin then i convert it into other stable coin or other coin then sell it to the trader. In my country so many trader also buy Bitcoin. I sell Bitcoin to them. Till now i don't face any problem.

Bitcoin is not legal in the country where I live.  As long as I've been involved with Bitcoin, I haven't had any problems selling or using Bitcoin.  I can sell bitcoins to local buyers and get cash if I want.

As of now, I am exchanging cryptocurrency into fiat currency and use it to buy my necessity and wants in real life. I also do trading and investing at the same time. I know how good cryptocurrency in terms of having fast transactions based on some of the information that I read on the internet but sad to say I haven't tried it yet because its cryptocurrency is not familiar or popular in our country. I am looking for 5-10 years that bitcoin will be recognized in our country and we can use it for some other things.

I'm pretty confused with your question if it's illegal to use a Bitcoin on that country I wouldn't use it at all.
but of course I will try to avoid a country where cryptocurrency is illegal but if I'll be a tourist I'll convert first my Bitcoin to fiat to avoid using cryptocurrency while at the country.
But if you are talking about in my country well it's legal on where I'm currently living but the not many people are using it since they are not familiar to cryptocurrencies.

As a digital currency, this is one major function and also a big use for me. There are some stores that you easily transfer btc to rather than converting local currency to dollar. Such transactions are easily done through bitcoin.

In my area, bitcoin is indeed illegal and the government has said that the use of bitcoin in my country is fine, but if there is a risk it's not their responsibility like that, we can still use bitcoin in assets but still in any transaction it is illegal to exchange it to fiat first and some online tokon services still don't provide payment with bitcoin.

But still bitcoin can still be used as an asset and your investment in the future, but I think that in the future it will be adopted again after the times that continue to increase.

Heard some news also that the government will use blockchain as its network.

If that happened,  a lots of benefits will be acquired.

Not just by people who already knew it but also those who are going to start embracing the system, the transaction from borders to borders will be much quicker, I'm also glad that from where I've been bitcoin is not prohibited though not been embraced by many but I do have options to use it for.

Amidst this pandemic, I only hold some of my bitcoin and monitor the market. It is really hard to spend bitcoin and trade it because of this crisis and I'm looking forward to trade it when I think that I'm on the right time. I mainly use bitcoin as an investment and I never spend it for some other sustenance purposes for this quarantine. Also, there's no bitcoin ATM near our place and it is hard to utilize bitcoin when buying my needs in daily lives. Just hold and be patient, be observant and do your best to fight volatility in the market. I know that I'm not the only one who are struggling right now due to pandemic and most of us are suffering and forced to spend bitcoin for our necessities.

No momento nao os utilizo, somente faço traders em momentos de alta. Sempre comprando na baixa e vendendo em alta.BTC

When bitcoin never yet legalized in my country, it hard for people to make use of bitcoin in the country. I will never forget 2016,when our government impose the law to the citizens of the country, if anyone caught with bitcoin or wallet shall be jail for 10 years. Many fell victim with the law on ground which make them to spend ten good years in prison because they were caught with wallet full with coins.
At 2017 our government now come to discover that bitcoin is not a scam but a good currency which anyone can use to invest and make a good profit. Bitcoin was fulling legalized in the country march, 2017 which really give all the bitcoin user joy and a big celebration in the country that make the government know how important it is to them to improve their businesse mightily in the country.

Bitcoin is a good investment for those who really understand how it work in the areas of investment. No taxes is pay to government before you can start investing in the country. Your bitcoin is your bitcoin and your wallet details are well safe.

There are many ways how to use your bitcoin in the country has not accepted bitcoin.
Maybe we can change it to dollar in the exchange site if bitcoin not accepted and there for we not gonna caught of what we doing.
But if what the rules in our country we must follow on it than to break the rules and go to jail. Safety first before we act and find a way of how to solve the problem in comes using bitcoin.

I use bitcoin for making online purchases and also for buying gift cards.

What I mostly use bitcoin for is to trade. And secondly, is to payment on merchants that accept it. It's very hard to find physical stores that accepts bitcoin. And if can't find any, you exchange it for fiat
Trading is what it can be used for mostly.

in my country Bitcoin is still not legal, but I still invest in Bitcoin and only use it for long term investment, because I believe that someday big countries will start to believe in Bitcoin and legalize Bitcoin as a digital currency, so my country will definitely legalize Bitcoin as well and not only my country, but I believe almost all countries will legalize and use Bitcoin as a digital currency too, so the price of Bitcoin will definitely increase very high and of course it will give me a big profit in the future.

Eventhough, I am using bitcoin for three years I can't use it totally in my country. I just use it when I am going to transfer payment in this forum. The people in this country still have no trust in cryptocurrency. They prefer to use other wallets such as paymay, paypal and gcash. In merchandise or stores, I did not still paid using my bitcoin. However, it is free for us to use bitcoin or other cryptocurrency in my country.

There are some cryptocurrency users who live in a country where bitcoin is considered as illegal. OP is talking about those countries which bans bitcoin from using and patronizing by the citizens . Some government in different countries are afraid of what things bitcoin do that's why they labeled bitcoin as illegal. Too sad for those people out there who are interested in bitcoin but needs to limit the transaction they are making so that they will not be traced. In our country, it is a good thing that I am unable to experience this because our country is open for bitcoin though it is not yet formally legalized.

In the country where I live so far there have been no problems using bitcoin and only at first there were pros and cons in news about bitcoin, but until now the news about bitcoin is fine and bitcoin can only be used legally for investment or as an asset. and but there are rules imposed by the government that must be obeyed.
and unfortunately bitcoin cannot be used as a means of buying and selling transactions, and for me it doesn't matter because as long as I can use bitcoin freely and can exchange it into my country's currency to be able to make any transactions, that's been amazing for me.

I have no problem using bitcoin here where i live even if it doesn't become legal everyone can use bitcoin as they wish there are no government restrictions here there is no problem in buying and selling but bitcoin is not yet legalized in many countries which is very sad. If they only knew how to use bitcoin properly they would never avoid it bitcoin is more profitable than fiat currency in our country it is very easy to convert bitcoin into fiat currency.

The number one thing to do when you are from a country where cryptocurrency is not legal is to understand the government stance towards crypto cause there are some countries mining/trading is allowed but the use of Bitcoin as legal tender is not allowed and if that's your situation.
I will advised you to find some on the forum which you'll trade crypto to fiat with through WU,MG, Paypal etc but must be a user with green trust.

Fortunately in my country, we have a platform for this and there we can exchange bitcoin and ethereum to our country's money. We can withdraw or transfer to our bank accounts, we can even use it to shopping apps. In the past, I use half or one thirds of my earned bitcoin to shop and finance myself, and the rest is hodl!

Good thing bitcoin is not set illegal in our country. We can freely spend it in merchants accepting bitcoin as payment.

We have a local wallet wherein we can directly pay our bills or the purchase items on the popular local online shops. Its convenient for bitcoin users despite of few merchants accepting bitcoin, for the reason its not yet establish here as virtual currency that can be use for payment or as an investment.

There are decentralized exchanges and they can be of help a lot of times and also if you can be able to connect to a community of people who are into the same stuff you can easily do peer-to-peer trading; if you're the one that wants to sell your BTC or whatever currency you have, you send it to them and they send you the money straight to your bank, and that's it, nobody knows what happened, all your bank sees is alert as long there was no description put to the transaction that describes or reveals what was done.

For some places it might be legit but the laws are strict even for the centralized exchanges that are working in those countries. In countries like this, such regulations can lead to an exchange being difficult, so you also have to look for other means.

I have some bitcoin in my bitpay wallet. But, i cant use it because bitcoin is illegal in Bangladesh. So, what can I do? any suggestion?

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The government in my country allows its people to use bitcoin for investment and trading on exchanges, but it is not yet legal to use bitcoin for the payment of daily services such as paying for electricity or to pay for goods in the store.
As a law-abiding citizen, I follow the rules of my country and it makes me comfortable and focused on innovating and trading cryptocurrencies.

why include countries where btc is not legal because they cant even own a btc , much more of using it . im not on those country but im in a country where btc is legal and to answer your question i use btc rarely and if im using it im only sending some amount to gamble in a btc accepted casino and the rest will be used for top upping internet data's  . pretty much i sold most of the btc i have and then i spend the cash normally outside to buy basic things that ill be needing for a month , i find this easier than the other way around

I don't thing there are "many" countries that has banned the usage of crypto currencies. As far as I know only few selected countries and most of them are highly corrupted.
Again, there are some countries where the coin isn't regulated. You will have to use it at your own risk. And then there are countries where they see currency as something else (like private money, property and so on) and you are free to use it as long as you report everything to the financial authorities properly.
If your country has banned the usage of crypto currencies, you shouldn't use it. You will end up being tied to evading taxes, money laundering and other criminal activities. Though you will only get into trouble if you convert your coins to fiat currency.

Here in my country there are some services that accept bitcoin as payment. But, usually when I have bitcoin I used an application where I can convert btc to fiat money, also good thing in that application we can convert easily to fiat to pay bills and purchase load services. However,, it is still limited to use bitcoin that’s why I still convert to fiat. Hope in the coming years we can see an improvement.

Bitcoin is not ultimately legitimate in our country and it has not been announced. Heretofore it is not legitimate, I cannot use it comfortably. Bitcoin has to be transformed into fiat. Hopefully, there will come a time when Bitcoin will be lawful in our country and will get an announcement. I am looking forward to that day.

The main hindrance that you can expect when you are using bitcoin in an illegal country is that you cannot pay it physically especially when going out, there's no available store where you can use bitcoin as payment. The other services still work and you might just need a VPN to make sure that you can access most of the site that offers bitcoin services. As I know, countries couldn't really ban bitcoin or restrict the internet to avoid people using it, it is decentralized is accessible wherever you are.

Bitcoin is a crypto coin and nobody cannot control this.I am using this coin for various online payment and also short trading. Our government rejected bitcoin and also add money laundering cases so we use bitcoin safely and secret, Most of the people using bitcoin for gambling and some are holding for the future.

In my case, I am currently using bitcoin as my form of savings while my other bitcoin was used to pay my bills also. There are time also that I  use bitcoin as a salary to my workers if the transaction fee is not that high but if I can see that it is high then I move to other currency like Ethereum.

Trading is not an option for me yet as I cannot see any good strategies yet but if I can find some useful strategies where I can use bitcoin then I will definitely use bitcoin to trade someday.

Since there is no merchant who accepts bitcoin in my country I can't use it as a means of payment, yeah my country still prohibits the utilization of bitcoin for payment system because they only include as a commodity. I only use bitcoin as a means of my income even it is my source of income now since I have no work in my real life. I decided to be a full-time trader when I was dismissed because my company went bankrupt due to coronavirus, but yeah until now I enjoyed it and I can do everything I want.

I will not be original in saying that I use Bitcoin in many ways. Now there are a lot of sites where you can buy digital products for Bitcoin. As the saying goes, you don't need to be very smart to spend money. But to increase them, you need some knowledge plus the ability to be very patient, as well as have good nerves. For the most part, I prefer to hold bitcoins without selling them. As history shows, this is the most profitable use of this asset.

I haven't seen any store in our country that accepts bitcoin. Even in online stores, I haven't seen one that accepts bitcoin so I primarily use bitcoin and eth to earn money in trading. It isn't illegal in my country, it's just there aren't many who uses it.

In my country crypto is banned, and we don't have any exchanger that gives a opportunity to exchange BTC for our fiat. But recently Kucoin launched p2p exchange for our Fiat. But I never used it.  

For maximum time I sell my bitcoin to another Crypto user of my country. We have many trusted group on telegram with our local people who buy sell this Crypto. I always sell my crypto there.

And sometimes I buy gift cards with btc and than do shop with that.

I trade them into Fiat to use them for my daily needs.
I also use them to purchase some online services from my online friends.
I don't have much skills in trading so I don't make any good profit from it.

Bitcoin is not illegal in our country so we can use it without a problem. Even though that is the case, the problem is that only a small percentage of the population is actually using it so we can't use it directly, usually, to use them we still need the services of a local exchange. Hope we can already use it directly especially we are in a pandemic right now.

Well in such cases you don’t need to use bits for any physical transactions in other not to get penalized for such acts but you should understand that bitcoin is a digitized and decentralized currency so it’s use and flexibility is not limited by any country policy because it’s can be used as a means of exchange and transactions worldwide.

You can as well use it to trade and involve in many online platform that accepts bitcoin as a medium of payment. We can use bitcoin as a means of making money online and at the end convert it as the physical currency accepted by your country.

I just use some for gambling and hold the rest. And in some instances I convert some of my coins for cash through a local exchange regulated by the central bank. Most bitcoin and crypto transactions within this country is permitted and holds no legal repercussions unless it was used on illegal activities. However, online gambling is not explicitly permitted, and at times are prohibited by the local government so I don't let anyone know about my gambling exploits here. Only a few of my friends know that I play online using bitcoin and they seem to be pretty chill about it.

In my country, it is clear that Bitcoin is legal, but only as a part of digital asset, it is under the law of the government. But, we can't use it for payment method because it is still not legalized. So, it is better to obey the regulation in my country. Moreover, there is still no merchants that accept BTC as payment in my country (don;t know if I miss it).
However, we can find BTC ATM in my country, at least 3.

Here, I am so glad that BTC and also crypto is legal because in this case, we can trade it in repuatble exchange under the law so that it is trusted enough, and of course, more secure.

Absolutely, that's why there are lots of people who are using bitcoin all around the world because only a few countries that prohibit the usage of bitcoin. There are lots of countries already recognized bitcoin and the usage of it, as time passes by, bitcoin itself is continuously becoming famous all around the world because of its benefits. We all know that cryptocurrency is digital money which you can store in some application or website that can be access through your device and internet connection. With that, we can send money or cryptocurrency all around the globe in such a period of time without hassle and it is safer than sending physical money overseas. It is also an investment to some people that they can create profit by their own knowledge and understanding.

I'm using Bitcoin for multiple purposes. In our country, there are lots of merchants and platforms that accept Bitcoin. I'm using it to buy stuff and do shopping online. I'm also able to pay our bills and necessities through it. It's really convenient and I don't have to convert it into cash. Buying electronic load through our local Bitcoin wallet is also possible. However, I'm still allocating some of it for my savings especially now that the price of Bitcoin is getting better.

Third party, right?
There are more places wherein cryptos are neutral such that it is not supported and prohibited at the same time. Businesses are not yet trusting its benefits which we cannot force them from doing so. Also, Bitcoin and other cryptos are more often used as an investment and not as a currency even in places wherein it is not legal. There are networks doing the same thing which is to adapt to the new technology. Further developments in this industry might be needed in order for more people to see the benefits of cryptocurrencies as digital currencies. And that's more likely years from now.

In my country bitcoin is legal so I do not have any problems in that front, the biggest issue is that there is almost no one that uses it, so far I have only found out two different businesses that accept it and it is simply not enough, so for the most part I use my bitcoin to gamble a little bit when I feel like it and to pay for products or services over the Internet with it, but still this is the exception rather than the rule as I prefer to keep most of my bitcoin in long term storage.

I don't even tried to use bitcoin in any other platforms because here in my country, there are no businesses that uses bitcoin as a means of payment so what I am doing is I am selling all of my coins then convert it into fiat before I use my money for my leisure, daily needs and monthly bills. It is also an advantage for me if and only if the bitcoin would be legal here soon.

Well looking at your question, the only issue on any country that don’t accept bitcoin is just bitcoin ATM MACHINE, because it a physical machine, other things you do is online, We don’t force anyone to use bitcoin as a media of exchange. So continue doing it online don’t worry about people or the government, maybe when they hear the next bitcoin vision, they will legalize it.

In my country bitcoin is well legalized. There are many bitcoin shops where you can eat and pay with bitcoin, are everywhere in the community without anybody harassing you of using bitcoin to pay for your consumption. It is a big honour for those who are using BTC to  invest in my country because the government know that is not too easy to get master of some platform rules and regulations.
Many people have use bitcoin to grow their businesses to enable them to make a good profit out of the investment. Many people no longer see bitcoin as a scam currency than to see it as good digital currency anyone can use to grow a business. No taxes is paying to the government before you can start operating in the community.

Bitcoin is not legally valid in my country. So I can't use my earned bitcoin on banking channels or in public. I usually sell bitcoin through my known resellers and receive money through bKash or bank.

I will avoid using bitcoin in that country as long as I can to avoid legal trouble. Before I go to that country, I will convert all of my bitcoin to fiat currency in the country that accepts bitcoin legally. If I have bitcoin again, I will not use it in that country, but if it's badly needed for an emergency. I might sell it to one of my friends in another country.

Which country do you live in, it is a pity, Bitcoin is traded like people buy diluted oil, indeed in your country does not have an official trading exchange or exchange for Cryoto users, I was curious and this was the first time I heard of people selling Bitcoin through thinners.

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OP, I am fortunate to have the local Indodax exchange at our place in buying / selling crypto and trading with fiat money, we can transact in all sectors of the Bank both local and national.
We have a strong legal entity from the government.

There’s not much I do in using bitcoin, other than just to invest and trade on exchanges. I think this way my bitcoin can increase. Especially if you look at the price of bitcoin now the price rises. I have no intention of paying my groceries with bitcoin. Because if the price is going up, then I feel like I’ve thrown away my bitcoin for free.
In my country, there are still a few shops or merchants that accept payments with bitcoin.

Yeah, that is right. I guess there are still those people thinking that bitcoin is a scam or still related to scammers and don't want to do anything with it since it might take their money away. I think there will come a time that we will be able to use bitcoin directly either to pay or to transact them like other mobile wallets used in our country.

here in my country little by little few businesses accepts bitcoin in their mode of payment. But mostly I used bitcoin using our local wallet to pay bills and necessity, but I need to convert it first before paying, because I think it better because if I will let it in bitcoin the amount might change when the market change, I am enjoying using this app now. But of course I need to convert first. If without converting? I rather not to do it.

^ Well, besides my client's mode of payment anytime I do the work for their businesses and living, I also use Bitcoin for my hodl and store of value.
I also tried considering doing trading with Bitcoin. However, maybe it's not my nature to stay in front of the computer. It will never be my cliche since I practice a work-life balance. What else? I guess that is basically it. But I will always be grateful to have the bitcoin in my life. Nevertheless, as of now, I don't have plans to use my bitcoin.

I don't know, but I will not use bitcoin in other countries that prohibit bitcoin.  i better bring fiat.  Besides that.  I prefer not to use bitcoin because I want to store bitcoin for a long time.  i am sure bitcoin will reach over $ 20k.  very stupid to use bitcoin for the holidays.

Sadly, there is no real practical use for bitcoin because of three things,
It does not have a physical representation
It does not have a stable value
It is not budget-friendly.

Bitcoin npwadays is mostly used for trading and investment, which helps you grow your money. Bitcoin is said by many to replace fiat but as long as there are people investing for its profitability, this, won't happen anytime soon.

Currently there are still some countries that have not accepted payments or transactions using bitcoin, but I am sure that in the black market you can use bitcoin for transactions from any country because I believe bitcoin acceptance is a safe, fast and can be used to buy. anything as long as the seller accepts bitcoins as payment.

I think if he has a very large amount of bitcoins then it will not be an important problem when using it for vacation.

That's the best thing to do, why compromised your assets if you can convert it before going to that particular place.

For now there are still many countries that still preventing the existence of this system/currency, as they are not fully aware on how to use and be help using this chain. There are needs of educating them that bitcoin can co-exist with their current fiat and all those digital currencies that they are accepting within their jurisdictions.

I have used Bitcoin to get Fiat but I have also hold it to save money. I live in a country with high inflation where I must check out the price of the dollar every day in the hope that the merchant does not increase food prices too much.
I agree with what Michael Saylor CEO of MicroStrategy says:

What are you saying here?OP is asking about how you spend your bitcoin and you are just telling your story lol.
i don't know if you really did read the OP or just the title yet same thing that you don't give a specific answer.

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In my part if ever that my country prohibit us from using cryptocurrencies?then surely i will just hold all my gained here since i am joining signature campaign most of the time so i can freely earn this coins without investing my own money in case there is a banning happens.But for now as our government has no stand like this?then i will continue investing my money inside.

I am living in a country where the Governments are so hesitant to legalized bitcoins. But, despite the negative thoughts from the Governments, it   didn't stop me from using bitcoins. Well, I seldom uses bitcoin as a method of payment because of some reasons. What I did is traded it in a certain exchanges and converted it to fiat/physical money that I could use in my daily spending. Its a big help and more useful that way.

you know, they just don't know how to regulate them. it may be a good thing to in some cases but eventually they will make it legal.
it is just matter of time

In my country I can't use bitcoins unless I shop online... Several times I paid for VPN and several times I shop on .onion resources....
I remembered - of course I was betting on sports in an online casino! ;D

Lack of education is one of the obstacles why mass adoption are still not occuring, in my country bitcoin is legal to use and our government already implemented law and regulations about it in order to protect the citizens from a lot of scammers. Before I keep spending my bitcoins like paying bills or buying load for me to have data connection but now my mindset became different especially when the price become expensive. Even though there are now a lot of stores and merchants that are accepting bitcoin as payment, I prefer to save it because there is deflation that is happening where the price becomes more expensive in these past years.

The normal way, I guess?

I do some trades and after selling I send them in my wallet although Bitcoin is legal in our country, we can just use it through the use of our local exchange coins.ph or others mobile wallets. Some are actually curious where are we getting our Bitcoins or why are getting money in remittances through that mobile wallets, usually, I just tell them that I have limited options and coins is the best one so far.

In my country there are not many businesses that accept bitcoin directly which I hope will improve. I like to spend Bitcoin for everyday needs also, besides I hold certain amount, so Bitcoin debit card was a solution for me to be able to freely spend the Bitcoin. I believe that Bitcoin should have its purpose in real life, not just to sit idle in some wallet.
Also, I spend some small amount of Bitcoin for gambling.

I also use it for trading only, I do not spend it like for example in shopping or buying any goods or services like what I did before. I like the idea of being decentralized especially before where I keep using it but my mindset change and that's where I learn trading. In terms of trading, I use bitcoin as capital in order for me to make profit but I do not suggest other to enter in trading of cryptocurrencies just because a lot of people like me are making money here. I only put the bitcoins that I can afford to lose which means that if I lose it, I'll be fine and there will be no psychological effect to it. There is no sure profit in trading and as a trader I understand the risks and it is really a game of probabilities. There are some who are using it for convenience who really see bitcoin as currency and not an investment.

This is very easy and very simple, many exchanges that accept Bitcoin to USD exchange, and now the presence of Paypal is a solution to your problem. You can exchange bitcoins freely and without any legal problems with using PayPal.

Is there someone like me who use bitcoin at online shopping? I use it because I like the idea of convenient because I can shop anywhere I go but I only make sure that I'll spend small amount of bitcoin. My maximum purchase is ranging at 0.002 btc - 0.004 btc. That is my limit and I will ignore the things that surpasses my limit. I also use some of my btc as a fund in many online casinos, I'm not addicted to it I just playing because it is one of my hobby I think but I still have control on myself where I have limitation whenever I play casino games.

In my country, there are only a few coffee shops which accept direct payment in Bitcoin. The problem is that I am not a frequent visitor of coffee shops. What I normally do is to get fiat cash in exchange for Bitcoins, using Localbitcoins. Sometimes I get gift cards (Amazon, Starbucks.etc) and use them for shopping. Right now, I don't want to complain much. Although the shops are not accepting direct payments, I am able to make payment using gift cards.

Earlier there was the option of getting prepaid debit cards, that can be loaded with Bitcoin. But with increased regulations, now it is impossible to get such cards.

this is just for fun but if you have a problem in the real world and only solve it with cash, for example, school payments, or service your goods, then you need cash.

So that's why many exchanges emerged to exchange cryptocurrency to USD or another fiat money. You can use Paypal exchange, blockchain wallet, Huobi and etc.

I am sorry to say that my government still not accepting BTC and we just make trade, bounty and investment to gain profit. After gain profit we sell to our local market that make local currency otherwise we have nothing to do because its fully illegal and police will arrest us with money laundering law.

I think the conversion of cryptocurrency are available in most of the countries so I convert the the Bitcoin into the country currency and made the use of it this is the way how I am doing and making the use of Bitcoin.

Bitcoin cant be used as a currency to pay for anything legally in my country, because until now the use of bitcoin as a mean of payment is still illegal by law. But fortunately we are still able to use bitcoin and other crypto to legally trade on various exchange that have received permission from the government. Adoption of bitcoin as a currency is still very difficult to achieve due to these regulation, so we can only use it as a tradable asset. Secretly, we can still use it as a mean of payment between user but this is still a prohibited action.

Using Bitcoin in a country in which it is illegal would be hard since it might get noticed in how you are cashing out that money. To use that money safely, it would be advised to use it in small amounts which would not draw attention like buying recharges for your phone or even using it as an electronic money that would be untraceable.

I agree with you.  I do the same with you.  However, if there are large amounts of bitcoin transactions, we and the bitcoin community often make bitcoin transactions without using a bank.  it's very easy and very simple.

I don't use it. Just hodl it

I think you don't have any choice, you just have one option, just trade it on some decentralized exchanges or you may trade it with some people like what they called p2p trading but since it is illegal in your country, this method is risky. A country that goes neutral with Bitcoin has a lot of benefits like what we have in our country today. we can use it in so many ways there are lots of options and our local exchanges are user friendly too. 

Fortunately, in my country using Bitcoin was not illegal in fact we have a local Bitcoin wallet that is partnered with several banks and even online stores. You could also use it to convert your Bitcoin and other selected crypto into local currency, and it is pretty convenient.
Now, if that the case wherein you belong to the country that prohibits the use of this technology, then you have no choice but to keep earning, hold and wait until your country opens up upon the use of Cryptos. There's also another option if you'd like, where you can convert it on fiat and make use of it.
Innovation is imminent and we cannot do something about but to go with it, if your government forbids it right now soon they will have no choice but to accept it and by that time you can now freely do whatever you want without getting into trouble.

He has another option mate and that is to KEEP HOLDING until time comes that adoption come to their country and he will have a freewill what to do on those coin.

Specially when he is not really in need of money so why have to withdraw?

Lucky on My part that our government is neutral in Bitcoin and altcoins so we have many options in dealing with cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin is a digital assets, which if I'm staying in a country where bitcoin is not legally accept, by government, where by the local bank has been enforce not to accept bitcoin transaction. For me, that is not a problem, I simply travel out the country and continue my bitcoin trading and investment business, which I know, with time the country we adopt the system.

Then it is really risky for you because if the police force of your country finds your identity through any kind of search then they can arrest you. You also need to work on confidentiality so that no one can find out your identity. However, in the coming days, many countries will accept bitcoin legally, but there will be some kind of conditional relationship.

very simple, let them in the wallet and withdraw if we need some money for life.
maybe that country fear bitcoin will be misused and may threaten the security of the country.

Bitcoin use from wallet goes towards betting and for long haul holding. Upon this I don't feel any entanglements on utilizing bitcoin. if at any point we expect to purchase something on the web by means of crypto we should trade our BTC for our neighborhood cash.

In my country BTC and crypto is not forbidden and I cannot say that it is widely accepted. Lots of people prefer to hold it or to use it without shouting - wow, I use Bitcoins. And it is hard to find services for masses where you can use it, mostly in the Internet, or just in personal arrangements. Personally I believe that some day the situation will be more interesting and profitable for crypto holders and crypto users in my country. But nowadays it is used by some percentage of people interested in crypto, and there is still too many people that even did not try to learn about crypto.

have you read the OP?He is asking about those places that has no adoption or better say banned Bitcoin for using,Sometimes better try to check the whole thread than just reading the Title.
atleast you have an outlet for your bitcoin in your country mate,because in some part they are banning the use so thats why it becomes harder to use.

My country is open about crypto but of course there is no adoption till now but the government are allowing us to do whatever we wanted.
So i use in gambling when i wanted,i use Bitcoin also in paying bills,I use to send money to my friends all over the country and even some friends abroad.
I support some charity program here in forum and outside that accepting Bitcoin or other altcoins.those are the things i have using my bitcoin and cryptos.

We are here for very long time but sadly still many from this community unable to use this bitcoin due to many factors because still many countries are not allowing their citizens to use this for any purpose which is really hypocrasy but good thing just because of Internet many members are able to use this in many ways like exchange gambling and shoping hopefully we will have some soft corner from few countries for crypto and we will be big community beyond boundries.

I am lucky because in our country although it is not yet declared legal but we can use it freely by transferring to local exchange and convert to fiat, we can also use it to buy in online shops but first we need to transfer it to a local exchange and from there we can already spend it.

I don't spend it in any local stores cause I don't even know one, and I think we only have a few stores accepting it as payments. What I do with my coins is aside from holding it until it goes up, I do use a portion of it whenever I need to do so, I convert it using my local wallet and then send it to another fiat e-wallet and then I can now use it anywhere I want to.

Bitcoin isn't legal here but not illegal too, it feels like government doesn't even care about this currency, kind of blurred but it's better as of now but I hope in the future it will be clarify as another legal currency in my country.

Yes, in my country bitcoin has not been legally accepted. I also don’t know for sure whether the government in my country will legalize it or not.
This of course takes time for the government to think about it wisely if it is to legalize bitcoin. Because there are restrictions on the use of bitcoin,
I have only been able to use bitcoin for trading and investing so far. Using bitcoin for payments in stores is prohibited.

If I live on that kind of country I guess I would just trade it with other people who wants to buy it from me or if I could I would buy something with it that I could use in real life.
I could also use it to buy some mobile phone loads and try to sell it to my neighborhood or some online shop vouchers or credits.

This should be regarded a critical question. I know of many countries that are yet to know about the existence of bitcoin. In such countries I believe campaigns should be considered a brilliant idea to draw to the citizens and residence the value of bitcoin and what it stands for as well has its global value

I don't think so, people all over the world with adequate internet access already know cryptocurrency.

It's just that local government regulations that tend to "not fully accept the existence of bitcoin" sometimes make newcomers skeptical. In addition, there is a high level of online scam cases that are often associated with bitcoin. Of course it discourages beginners from learning more. I still find people who think like that around me.

If bitcoin is illegal in your country it is better to not attract attention to yourself, after all it is simply not worth it to go to jail or pay a fine just because you want to use bitcoin, we know that politicians change their mind a lot, even if bitcoin is illegal in a country now it could always be made legal if a politician has a vision about what the industry can bring in terms of taxes to their countries, so the best option is to just wait until that happens and then use your bitcoin legally.

Yes I know what he means,..
If the country banned bitcoin, i think we can still access it in certain ways.
And I don't think the country will track individual people who use bitcoin.

Like in my country, Some websites are blocked by the government, but people can still access them in certain ways.

In my country which is the Philippines bitcoin is legally accepted because we have wallet called coins.ph wehre you can buy a bitcoin and the other altcoins and it is easy way. It is really hard for the people who live in the country that is not legally using of the bitcoin for sure they hard to use or buy or even sell the bitcoin . But as of now most of the country are friendly to the bitcoin they are accepting as opportunity.

Here in our country, I guess most of them don't use bitcoin for two reasons.

The first one is that there is a lot of news about Bitcoin that is related to scamming investors or people out of their millions and thousands of money. They are afraid that they would be the next victim so they don't bother to know if that is true or not. The second one is that they are not that rich to invest and stopped trying after some time.

Though I am a newbie here. Based on my experience I earned bitcoin through typing captcha I used my bitcoin wallet to receive, purchasing, and and trade my earnings from Captcha. There a lot of ways where you can earn bitcoins and its really useful if you really love bitcoin currency. And I found this site that could make bitcoin more useful to me where I can earn by spending my time and sharing thoughts and to get more idea and knowledge on how the bitcoin really works.

In my country, bitcoin is illegal to use to pay for something. but legal if traded like an asset. to make payments using bitcoin, I am looking for an online shop that comes from abroad. If online shops in my country accept bitcoins as payment, they could be subject to legal sanctions. Except quietly.

Luckily in my country, they do not care that much in individual scale. Also, there isn't that much traction in my country, it is still under the governments radar which is very helpful for individuals that deal in bitcoin. I use most of my bitcoin in expenses that are long term, like a new phone to use or save it and wait for the peak to reach and then get some profits.

buying a new phone is not a long term but it was an instant spend . when you say long term expenses , those are electric bills , data , and other non one time spend like purchasing a phone but i like what you did , you use your btc to buy a phone .

you didnt waste your btc because that phone can be useful for communicating and entertainment .  you can also use your btc to pay your monthly or weekly expenses directly without needing to convert it or use your cash in your wallet .

bitcoin is like gold, the difference is bitcoin is intangible and real gold is materialized, bitcoin and gold are equally investable and can be stored in the long term.

Thinking about it, I don't really have a definite answer if I'm in a place where bitcoin is illegal. If it's possible, I guess I'll just convert it to fiat then use it that way.

Fortunately, I'm not in such kind of country. I can use my earned bitcoin freely whenever and however I want. Thanks to several online platforms which allows the use of bitcoin and accept it as a mode of payment. With our current situation towards digitalization where cryptocurrency is a new thing, I really find it difficult to live in a country which considers it illicit.

Bitcoin is not legalized in my country but people are using it privately to do business and other things. Those bitcoin user in the country cannot use bitcoin to buy any thing in the shop unless they go to other countries where it's legalized. During the pandemic when the government was experiencing devalue in currency they don't have choice than to legalized bitcoin in the country for the citizens to grow their businesses and other things.
Bitcoin is fully legalized in my country which you can eat and pay with bitcoin in anywhere in the community.

We can still use Bitcoin to earn and trade even if we are not able to buy in market using it. I am using Bitcoin to earn on a way of buying it while it still has a low value and sell it when the price goes higher. We can also use it to gamble and it can be an entertainment for us when we are bored on trading and it can also be our extra income if we keep betting on the team that has a big chance of winning but we have to expect it to have a small multiplier. If you want to have a bigger multiplier then you have to take a bigger risk.

This is what I am doing too, it is not totally illegal, but you can't withdraw it directly because there is no pair in any exchange for our currency, but there are few establishments in here that accept some coins like loyal coin I think, I saw somewhere that they accept it too and eth as well. There are some e-commerce website that accepts cryptocurrency now , you just need to approve it via email that you used in registration for wallet.

It has been useful in trading to trade into any coins in the market that we earn more profit for trading. Actually there are lot ways of using bitcoin but some of them we cant identify of what it is. In my country there are some stores accepting bitcoin just like 7/11 is one of the store accepted and we can buy also bitcoin.

And that's true trading is one of the most useful for bitcoin because we can change to any different coins just like what I said in the first sentence.

When you have chance for using bitcoin as investment assets and available for trading is not worry with bitcoin still not legal for payment currency in your country, but how you can take care and worry when government banned using bitcoin and altcoin as trading or investing assets, Now my country have trouble with using bitcoin and altcoin after one bigger global exchange Binance have block access with my country IP, we can't access and trading with Binance if using my country IP and have activate with VPN to open Binance account. I think begin with Binance and then have new exchange become block in my country.

More on trading activities, but there are already available online market where bitcoin is accepted. You can use third party service and
use bitcoin to pay your bills.

We already seeing many developments and expect to have more, good thing that it's not just for investment but there are usages that already available now to use and enjoy your bitcoin without converting it to fiat first.

There are plenty of ways to used bitcoin in a country which are banned on bitcoin or other crypto currencies.
1. You can use online wallet/digital wallet of other country then convert on digital currencies of such country and send it on your bank accounts.
2. You  can used it on online transaction such as e-comers there are some online shops that accept crypto as payments.
3. You can used paypal because as of today paypal are been associated and bitcoin supported.
4. You can used bitcoin by the help of your trusted foriegn friend, just let your friend do the converting of crypto to fiat currencies and send it to you.

I think something similar is happening in most countries, they know they have some people using bitcoin but as long as they are not using it to buy big stuff then they do not really care because it's going to cost the government more money to prosecute those people than whatever taxes they are going to get out of them, the ones they care about are the big players, the whales, and those people can be found at exchanges which is why governments have concentrated so much in trying to regulate the industry.

Although they are no restrictions for using bitcoin as payment in my country, but most of the people here have no idea what it is, so I can't force anyone to accept my bitcoins, when they have no idea what is or how they can change it back to fiat, so that they can be able to restock their shop, so for now I simply trade them on maybe localbitcoin or maybe with a bitcoin dealer in my country, there's not much I can do with bitcoin now, but with time I bet people will start to accepting it.

yes, how do you convert bitcoin to fiat? for example, if you are in Indonesia, the Indonesian government prohibits bitcoin.  and there is no opportunity to convert bitcoins to fiat, and you only have bitcoins in your digital wallet.  what will you do? how can you buy your needs with fiat, whereas you only have bitcoin.  and the shop doesn't accept bitcoins.

Due to the fact that bitcoin hasn't been adopted or legalized in most countries, citizens who has bitcoin will be need to exchange it to fiat to be able to make use of it, another way of using bitcoin is to shop online, check for online shops which accept bitcoin as payment and make transaction with them.

I am one of the lucky ones, because my country does not prohibit using Bitcoin. But my country doesn't allow using Bitcoin for payments,
so I only use Bitcoin as a digital asset right now. And I trade Bitcoin on local exchanges to generate Bitcoin, I really hope government can
change its mind and allow using Bitcoin as a means of payment.

If your country prohibits using Bitcoin it is annoying, but there are still ways you can still use Bitcoin and generate Bitcoin. You can buy Bitcoin
by asking your friends who are abroad, Let your friend deposit Bitcoin to the exchanges which you will use for trading. And remember you use
premium VPN to access the exchanges or wallet that you will use, it is for bypass of restrictions made by your country.

In my case, I just convert my btc or crypto to my local fiat. I have no problem converting it as there are local exchanges. Because as you said, not many shops are accepting the btc payment, so why not convert first it to fiat , then use your fiat for payment, right?

The best practice or bitcoin utility is to make discreet transaction. Being anonymous is a great advantage that any bitcoin user could have to get privacy, safety and security when doing especially huge transactions. However, bitcoin has been using widely as means of investment or an asset like gold. People are buying bitcoin to beat the inflation rate espscially nowadays that fiat currency will be hitting due to the pandemic which mostly all econony of every country are down.

I only buy bitcoin to store and hope that the price will eventually get better. So far, I get good return. In my country, bitcoin is slowly being adapted by merchants in my country. I've seen online store accepting payment for goods and services. I've tried but it's better to hold it than spend it.

I think, it's about time to show the world the importance of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies esp. in times of calamities and disaster. The economy has been greatly affected by the pandemic. We also experience multiple typhoons here in our country, and we badly need help like relief goods and other necessity. The fastest way to send the donations will be through online transactions, and the bitcoin will play a big role in this kind of situation.

There are many ways to spend bitcoin even these case, bitcoin is digital and is not limited. In a country where bitcoin is not accepted legally for any reason best known by the country, you can still use your earned bitcoin to trade online or convert it to fiat. But nevertheless you shouldn’t panic much 10 years from now that country will allow bitcoin legally. I have seen many nations who try to fight bitcoin but failed because we see bitcoin prevailing by the day.

Im trading and converting btc -> fiat. Its the only real use case for me

I live in Bali, and the rules and regulations regarding the use of Bitcoin here are quite simple. The government prohibits all use of Bitcoin as a transaction tool in place of the official currency of the country. The government still allows us to have Bitcoin as a futures asset, so we can still buy Bitcoin and have it in our wallet. It's just that Bitcoin can only be sold into other currencies and cannot be used without hiding from the government system.

In 2018 our government carried out an eradication of online stores and ordinary stores that use Bitcoin as a means of payment. As a result, 2 cafes in Bali received warnings because they were still using Bitcoins as their payment medium.

So for now, I'm only using Bitcoin for savings and investment purpose.

I would assume most of us do covert our BTC to fiat to be able to use it in real life. I know someone who kept buying BTC which I'm also selling to him every time I want cash. He invests in BTC and buying my BTC either to fiat or Paypal money depending on which I want. He buys mine for a fair price.

I'm keeping my altcoins however incase I got some tokens that are promising but when I convert it to BTC, I always sell it to him.

apart from in Japan and Korea, Bitcoin is indeed strictly prohibited as a means of payment,
it's just that Bitcoin is currently still said to be a valuable investment instrument in the future, like gold,
but take it easy Bitcoin is also still used as payment only on some sites, and paypal is also now Bitcoin is already accepted,
I am sure that in the next few years Bitcoin can be used as a legal payment.

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Some countries never still understand bitcoin and how it will help the government to reduce unemployment in the country if they make bitcoin legalized in the country. Some country allow their citizens to buy and pay with their bitcoin without any challenge from the government agency like some country that bitcoin is not legalized and everything you buy you pay with their currency which they really believe on their currency than any other digital currency.
In some countries,there are many ATM machine all the country where you can make use of bitcoin transaction in your business without fear of police like other  bitcoin users who use to afraid because bitcoin is not legalized in the .  The country I am now, make bitcoin legalized in the country all the shops allow any customer to buy and pay with their bitcoin.

Luckily, we are not facing that much problem or trouble here in my country for we have our local exchange that caters the way we can handle the usage of our Bitcoin earned and other cryptocurrencies packaged into the same exchange. The local exchange do also serve as a wallet for storage that is partnered with many merchant wherein we use digital payment option everytime we choose to purchase or pay for our necessities using the local exchange we have. Also, we are not having a problem on the way we use it with our government for they are not totally restricting us to use it but they do not also encourage people to use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency and we only crypto users take it full responsibility of whatever happens stay with us. That is no certain issue as long as we can acquire and use Bitcoin for our daily necessity using our local exchange that we have.

Bitcoin ATM machine are everywhere in my country,where you can pay and withdraw any amount of money you want to withdraw. Close to a year when my country legalized bitcoin in the country which is giving many bitcoin trader a good profit because, you can buy from any store and pay with bitcoin in any store in the country.
Bitcoin Very easy to use in my country compare to where is not legalized that make many people find it difficult to understand and use it to grow their business.

Are you being serious? Bitcoin is improving in its use case on a daily basis. If you open a store and start accepting bitcoin, isn't that counted as the improvement of Bitcoin's use case? And this is happening lately. People are beginning to use Bitcoin in various ways. Besides, there are other ways in which Bitcoin's use case is improved. You may say that there's no additional use cases (Just making payments, and transferring money). But you can't say that Bitcoin doesn't Improve in its use cases.

You are lucky because you have atm in your country, here in us we need to convert it into fiat before we can get money or we can use it directly, there are only limited establishment and stores accepts bitcoin directly from your wallet, so most of the time I will convert it into peso then in an instant I can use it, but I need to withdraw it in my crypto wallet first of course.

I am among those who have difficulties if I want to spend Bitcoin, maybe the number of merchants who accept Bitcoin payments is
still small that is the reason. So, to be able to spend Bitcoin, I always convert my Bitcoin to fiat currency, so it's easier to spend.
I hope that more and more countries accept Bitcoin, but not only as a digital asset, but as a means of payment. That way we can
actually use Bitcoin as currency.

What I know is that there are some merchants that accept bitcoin payments but not all goods that I want but they are bitcoin according to the current price conditions, it will be longer if some online shops accept bitcoin because it needs high adoption to be accepted in society with payments using this digital bitcoin asset.
But I am sure that in the future bitcoin will still be widely used around the world, even online stores will accept it whenever they want because this is a valuable asset to its community.

Here in my country, the Philippines, we are free to use Bitcoin. We have a local wallet here that is used by most of us. Its name is coins.ph. In that wallet, we conveniently convert bitcoin to fiat and it can also store etherium. Our government doesn't restrict people from using it which is why we have no problem at all.

Yeah, Many countries have legalized Bitcoin to invest even as a transaction tool.  I have read an example of an article in Japan. In Japan, the Japanese government has legalized bitcoin as a legal currency for digital transactions.  This approval is marked by the number of retailers accepting payments in bitcoin.

Never mind Japan and Korea which strictly prohibit Bitcoin as a means of payment, in the maritime Southeast Asia it is the same, strictly prohibiting bitcoin as a means of payment, for example Indonesia, the government strictly prohibits Bitcoin as a means of payment, and it is unresponsive that even the person will be sentenced if caught use Bitcoin in any area for example their capital city JAKARTA, although legal but only in some cities are allowed to use bitcoin as a means of payment, namely BALI and KING FOUR and these are places that are often visited by tourists from abroad because of the large number of tourists who arrived until the Indonesian government or the resot owner provided Bitcoin ATMs for those who wanted to use Bitcoin or the Indonesian currency ..

it is very difficult to use bitcoin in a country that does not legally accept bitcoin. i will trade and join the bounty program, if i get bitcoin then i will change bitcoin to fiat currency so i can use it to buy something i want.

Until now, I have focused on using Bitcoin for trading to make a profit. I have never made a purchase transaction or anything with Bitcoin. Because in my country Bitcoin is still not legal. So that you cannot make payments with Bitcoin.

Many countries still have some very harsh laws when it comes to bitcoin, but I really think this about the change, it seems we are already in the next bull run and if it is as big as many people speculate then we are bound to see an incredible growth that is going to bring bitcoin once again to the center of the discussion of the leaders of the world, bitcoin cannot be ignored anymore and bitcoin cannot be banned they have to accept the reality that this new coin exists and they will have to accept it whether they like it or not.

Accept whether they like it or not? That I think is impossible. Remember that Bitcoin is decentralized and governments has the power whether to accept it or not. Not because a huge network adopted such technology, everyone is required to do so. Bitcoin have been recognized for  years already and what happened recently is really something to be happy for. But also keep in mind how things work in this industry and to the global market in general. We are free to acquire Bitcoin and to embrace this technology but there are still limitations on its usage, and that's reality check.

Although it has not been legally announced in our country yet, we can transfer it to the local market and convert it into money. We can also use it to buy in online stores, but first we can transfer it to the binance exchange and withdraw by card :)

But what can they do to change this? If they could somehow destroy bitcoin I am pretty sure that they could have done so already, the fact that bitcoin remains when all the previous attempts at creating independent currencies around the world have failed already tells me they do not have an answer against bitcoin, so what's left? Banning bitcoin? That will without a doubt affect the price and the interest the average person could have in it but now that institutional investors are coming to the market if they are powerful enough they will be able to influence the decisions of politicians around the world, so the only option they have left is to regulate it and even that is not going to be very effective.

There is no restriction of Bitcoin use in my country. So, I use it the way I want. I convert some amount of fiat money to Bitcoin and store it in my Bitcoin wallet. I sometimes make payments with Bitcoin in different places.

I think everyone knows he or her method to use bitcoin, using my country as a case of study, before no one values bitcoin and no one is interested to adventure into it, but now people are interested to adventure into cryptocurrency especially bitcoin but currently there using bitcoin as a means of business, weather legalized bitcoin or not in country people who wants to use it will automatically use it, and them will create a means of earning bitcoin and also spending it.

maybe it would be easier if I had to sell bitcoin first and exchange it for money in that country, it would be better because right now if we get into trouble with the law because bitcoin is an unpleasant thing. so maybe use bitcoin well

This problem should have been resolved by the Pundix project which provides a swap feature from bitcoin to fiat that applies in that country so all transactions carried out on the Pundix platform or device use fiat so that it doesn't violate government regulations
but the project did not resume development

I'm in that country. They do not allow bitcoin as a transaction in the real world. However, we are allowed to use as futures comudation assets. We had to switch first to fiat to transact.

for in my country bitcoin is not applied to transactions, in my country money is for transactions, while bitcoin in my country only applies to trading and as a digital asset

In the Philippines, there is what we call Coins.Ph, a secure and trusted mobile wallet that let you access financial services using your phone even without a bank account or credit card. By this you can use your funds to buy online.

You're not alone in that struggle. But we'll eventually get to the point where we can finally use bitcoin itself without having the need to convert it to fiat.

But in our country, there are already merchants and online shops that are accepting bitcoin as a mode of payment. With that said, we can say that we are one step closer to adoption. Let's just remain patient, and while waiting, we can certainly still live with that fact — convert bitcoin first to fiat then spend it.

In 2017 bitcoin was banned by our goverment to become a currency in my country.
Now, Bitcoin is legal as a commodity here. However, it still can’t be used as a currency.
We called it digital asset or crypto asset instead of cryptocurrency.

Personally I have never spend my bitcoin for something, online or offline.
But, sometime I got paid with bitcoin for services that I provided (cross border payment).

I exchange some of my bitcoin into fiat, I also trade and hodl it.
Currently, I want to invest my profit into stocks.
I am not a bitcoin-die-hard who hodl bitcoin and doing nothing about it.
(Maybe I am bad about it)

I think it all depends on how we use it, because I myself use bitcoin in addition to transaction tools as well as for investment. We can see that the development of bitcoin is currently in a positive trend, of course this is an added value in itself.

Well thats a interesting topic, I am from Bangladesh. And bitcoin is still under-regulatted in our country. Though government think about it but still its illegal. Lots of crypto users plus me who uses crypto in Bangladesh they can't use it in their regular use case. Firstly we use third party exchange site to exchange our crypto to our local cash when we get our cash then we use it in our local market or regular uses.

Bitcoin is not fully legal in my country but I think it should be legalized in all countries because this bitcoin is not an illegal profession or an illegal activity it is a free profession one by one many people have eliminated unemployment a free profession that I can give to my family whenever I want  I can give time because when a person has a job, no matter how big the danger, he has to come back with the permission of the people. It is often seen that the leave is not given despite asking for it, so I think people can go ahead using bitcoin.  The government of every country should legalize Bitcoin and help everyone with the issue

Governments are lost when it comes to bitcoin, they like the technology and they will want to use on their own currencies but they do not like the principles of freedom in which bitcoin is based, governments for a long time have wanted to control every single aspect on their lives of their citizens which is why they want it to do away with cash because they could have complete control if they could always watch what you were doing with your money but just when they got close to their goal bitcoin appeared and they do not like it, but it does not seem as if they can do anything about it.

Still clearly cannot constrain anybody in your nation to acknowledge bitcoin for installments in case it isn't announced as a legitimate implies of installment. There are a few nations where you still can utilize it for other purposes such as hodling, exchanging, executing between individuals . There are moreover nations where all these things are precluded, and the utilize of bitcoin is altogether limited. In the event that you happen to live in a nation antagonistic to bitcoin and still need to use it, you've got no choice but to break the law and ended up a criminal . In the event that you accept your rights to free speech and flexibility of expression ought to be regarded.

I'm just a holder / Trader, but I have already received payments in Bitcoin, and i think you can already use them all over the world, doesn't matter if there are restrictions in some countries, there are a lot of business and particulars everywhere that accept btc as a payment method

This is the most common condition as many countries don't legalize bitcoin as a means of payment, even in my country the authority prohibited bitcoin to be used as a currency but people can trade it as a commodity.
However, some merchants accept bitcoin payment, we can spend Bitcoin there as long as the transactions under the radar, and there are plenty of online merchants that accept bitcoin payment as well.

How you say. Most people even in countries where it is okay to use bitcoins and crypto, still just hodls on their coins, sometimes fkrgetting they are even there. This is actually a great tactic, as it keeps you from FUD and enables you to think rationally as losses aren't under your radar. Nonetheless a lot of people also use bitcoins in trading and finance. So there's that.

Mostly to be paid and for ordering digital things online. I will use fiat for local things and online I use crypto unless I am forced to use bank transfer or paypal or other.
Bitcoin is easier and cheaper for me.



You can still use it. Noone will know. You have the right to accept whatever you want as payment.

As of this moment in our country there is no problem that crypto most especially bitcoin legally which we are openly using it as mode of payment in some online purchases and also we make it as part of our investment and assets.

Great strategy if you are using spare money, don't use your hold coins knowing that day will come that the value will be more higher than the last time you purchased it.

For some they tend to use it as investment tool but for others who are really into development, using bitcoin for their needs as mode of transactions is also very effective, especially those who are dealing between borders.

I'd go with this one too. If it's not legal in our country, then I'd just convert it to fiat and then use it that way. That simple. But as of the moment, even if bitcoin is not illegal in our country, I still convert it to fiat before I use it for certain transactions. It's because of the fact that not many stores, merchants, and/or establishments accept bitcoin as a mode of payment. Maybe in the near future, merchants will consider bitcoin and accept it. Then that'd be the time that I can use bitcoin directly.

Using cryptocurrency in those countries in which Bitcoin is illegal is very risky because you're risking your money, effort, and you might just end up in jail. The most ideal thing to do I guess is if you really want to have cryptocurrency, then talk to a friend of your in a country that cryptocurrency is supported, make a corpo between you guys, like he's going to be your pilot or middleman. What I mean of friend is the one you really trusted and you know overall personally to avoid getting scammed or whatsoever.

In my country as long as it does not harm my country there is no problem with bitcoin trading.
And in my country to use my own bitcoin must be exchanged for money in my country before I can shop.

Bitcoin are still illegal at many countries. But people still using Bitcoins in their own country.
According to me using Bitcoin is no harm untill and unless any bad intentions are emphasis on it.
I normally use Bitcoins to get Payments for the micro jobs that i do.
Then i sell it through P2P trades as exchanges ask for KYC.
It's as simple like that.

I am new in using bitcoin so i don't know more about bitcoin and need more guideline on how to use bitcoin. I will be happy if you can assists me.

Thank you.

Any transaction with bad intentions is illegal in any country but the government of any country has not been able to stop it yet and it does not seem possible in the future. Their headaches only focus on bitcoin. They want to be emotionally spontaneous by blaming Bitcoin for not being able to resist big wrongs.

I have no problem using Bitcoin in my country and there isn't any regulation yet. I usually use Bitcoin for investing purposes and buying some things. I really like using it for buying coffee etc. . Because I can pay for it easily from my phone.

Due to differences in regulations of each country, I as an individual in my country can only make purchases and store them in the custodian wallet. Public is not allowed to use BTC for buying and selling transactions either online or offline in my country. Bitcoin is currently only a commodity futures, not allowed to be used to replace the official currency formed by government banking.

I think this is sufficient because most people's goal is to use Bitcoin as an investment. Although the white paper written by Satoshi may be the main objective is to replace the banking system as a transaction tool that is not controlled by any party. Even so, transactions using Bitcoin still take a long time and are also high fees, to buy a cup of coffee.

Few years back I was very upset due to some money movement as banks taking some good fees and taking long time for settling transactions but as I involved in bitcoin now feeling very happy and secure because its giving me good security and independence now I can do many things which was not possible before this bitcoin money movement is very quick and secure and I can buy sell and trade things without any problem using this bitcoin is really big advantage for me even living in third world developing country because too many restrictions and problems but this give big advantage.

Yeah true, bitcoin is not officially accepted in any country yet from what I know, and about how I use my earned bitcoins, well since there are no merchants ready to embrace the new technology (BTC) in my country, what I simply do is to go on localbitcoin and simply trade my bitcoin for fiat currency, since that's the only currency I can use to buy what I want in my country, it would have been really cool to be able to use bitcoin to purchase items, but sadly the government is against it.

at the moment there is not way to track bitcoin , means government cant really know if you are holding, trading bitcoin if you dont say anything , so there is lot of people in my country here interested about buying bitcoin against my local currency so simply i sell them my bitcoin from time to time

In my country still bitcoin is not acceptable. Crypto currency are banned there but still i use it as a local client. If i earn some bitcoin via trading bounties,airdrop, Mining , then i have a client who bought it from me with fiat currency. Although i can use kucoin P2P market for exchange with fiat currency. But we need to patient to accepted by government. And i store my all crypto asset in CEX exchange,  It's risky but i can't store in own wallet because they cost too much fee for each btc usdt transection.😓

Here are restrictions in some country samely llike mine about Bitcoin.So,I use this for the online based work or mostly buy/sell sector and I also ttrade bitcoin and covert it into Fiat. So,This is one of the easiest and favourite thing of mine.

that's the simplest but effective ways to use bitcoin, there are countries that still restricting the usages of bitcoin without proper knowledge they are

seeing that this system still a threat for their financial system, but with the use of internet you can continue enjoying your assets as what you mentioned,

trading or buying online is commonly being used.

Since there are not many who accept bitcoins as payment, I mainly use bitcoin to trade and earn from its increase in value.

In my country there is no legal way to purchase bitcoin  and the only one is on the blackmarket there are some facebook groups where you can find interested people you can sell or buy bitcoin from in exchange of fiat but you have to be carefull not to be scamed and its better to do it face to face.

In our nation, we are allowed to contribute and utilize digital currency, be that as it may, there are a couple of stores or dealers who acknowledge crypto as an installment. Thus, if at any point we mean to purchase something on the web through crypto we should trade our BTC for our neighborhood cash to take care of tabs, purchase cellphone loads, game credits, or even food, or even use it as a settlement to send cash.

It is legal to use crypto wherever I live.
Bitcoin is used to pay for various online jobs, and it is used to play online gambling.
Some schools & universities have arranged for Bitcoin to pay tuition fees.
In addition, the interest in using Bitcoin for various purposes is increasing day by day.

It is true that until now the government has not been able to trace the existence of bitcoin as an asset of its citizens, so this is the main factor why bitcoin is not easy to legalize in some countries.

However, currently there are regulations that stipulate that everyone is required to do KYC as a sign that the government is trying to track the whereabouts of their assets, so I think it only takes time for bitcoin to make basic rules so that everyone can own it. in different countries.

Well to be honest for now, I just use Bitcoin just for trading. We still need time to use Bitcoin in real life. Unfortunately, the bitcoin price is volatile and there are no regulations in many countries.

I work in a company that sells children's furniture. I asked my manager to add Bitcoin as a payment method. But he refused. I gave him the right. Because it very hard to accept cryptocurrencies as a payment method in Germany. Because there are still no regulations. Even if you want to invest in them, you have to give at least 20% tax.

Well over here things are made relentlessly by the government against Bitcoin but hasn't made Bitcoin illegal which is a plus for them not to. Most of my Bitcoin usage is peer-to-peer deally which allow me keep myself anonymous, also, most operating remitance companies in my country also help in term of Bitcoin usage, as i said, the country has not opening accepted Bitcoin legally.

Here in my country bitcoin is not totally illegal it is just that you can't use it everywhere. But thanks to 2 bitcoin wallets we have here we can freely use our bitcoins to buy prepaid reloads, pay bills, cashing out for fiat currency, sending to banks is possible , buying game reload cards and many more. Most of the banks and remittance centers that we use to cashout our bitcoin is questioning us where does the funds come from and we just say its crypto and no more further questioning is needed. It is just one time questioning.

I guess the best thing is not spending it since bitcoin is not legal in that country for sure it would make sense if stores in that country are not accepting bitcoin.

Either though you could still spend your bitcoin online on a lot of websites that are accepting it, I'm sure you could still invest in bitcoin even though it is not legal in your country.

the best way is just to convert your bitcoin into your fiat money in that way you don't have to worry about anything.

Some countries do not allow using Bitcoin as payment, including my country only allows Bitcoin as a digital asset.
So I had to convert my Bitcoin to fiat through local exchanges in order to use up my Bitcoin. But there are some
countries that really prohibit using Bitcoin, if that's the case we have to convert the Bitcoin that we have on exchangers.
Or we can use P2P platforms, we can also ask our friends for help who live in countries where Bitcoin is legal.

Although there are several countries that allow transactions using Bitcoin, the use of Bitcoin is mostly exchanged for fiat to make profit on exchanges. So the restriction of Bitcoin's function, which is implemented in the country, does not reduce the enthusiasm of traders to keep getting profit.

I myself usually get bitcoins from campaign payments on this forum, then sometimes also for selling articles and videos according to client orders, I use Bitcoin for easier and simpler payments (without KYC). At the end of every month I also buy Bitcoin for future savings purposes, with the hope that the price is really expensive to touch hundreds of thousands of USD

In Our country bitcoin is legal and we have this wallet in where we can exchange bitcoin into cash. We can also use it to pay electricity bill, water bill and even buy some stuff online.  We can even use it to book for a ticket, order food online. If you want also cash you can transfer it into your bank account or thru money exchange you can send it to your own name or your family. It's easy in our country.

I use bitcoin here sometimes to pay our bills or to buy something online. I only use small amount so it won't be suspicious to authorities. I heard that the company of our local bitcoin wallet here ban or lock the funds of their user if they noticed some big amount of transactions. It's hard to prove to them that it came from a legal way because bitcoin trading is not that known yet here. You will need to provide many proofs to support your claims.

to get bitcoin in my country, it is enough to buy bitcoin on an exchange, because in my country the exchange is monitored by a state agency because it is safe enough to hold bitcoin on the market and for bitcoin in my country it is only to be traded on an exchange or as a digital asset

Yes. In today's situation of bitcoin, it canbe used in different aspects like transportation, buying needs, online transactions and even paying school tuitions and fees. The question might be in a large scale or wide idea but the true point is how can bitcoin help you and in what ways. For me, bitcoin became my online savings and sometimes I used it to buy things I needed in schools or personals, buy wants, pay bills and in school. Bitcoin help me and makes my transactions hassle free because of what technogy and bitcoin can do today. And I also use bitcoin for my everyday trading or profits. Bitcoin is definitely one of the good thing that happen to me.


Indeed, bitcoin makes a person or even a country a less hassle in a way that it helps in our everyday needs. And it is easy to use bitcoin if it is legal to the country where government doesn't put any interest to it and having the idea of regulating it so that they can also earn from it. Bitcoin is a new future for us.

Not bitcoin is the new future, but Blockchain technology... Thanks to it, a lot of things will change in the future. It has already started to change, for example - new applications, authentication, stablecoins, crypto Euro, and so on... Well bitcoin is that coin, which formed the most trust in the world!
Bitcoin is easy to use anywhere in the world, where there is internet and no one can prohibit you! ;)

Looks like many bitcoiners on those places  tend not to use their Bitcoins ,instead what they are doing is keeping holding for future usage.

maybe they have plans on going abroad or visiting some places when the country has bitcoin accepting,or for the chance of one day their country will allow crypto to be adopting.

There are many factors aside for p2p and trading.

But of course they might be trading and use p2p to at least have some profit while the banning is at place.

In my country there is no restrictions on how we use bitcoin, I usually trade it on exchanges and when I need to cash out I can easily exchange it to fiat and transfer it to my local bank account.

In the country I live in, bitcoin is allowed but not completely and apart from that there is no payment using bitcoin in any case and any other online or offline store.
and for me it doesn't matter, because as long as I can still be involved with bitcoin, I will use it as best I can and the most important thing for me is that I can still use it and exchange bitcoin for currency with several exchanges in the country where I live, and to make purchases ,

In our country, we are permitted to contribute and use computerized cash, in any case, there are a few stores or sellers who recognize crypto as a portion. Along these lines, if anytime we intend to buy something on the web through crypto we should exchange our BTC for our local money to deal with tabs, buy cellphone loads, game credits, or even food, or even use it as repayment to send money.

I am an invester and a bounty hunter i usually sell my bitcoin in crypto exchange groups on social media i have been dealing with trusted people because in my country its illegal to use it as a currency and no platforme or service use them as paiment method so i have to sell them for fiat money.

Good thing it's still legal in my country well I can use it as an online payment and I can also use it in trading and of course used it as a gambling token. So basically I can use Bitcoin in any type of serivce.

since my country prohibits its citizens from selling, buying with Bitcoin, I exchange my Bitcoin for fiat...
I exchange from Bitcoin to fiat to get money and so I can cover day-to-day fees. Bitcoin really helps my family's economy.

You need to contact your country local government and deceive about bitcoin. Our country don't accept bitcoin but i can sell it mny way for cash. Have many facebook page for bitcoin buy sell.

If it is illegal in your country then pretty sure it can't be used as a digital currency for no one will going to accept bitcoin. However, one could still own bitcoin by holding it as an asset and that is the good thing about bitcoin. No lt even a country banning bitcoin could be able to deteect you especially if you will going to store it offline. These asset can be definitely converted to fiat and can be send to any banka for withdrawal and still government could not found this out.

The best way I can use my bitcoins is not to promote it as I need to follow the jurisdiction of the country. What I will do is just to use Bitcoins along with the others that already use them. There's no way that we can induce market adoption if the government itself doesn't want it. But since it was not acknowledged, it was nothing for the government, as if I was holding a worthless digital currency for them but for me, it will be valuable in years. I might be grateful as I will not be convinced to sell my BTC until such time that the government finds its purpose and value. I could be one of the early adopter to that country perhaps, one of the richest cryptocurrency holders.

In short, I will just use my BTC to transact with those who use it.

Yes, you can do the local p2p trading or use platforms like Binance P2P in order to convert your crypto to fiat. Because once you converted it to your fiat, then you can pretty much do anything with your money. Don't force yourself finding a merchant that will accept bitcoin as you are just wasting your time if you are living in a country where btc is not legal.

Same here. I also used my bitcoins to pay bills, buy prepaid loads, and gaming pins using our local crypto wallet. It is why bitcoin is very useful to me in my country because I can also transfer it in my bank account and remittances if I would like to sell out my bitcoins or convert it into fiat to use it in my necessities.

You are right and i believe that by the way we will be able to spend bitcoin to buy our daily stuffs but im not really sure if this can happened all over the world...as you now there is many countries where governements dont care about bitcoin at all

Save it and keep it to protect yourself from the control freaks running that country.  That would be my advice.

Just don't spend it if it will get you in legal trouble, but it will give you an escape route if the statists in charge there clamp down further on people's freedoms.

Good advice. And in addition to that, once you feel like you have saved enough, then maybe you can travel and go to a country where bitcoin is allowed and then utilize it for any purpose which accepts bitcoin as a mode of payment. Book and pay your stay in a hotel; buy goods and other merchandise; pay your bills. There are actually many things you can do with bitcoin. You just find the place where you can use them the way you want. :)

By searching, you can find that enough online stores are open to paying with BTC. Such as video game sites, app, and gift stores. The travel and food sectors also belong to this list. You can further spend your BTC to help people in need on the different charity websites available today.

Regret my country didn't accept bitcoin as a payment system but thanks God there are many online store who convert it to local currency
I often use online exchange website . these website charges some fee and give you payment in local currency which is very easy and secure.
Another good system is binance peer to peer system where we can easily sell our bitcoin and receive payment in local currency.

Numerous nations still have a few exceptionally cruel laws when it comes to bitcoin, I truly think this around the alter, it appears we are as of now within the following bull run and on the off chance that it is as enormous as numerous individuals guess at that point we are bound to see an incredible growth that's planning to bring bitcoin once once more to the center of the discourse of the leaders of the world, bitcoin cannot be overlooked any longer and bitcoin cannot be banned they need to acknowledge the reality that this modern coin exists and they will need to acknowledge it whether they accept or ignore.

Utilizing bitcoin is anything but a serious deal. In my nation, I favor utilizing exchanging stages and PayPal. The greater part of the bitcoin use from wallet goes towards betting and for long haul holding. Upon this, I don't feel any intricacies on utilizing bitcoin. As I have simple admittance to purchasing bitcoin in return for PayPal a similar sum can be moved to the ledger for different utilizations.

In our country, we can use bitcoin freely even it is not yet fully accepted of our government. In your case, much better to keep your bitcoin safely in your wallet, don't use it to avoid any problem in your place instead just wait that one day your government will acknowledge cryptocurrency and allow the community there to use bitcoin.

In my country, bitcoin is illegal and there's no direct way like banking to buy sell cryptocurrency. Like many other users, I also have faced a lot of troubles at the beginning but at this moment, it has been easy to buy/sell bitcoin. I have built my local community, in fact, I have built an environment of buyers and sellers. There's no way to spend the BTC directly, we sell to local users and spend fiat.
Now, Kucoin and Binance also have p2p trading for Bangladesh which made bitcoin trading more easier.

There is much use of bitcoin even it's ban in your country such as international transactions.

There are plenty of platforms nowadays that accept bitcoin as a transaction payment method so you can use that there. There's no much difference between a country that bans bitcoin and a country that doesn't have any support from any community or the government. Some people are just selling it at a high price and convert it into fiat, how? there are many ways and existing platforms that can be used.

hi there!

Bitcoin is a Digital currency.

Now a days, bitcoin can be used in many different ways.There are now a lot of bussinesses accepting bitcoin payments in several countries.

some stores are giving reward, if you pay them in bitcoin. so now pay in bitcoin and enjoy your reward.

happy new year!

It’s unfortunate that some countries in the world are still considering and fighting against bitcoin technology and in such case I would advise the bitcoin enthusiasts in such country keep his/her bitcoin application and wallet in well secured device where he/has had only the private key to such storage so to avoid being sucked by the unfavorable government policy for bitcoin enthusiasts.

And it’s better to easily convert your Crypto into fiat to avoid the legal charges for bitcoin.

Since they have not legalized or adopt bitcoin in such country, I think the best option is to transact in secret in order to create firm and also make bitcoin popular, because I tried to understand that bitcoin is dominating all over the world and is no longer difficult to create bitcoin awareness in a country that does not accept bitcoin.

I don't know what government you're talking about, but most countries in the world do not ban bitcoins... And some websites have long been allowed to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
If we talk about the states - I think that very soon they will be more friendly to cryptocurrencies! ;)

Anytime I want to buy something and pay a huge Tx fee and wait hours for a confirmation I use Bitcoin.

Yes, this is the biggest advantage of using BTC as we don't have to wait in lines, clear the asset/provide asset certificate being watched etc.

I mainly use it for games and trading - if you know what you're doing, you can take a tiny bit of a Bitcoin and transform it in to loads. The other main way I see Bitcoin used is for "faucets" - small websites that display ads and reward a small amount of BTC in return. Finally, shops that accept BTC

it is possible to use bitcoin in a country that prohibits bitcoin I will not use directly in that country. but I will bring it home in my country, because we still think about legal issues and respect the law in each country. so I will not take the risk and I will first store it in a hardware wallet or store it in an exchange until it returns to my country

I'm using bitcoin in buying other assets like dogecoin since it'll show something good in the next few years and other applications like gambling platforms. But before that, I'm using bitcoin as my source of income in my education so I can manage to finish my degree. But now that I've already finished my degree and will take board exam in the next few months, I'm saving my bitcoins and buying good assets and trying to enter stock market.

Bitcoin has a lot of applications and it'll always depend on what you need.

Using of bitcoin has turned to be much user friendly through different services and applications developed to fulfill specific things. I personally prefer to convert Bitcoin to cash and use it. We can make it possible through our forum services section, currency exchange and through sites that are dedicatedly functioning for this purpose.

I usually using bitcoin just for trading and transaction.

I have a small business in steam, selling games and etc.
So, i just added bitcoin and ethereum for my payment method and theres a lot of people from outside my country love using this kind of method.

I use bitcoin as an asset and investment, I also used it as a mode of payment virtually it makes every transaction easier and faster and the most important it makes every transaction safer, because of its unique security address.

For me, I prefer to invest bitcoin than save my money in bank, this can help me deal with inflation, refer to Venezuela

Same here, because right now the number of places accepting bitcoin as payment is still limited. And in my country, I still do not feel that it is fully into crypto. Well, at least I already have my experience on it. At least In the future, I won't get too much curious.

I also want to understand what it's like to trade with Bitcoin :)

Even if Bitcoin is not legal in some countries, it can be used in the form of U.S. dollars on exchanges, but there is still a big risk that it may be detected that the source of huge assets is unknown.

I just put it in my wallet and sometimes make simple transactions online.

I just conduct simple transactions online and exchange it for other legal currencies.

i will try to keep it in hardware wallet like nano ledger for a while until i get back to my country. because we know we don't act stupidly to make bitcoin transactions in countries that prohibit them or we will be punished by the law. so I save and will do it when I return to my country

If you already sell goods or services online, you might be able to add Bitcoin as an acceptable method of payment to your online store or website.
If you have your own website and want to accept Bitcoin payments, you can download the promotional logo at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Promotional_graphics

I haven't used Bitcoin to buy things for payment, I just conduct simple currency transactions online.

In countries where bitcoin isn't legalized it is advised to trade them on decentralized platforms like binance. In binance you can always convert your coin to fiat when ever you desire to withdraw them to our centralized currency.

Staying out of the part of government authorities is always the best. Investing could also be a perfect form of making profits from your coin on monthly/yearly returns

never before, because the country does not legalize bitcoin, so there is no single platform that uses bitcoin as a means of payment. Moreover, I live in a remote village where all economic activities go offline.

Until now, the price of bitcoin has gone up very high compared to what bitcoin has done in the past and of course, at a high value and in an uncontrollable market, the legal use of bitcoin in countries seems to be a very difficult thing, a lot of countries have worked hard to stop the boom in their own country. Besides these problems, bitcoin's volatile nature has made its chances of being a payment method very low, considering the general situation and conditions, trading bitcoin is still the best use, buy low and sell high, it never disappoints me

I might suggest to avoid authorities knocking on your door regarding bitcoin transaction is to do micro transactions and avoid large sum of bitcoin transactions. This way, it might look less suspicious to them but still I'm not saying that there's no chance that they will not look into it. Anyway, there are various ways to avoid being caught by authorities when dealing with bitcoin such as person to person or via other digital ways such as Paypal or other websites.
But, the best way to avoid any consequences when dealing with bitcoin where it is illegal is to not deal with it at all and follow each of the country's rules.

You won't get into legal trouble how? Stop making blanket statements without any explanation about things like this. It just causes FUD. Don't be so paranoid.

 
You shouldn't be collecting bitcoin if you fear the authorities so much. Bitcoin is a tool of liberation, not fear. WHere do you live anyway? I can't believe bitcoin could cause so much of a problem that they would to take legal action. You are not hurting anyone so I don't see what the problem is.

I don't use bitcoin for payments but more for savings, if I need my money I sell it to my currency, because so far in my country there are not yet buying and selling transactions using bitcoin,

Bitcoin is an encrypted digital currency, nor is it a currency invented and printed by someone alone, and it is not restricted by region. It has the characteristics of constant number, unforgeable, decentralized and anonymous.

I'm not familiar with all its uses,I'm just making a simple deal.

I don't know how to use Bitcoin yet, and I have kept it in my wallet since I bought it.

I use my bitcoin is wise way since bitcoin is very legal in my country where some of our senators are making their own coin i don't if it is for their own good or for their people who wants to use it and then give them a way on how they can be out in their poor state. I used bitcoin since 2013 until now where it gives me a good business already and this is where i get support for my business since this pandemic hit me really hard i need some financial to keep my business running also i already have house that came from using bitcoin.

Finding the perfect moment to buy bitcoin is literally impossible. Whatever the price the trader has not acquired an asset with a high probability it will fall before moving into a phase of long-term growth. Therefore, some investors use the "averaging" strategy.

My strategy works like that: split the capital into several parts and buys bitcoin with them over time. Thus, if the price of the asset falls, you can use this as an opportunity and buy more coins. In this case, the average purchase price of BTC will decrease.
Each user can determine for himself how much he will divide the capital. The more of them — the more average the price will be. The best option is to invest $25 in BTC every day. Do not waste time on other assets, do not spend money on currencies that are less known and that have been on the market for as long as bitcoin. Simply buy the most famous digital currency on a daily basis.

Have been using bitcoin for the past few years in my country bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency is allowed and you can do anything you like with your bitcoin but I always trade my bitcoin that's the only thing I do with my bitcoin but you can definitely do lots of things with your bitcoin.

It is good here in the Philippines that bitcoin is legal. I can use it online shopping, buying prepaid loads and converting to fiat anytime is really easy because you can transfer it directly to bank accounts or cash out through remittance centers. So what I do with bitcoin is trading,I buy low and sell high.

That is so sad to hear. I know bitcoin has a lot of purpose when it is made. Bitcoin conquer the possibility of having a stress free and easy way of having transactions online. It is the main purpose of bitcoin, actually not just bitcoin but also those other cryptocurrency coins but it is banned in your country for using in some transactions? The essence of the digital money is that gives us the stress free, fastest and easiest or more like convinient way of earning. I think you will not able to maximize the idea of bitcoin or its description of use. But I also believe that by in trading or holding you will gain more profit. It is like gaining and earning but not using so it'll save up and stack. Good for your future I guess.

I trade bitcoin with other virtual currency. Sometimes i buy goods from online.

We're one of the luckiest countries that legalize bitcoin and even the government allow cryptocurrency transaction in all parts of the country. A lot of online payments platforms have already adopt the cryptocurrency. Many stores have already accepted bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to pay for goods and services. We have different remittances that allow us to convert to fiat money and buy things that we want. We can spend cryptocurrency freely.
I spend bitcoin when I need to buy loads so I can earned rebates by means of accredited cryptocurrency online wallet. Pay bills and buy other cryptocurrency as invest.

Does we  can use Bitcoin for online shopping

Now there are lots of ways to convert BTC to fiat currencies. As an example Binance p2p.  Likewise, we can sell our BTC or any other crypto to buyers. Don't be scare about the withdrawing process. This is a big world and lots of paths to what we want to do. Just analyze the market and make a move. You will get your profit definetely.

Bitcoin can be bought and sold through on-exchange and off-exchange transactions. Most countries have explicitly banned on-exchange transactions, and users can obtain profits through over-the-counter transactions, that is, trading transactions with the platform as a guarantee;

Good for you. I live in a country, where cryptocurrency users face a lot of harassment. Shops and online stores are not permitted to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. Last time someone tried to install a Bitcoin ATM, he got arrested and his equipment was confiscated (along with his personal laptop, mobile phone.etc). Local exchanges were banned until 2020, and now they are facing closure again. Banks regularly close down accounts which they believe are used for cryptocurrency trading. I wish the cryptocurrency laws here were more sane.

If we are talking about India, in some ways it has already become a meme, when once again the government bans cryptocurrencies, and then again allows... Some projects even make money because of this! ;D
I don't think the bans will be permanent...

That is surely some good news because having to live in a country in which utilizes Bitcoin properly is a huge step to advance to a more Technological Life. Having to implement a way to further entice their users is also a great way to promote their application since having to use it continuously would likely invite more users because of the profit that they could also gain from it.

It is easy to extract bitcoins abroad.
There are many sites that rent their miners and people use those devices online and at the end of the month they pay the company's share and withdraw their money. If you search the internet, there are such sites. They have a high credit rating.

Bitcoin is more than digital currency. There are many ways to spend it. You can take invest and make a high profit, send money to your friends or family, used for good services.
I used it for any purpose. Like buying stuff from online websites, bitcoin isn't acceptable in my country so I usually spend it on any online store that can ship the product to my country.
I do trade and gambling, a little amount of investment give a big profit. I stopped using fiat money and often convert it with bitcoin to buy products and trade

At my place, transactions using bitcoin are prohibited, because it will violate the law and can only make transactions using FIAT.
But I personally work and focus on cryptocurrency, and every month I get a bitcoin salary, if I don't buy something online, I usually convert my bitcoins to FIAT and withdraw it to my ATM.

you can use it a many way here some like,

As a payment system, you want to use it so that you can buy and sell items and submit and receive money.
By purchasing and selling Bitcoin alone, you want to get into the cryptocurrency business and make money.
You're really into it and you want to invest heavily in BTC mining and make a lot of cash from it.

I used to hold bitcoin for long haul speculation and sell them when the cost goes up.
Government as of now against it and capturing individuals who are utilizing it, that is the reason I can not spend it somewhere nor I can buy anything from any online store.
I likewise spend it on betting sites to make it twofold and store them in my wallet. I wish the government lift the ban and let their people utilize it online as well.

Bitcoin just newly legalized in my country. We found it difficult to know how to buy and sell coins in the country because it was not legalized. Now that the government has legalized BTC  in the country, we buy when the price of bitcoin is low in the market, and hold until the price increase higher before supply to market to achieve something good from your trade. We always focused on BTC information forums where genuine information are coming from to the bitcoin users.

In my opinion, the best option is to hold them until you decide to sell them for a specific profit.

There are options to trade with them on the stock exchanges no matter what country you live in, but in general this is a risky move and if you are not familiar with trading you risk more.

Do not use bitcoin. Well, when the country in which we live forbids one of the things, we must obey it and not use it. Maybe one day these countries will allow their own people to use it and use it.
Otherwise, bitcoin should not be used.

I'm using Bitcoin for sports betting and trading. Places where Bitcoin is prohibited sure makes it tough, but doesn't lessen my curiosity to learn and use it.
Many retailers still don't accept Bitcoin, but there are certainly ways to make it work. Volatility is the tricky part of cryptocurrency, because it hinders the possibility of it becoming a legitimate asset/currency without global restrictions.

There are many countries where bitcoin is not accepted legally but I trade my bitcoin directly to fiat on P2P exchanges&Bitcoin is different than what you know and use every day.

I use to bitcoin in trade than convert in to fiat if I need for money. It helps me so much in my financial condition.  It can be use as payment system now a days. Special;y online shopping,  I use them for investing on other peoject for more profit. And it's so beneficial

For the most part People utilize bitcoins for venture purposes i am too . When I will pull back in huge sums, I ordinarily do a hand held bargain. In any case, in the event that I got to cash it out, I point to cash it out on a little scale and not to be caught within the state follow-up. Since right presently it is not one or the other precisely lawful nor unlawful. Since States and banks subject cash inflows and outpourings to hard limits..

my near country in india bitcoin is legal.but in my country bitcoin is not allowed .but i trade and with bitcoin since 2017.i use bitcoin from many exchange like bianance,kucoin,coinbase.i am very happy to bitcoin.for bitcoin earn money ..in india  Delhi Yesterday cashaa create a bank i see the bank and people buy and sell bitcoin and cryptocurrency .

Be happy that you can use bitcoin for each of your transactions because not all countries determine what you get and must first change to fiat when making purchases or other transactions. like in my country that bitcoin is not recognized as a legal means of payment and it is strictly regulated. but to carry out other transactions such as trading and shipping is not prohibited. so if you want to shop you will not be able to use bitcoin because no one provides that facility other than we have to change it to fiat first.

So even though bitcoin is well known, there are still many countries that still prohibit it with different rules and we don't know what is behind the government's decision to make it because they understand better. Be happy for those who have no restrictions at all because it will make every transaction easier.

Bitcoin can be divided indefinitely.  You don't have to buy or spend one bitcoin.

The only way I gained bitcoin is from this forum and by some trading, those earnings are good for my investment and some of it is used for my daily expenses. I still prefer on investing or hodling the bitcoin for a long term and waiting for the bitcoin to reach $100k before I pull it out, even though my country does not allow bitcoin they still do not consider it as illegal so I can still transfer my money in exchanges to a local wallet.

If we are talking about EU now Bitcoin has been banned in the UK, but people find lots of apps to trade, it's not really a big problem. There are crypto services with their own apps... e.x. I know that one of such services is Trastra. It issues Visa card in EU to pay in crypto or convert into euro. You can check here: Baxity,com

90% I buy and keep long term.  Life, the economy was volatile, Covid 19, increased unemployment, inflation.  It would be nice to have more money to buy bitcoins as a long term savings.  For bitcoin, using it for payments is a waste.  But it's also an option!
Bitcoin will be $ 100k or $ 500k within the next 5-10 years.  That is my hope to change my life.

In my country will use bitcoin like the way we use fiat money to buy anything we want at the moment in the country. If you purchased any goods from the supermarket or restaurants, bitcoin is allow to use as a payment because all marketers accept the payment in their businesse.
Since government legalized bitcoin in the country, it hard for you to see anyone moving with fiat money to the market to purchase products than to move with wallet to anywhere they go, to use bitcoin at anytime they feel like making use of them. 

If you are strong in this, then do it in the long run so that the BTC you hold is as expected.
At times of inflation like this, a lot of savings money rotates for their daily needs because they don't have a job due to the Covid-19 that hit, so I think everyone should be able to accumulate money and what about buying BTC for the long term?
If it's already an option you have to make a determined decision going forward.

Believe me, bitcoin is a more valuable asset in the next 1 decade.

Given that Bitcoin is completely anonymous, I don't think it's very difficult to use it for different purposes. It may be more difficult to withdraw funds from Bitcoin in some countries and some exchanges, but it is still not possible. But I personally think that the best application of Bitcoin is to keep it as an asset with increasing value.

Why do you post outdated stuff?

These are posts from 2017, at that time way more merchants accepted bitcoin than now.

Steam and Microsoft stopped accepting it for years. The same with subway and DISH.

This times are over. Fees are 14-20 USD. BTC is not bitcoin anymore, due to many reasons.

Right now, it is really not a smart move to pay using bitcoin for small purchases as it will require you expensive fees to go thru. Better convert your crypto to fiat and use the fiat instead. For the time being, it is better to hold your satoshis and treat it as investment. Let us just wait for the time when fees go down and maybe if there will be more merchants using the lightning network.

Even bitcoin is not yet legal in one country by means of law or any other way it doesn't mean we cant use bitcoin because bitcoin is decentralize and we cant use it without any permission from our government.

Since I started doing business with bitcoin I never encountered trouble using it even here in my country bitcoin is not yet totally legal, because I never notice if there is a law legalizing bitcoin as digital currency in this country.

A lot of bitcoin exchanges offer trading of bitcoin into various currencies, then you deposit the local currency into your bank account.

The use of bitcoin is usually in the online world it is not legal in many countries but we can use bitcoin even if it does not become completely legal the government cannot control it in any way the government will not get any information even if we use it. There are many exchange sites in crypto that we can use bitcoin very easily bitcoin does not have decentralized permissions but can be used in the online world.

You should ease up on buying Bitcoin because of the current trend happening. Bitcoin's value is on the stabilizing stage so I guess the safe decision for now is to wait for a lower value to buy a bulk of Bitcoin so you could have the best profit than ever. I always use Bitcoin whenever I buy luxuries that I want because for me, its something that I can gain after joining signature campaigns so I guess it really depends on how the user use them but its also good to look for investment opportunities for our money to grow.

This is not really a true reason that pushed me to use my bitcoins rather than holding them, but it was a nice addon. As none of our banks provide cashback bonuses, but Binance card does, I've moved part of my holdings and toped-up my Binance card with it. I have totally switch from using my regular card and use Binance. Having 1% cashback is not much, but knowing that you pay less than order for same goods makes me use it again and again.

   Our individual thougths leads to a productive outcome varies to our decision. I barely hold bitcoin for a massive outcome than to use or spend it to a nonsense way.

Yes, Maximum people use bitcoin for trading and for sending payment. As far as I know,, owner created bitcoin for it. I also use bitcoin for trading and sending or receiving payment.

Bitcoin is any time to change the price. So check the Bitcoin price daily basis in the market place. Then easy to handle the Bitcoin. If price will be low that time to invest in the Bitcoin. Then wait for the price increase. If price will be increased that time to sell it. So time to act. Safely use the Bitcoin. Don't share your wallet information any one.

Each country has differences in policies, but the legality of most countries against Bitcoin is that one of them cannot be used as a means of buying and selling goods. For example: 1 bottle of milk costs $ 1 USD, and you pay using Bitcoin for 0.000017 Bitcoin (Current exchange rate). If the price of Bitcoin goes down, there will be inflation in the country. We recommend that you use Bitcoin as a deposit of assets that are used for long-term investments.

Even as bitcoin has become more about long-term investing, it has still become far easier than it used to be for bitcoin owners to purchase goods online, with some sites developed specifically to accommodate bitcoin. There's one site that's entirely devoted to getting you pizza with bitcoin!

Digital currency is the best investment opportunity in the 21st century. In the past ten years, the return on digital currency investment has reached 100,000%, allowing thousands of investors to become millionaires. The current value of BTC is about $55000 and ETH is about $2000. The cost of buying coins directly is too high.

You can also invest in digital currency by purchasing mining machines. However, The price of digital currency and mining machines continues to soar., and it is also necessary to consider issues such as scarcity of supply, logistics and transportation, machine settings, equipment maintenance, high electricity bills, etc. These reasons shut out many people who want to invest in the digital currency industry through mining.

Therefore, cloud mining has become the most convenient and cheapest way to invest in digital currency in the world. Now you only need to spend a small sum of money at some relevant institution to purchase the corresponding hashrate contract and enjoy the super high rate of return.It's  hashrate cloud mining: By subscribing to the hashrate contract, you can start digital currency mining in real time.Some institution professional mine farm deployment and considerate services can help you obtain higher mining revenue.

Most of the time I sell bitcoin to local clients for fiat money. As my country doesn't allow bitcoin as legal currency, I'm not able to purchase something in my daily life. But I can use it to purchase different types of service which are outside of my country.

I don't earn/mine Bitcoin, I buy it only. By now, I pefer to hodl it because I don't want to spend any before Bitcoin hits $100K.

How to use Bitcoin How do you become a rich person not easy. You must have a good succeeding, prediction and strategic strategy. I myself didn't really succeed when investing Bitcoin. I am less capital, so I don't dare to risk. When buying after a period of price I sold immediately did not dare to store. How do you use Bitcoin?

I havent directly used bitcoin as a mode of payment because there are little to no businesses that accept bitcoin. What I do is I convert a portion of my bitcoin to Fiat, for me to purchase the goods and services that I want. The country that I live in hasnt widely adopted bitcoin so this is the only use that I can think of.

That kind of hodling takes a lot of patience since we don't know when will bitcoin bit the magic number 100k USD. For me, I have my bitcoin put on an investment to a company that is being created by my friend.

That is still a good way to use Bitcoin. Its also a sad realization when you are living in a country that has not yet adopted Bitcoin in anyway since being a member within a digital forum, you have surely seen a lot of experience on how people use their earnings within this Crypto Industry and to us, it is surely a great deal to see or use Bitcoin in our daily lives because seeing how it progresses makes us feel like its new and it is something we can live throughout our lives.

There are many ways to use bitcoin and there ar many to get bitcoin. I use to bitcoin different ways there,Trading, Paid,Holding etc.Legally, we use BTC. We can get bitcoin from free works as well.You can buy BTC for hold.I think bitcoin will be touched 100k this year.

The ideal would be to transfer it to coins that you can use and thus not have problems

Bitcoin is not for the faint of heart and something else is safe for many. Critics even call Bitcoins a “pyramid scheme”, even the European Central Bank investigated the accusation in a study. The authors did not want to commit themselves, but described Bitcoins as a "high-risk system". Risky investors can, however, invest a small part of their money in Bitcoins in order to benefit from price jumps. And you should always try to use a part of it for a purchase in order to convince others of it.

For me Bitcoin is an asset for storing value and for future capital growth. I have my own spendings using crypto and at times BTC via digital vouchers etc. I also hold my BTC for earning some extra on the side by staking it, as well as trading. There are many other ways to use BTC.

The important thing to remember is that BTC is not just for storing value, and fortunately, in some places value can be derived right away.

The answer is simple, exchange your BTC into fiat money legal to your country through trading platforms such as Binance. Normally, we use the Binance platform for trading and transfer our funds to another wallet like coins. ph to covert into Php.
Indeed, BTC is not yet widely accepted but most developed countries are open for adaptation and legalize digital cryptocurrency,