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Title: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on May 25, 2014, 09:18:58 AM Dear all,
I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Pobre on May 25, 2014, 10:09:34 AM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Abdussamad on May 25, 2014, 10:11:08 AM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on May 25, 2014, 10:22:49 AM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Thanks for that, I didn't post there because I had (wrongly) thought that it was just for different languages - of which I don't speak! ;D I will check it out... We are going to Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand... with the possibility of cycling back to Europe too 8) Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Pobre on May 25, 2014, 10:30:04 AM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Thanks for that, I didn't post there because I had (wrongly) thought that it was just for different languages - of which I don't speak! ;D I will check it out... We are going to Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand... with the possibility of cycling back to Europe too 8) well best of luck to your trip to the south EAST asia, I dont think you would find many places to spend btc except for Singapore and Malaysia. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Catmoonglow on May 25, 2014, 12:31:15 PM Certainly early data that will need continued watching, but great news! http://hashreport.net/HR/bitcoin-sees-increasing-interest-in-southeast-asia/
Bitcoin for the planet! Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on May 25, 2014, 12:47:14 PM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D India is in south asia not south east asia. There is a difference. @OP: which countries in particular do you mean? There is a forum for country specific threads here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=11.0 Thanks for that, I didn't post there because I had (wrongly) thought that it was just for different languages - of which I don't speak! ;D I will check it out... We are going to Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand... with the possibility of cycling back to Europe too 8) well best of luck to your trip to the south EAST asia, I dont think you would find many places to spend btc except for Singapore and Malaysia. Thanks for your support. We want to visit India, and certainly Delhi, at some point in the future and will be sure to be in touch if so! Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: bryant.coleman on May 25, 2014, 01:18:26 PM There are not many places in the South East Asian region which accepts Bitcoin, with the notable exception of Singapore. The only option is to convert your coins to fiat using Localbitcoins, and shop with the fiat cash.
In case you are visiting Singapore, then check the list of shops here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bitcoin-Singapore/431452580303555?id=431452580303555&sk=app_128953167177144 Check this: https://www.facebook.com/Marikos.SG https://www.facebook.com/Marikos.SG/posts/275280299291050 A very good Bar / Restaurant which accepts Bitcoin. Here is another one: https://www.facebook.com/bartini.sg Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: El Cabron on May 25, 2014, 01:37:12 PM If you are in thailand and need fiat let me know.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 11, 2014, 03:20:00 PM There are not many places in the South East Asian region which accepts Bitcoin, with the notable exception of Singapore. The only option is to convert your coins to fiat using Localbitcoins, and shop with the fiat cash. In case you are visiting Singapore, then check the list of shops here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bitcoin-Singapore/431452580303555?id=431452580303555&sk=app_128953167177144 Check this: https://www.facebook.com/Marikos.SG https://www.facebook.com/Marikos.SG/posts/275280299291050 A very good Bar / Restaurant which accepts Bitcoin. Here is another one: https://www.facebook.com/bartini.sg Thanks, useful info. Heading there soon so will give it a go. Anyone else have any other places in s.e. Asia? Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: RockHound on June 11, 2014, 04:34:16 PM Might be worth registering an account with Xapo, they will be providing a Debit Card on the Mastercard, Visa? or Discover? Network:
https://xapo.com/in/campaign/debit/ Wrote to their Customer Support yesterday, they replied with this: Thank you for reaching out and supporting Xapo! We are actually still finalizing the last few details of the debit card. We will be sending out information to all of our users - that have pre-ordered the debit card - within the next few weeks regarding the delivery and shipping details. I hope this answers your question and please don't hesitate to reach out and contact me again if you have any more questions or concerns! All the best, Jessie A lot of SE-Asian merchants and retailers currently don't accept Bitcoin yet, but most will accept Mastercard - Could be handy for you and other traveling Bitcoiners, especially when you take into account retail FEx rates 8) Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 11, 2014, 04:45:23 PM Might be worth registering an account with Xapo, they will be providing a Debit Card on the Mastercard Network: https://xapo.com/in/campaign/debit/ Wrote to their Customer Support yesterday, they replied with this: Thank you for reaching out and supporting Xapo! We are actually still finalizing the last few details of the debit card. We will be sending out information to all of our users - that have pre-ordered the debit card - within the next few weeks regarding the delivery and shipping details. I hope this answers your question and please don't hesitate to reach out and contact me again if you have any more questions or concerns! All the best, Jessie A lot of SE-Asian merchants and retailers currently don't accept Bitcoin yet, but most will accept Mastercard - Could be handy for you and other traveling Bitcoiners, especially when you take into account retail FEx rates 8) Cheers for the tip, just registered! Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Bubbles06 on June 11, 2014, 04:47:41 PM When in Thailand open an account at Bangkok Bank or Kasikorn Bank and have people on local bitcoins send you baht directly to your account instantly.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 27, 2014, 04:13:14 PM When in Thailand open an account at Bangkok Bank or Kasikorn Bank and have people on local bitcoins send you baht directly to your account instantly. Thanks for the tip! So anyone can get a bank account in Thailand?So far I've not managed to find any bitcoin places in southeast Asia :( Even an ATM in George Town, Malaysia, was removed long ago :( Currently in Sumatra, Indonesia, and any tips for places here would be appreciated ;) Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: allthingsluxury on June 27, 2014, 04:42:56 PM wow, sounds like a really interesting trip. Best of luck in your journeys and hopefully you are able to only use BTC along the way. That would be amazing.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Este Nuno on June 27, 2014, 06:06:39 PM When in Thailand open an account at Bangkok Bank or Kasikorn Bank and have people on local bitcoins send you baht directly to your account instantly. Thanks for the tip! So anyone can get a bank account in Thailand?So far I've not managed to find any bitcoin places in southeast Asia :( Even an ATM in George Town, Malaysia, was removed long ago :( Currently in Sumatra, Indonesia, and any tips for places here would be appreciated ;) I don't know about Bangkok Bank but Kasikorn is the most popular bank with foreigners I think. They might require at least a tourist visa, not sure. But anyone can open one with their passport as ID if they have a visa for sure. Not sure about visa exempt status though, probably can still open an account but I'm not sure. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Sandia on June 27, 2014, 06:15:29 PM I live in SE Asia. The best advice is to post your current and next location occasionally so people can help out.
Thailand and Singapore are easy. Cambodia seems to have the worst pricing in the world. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: beetcoin on June 27, 2014, 06:19:30 PM wish i could live in southeast asia for a time.. so cheap over there. you can be lazy and don't need to do anything and still get by comfortably on $600 a month :D
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Traffic4u on June 27, 2014, 06:24:05 PM Dear all, I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I live in Indonesia, one of SEA country, no place accept bitcoin as payment in Indonesia, and the best place to exchange bitcoin to Indonesian Rupiah is https://x.bitcoin.co.id , the rate is very good and fast respond, but you should have a local bank account, the transaction through bank transfer. If you have no bank account you can ask someone to help you. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Este Nuno on June 27, 2014, 06:40:06 PM I live in SE Asia. The best advice is to post your current and next location occasionally so people can help out. Thailand and Singapore are easy. Cambodia seems to have the worst pricing in the world. How does Cambodia have the worst pricing? Last time I was there it was pretty cheap. A dollar here a dollar there. 50c beer ect. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: beetcoin on June 27, 2014, 07:04:44 PM fyi, worst pricing in southeast asia, that i saw at least, was in laos.. their currency was pretty strong against the dollar, and they did not have a whole lot of infrastructure, which meant it cost me quite a bit to travel through the country. you had to pay $10 for a tuktuk ride across the city, about 10-15 miles or so.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 27, 2014, 07:14:55 PM I live in SE Asia. The best advice is to post your current and next location occasionally so people can help out. Thailand and Singapore are easy. Cambodia seems to have the worst pricing in the world. Interesting idea - thanks! Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Dr. Sekxy on June 27, 2014, 07:38:10 PM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D I believe India is part of South Asia. Not Southeast Asia. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: 1echo on June 27, 2014, 08:06:17 PM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D I believe India is part of South Asia. Not Southeast Asia. Yes, you right. India is South Asia. South East Asia Countries are : Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Burma Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: sapta on June 28, 2014, 01:20:17 AM Dear all, I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I can be your guide if you have a plan to visit Indonesia, I'll take care of everything to make sure you use BTC all the time :) EDIT: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=663063 Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Nerazzura on June 28, 2014, 07:48:30 AM Dear all, wow.I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I really give awards for you, friend. it is a very great trip. I want to participate with you. because I live in Indonesia. and Indonesia is Southeast asia. Bali may be one of suitable place for it. however, where I live far away from there. it took several days to achieve it: D Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 28, 2014, 08:04:05 AM Dear all, wow.I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I really give awards for you, friend. it is a very great trip. I want to participate with you. because I live in Indonesia. and Indonesia is Southeast asia. Bali may be one of suitable place for it. however, where I live far away from there. it took several days to achieve it: D We are in Pekanbaru, heading to Bukittinggi tomorrow hopefully - where are you? Bali may be too far away from us too :( Did you go on a trip there? Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Sandia on June 28, 2014, 11:16:41 AM I live in SE Asia. The best advice is to post your current and next location occasionally so people can help out. Thailand and Singapore are easy. Cambodia seems to have the worst pricing in the world. How does Cambodia have the worst pricing? Last time I was there it was pretty cheap. A dollar here a dollar there. 50c beer ect. Bitcoin pricing. Terrible place to buy or sell because so few traders. Fancy a $140 spread buy/sell? In Thailand, on the other hand, you can occasionally get below Bitstamp prices because of tourists running out of money. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Nerazzura on June 28, 2014, 02:00:08 PM Dear all, wow.I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I really give awards for you, friend. it is a very great trip. I want to participate with you. because I live in Indonesia. and Indonesia is Southeast asia. Bali may be one of suitable place for it. however, where I live far away from there. it took several days to achieve it: D We are in Pekanbaru, heading to Bukittinggi tomorrow hopefully - where are you? Bali may be too far away from us too :( Did you go on a trip there? how I found u ?? Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: jack102938 on June 28, 2014, 02:25:58 PM Dear all, wow.I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) I really give awards for you, friend. it is a very great trip. I want to participate with you. because I live in Indonesia. and Indonesia is Southeast asia. Bali may be one of suitable place for it. however, where I live far away from there. it took several days to achieve it: D We are in Pekanbaru, heading to Bukittinggi tomorrow hopefully - where are you? Bali may be too far away from us too :( Did you go on a trip there? how I found u ?? Just sent you a message. We arrive in Bukittinggi tomorrow but not sure where we are staying yet (hotel etc.). Will be there for ~5 days. Get in touch! Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: meowdea on June 29, 2014, 09:56:20 PM Hmm...interesting. Would like to see additional data points outside of the forums.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: alexsandria on March 16, 2020, 07:32:25 AM Actually the bitcoin and the cryptocurrency in the Southeast Asia is getting bigger in which we see dicferent countries in the South east asia that is accepting the bitcoin and cryptocurrency as one of their alternative currency and that is really a good side of it because they are realizing right now the different ways on how they will be able to help it into their economic growth.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: coupable on March 16, 2020, 11:59:20 PM Thank u for ur advice. The BTC price now is so cheap and almost can not cover the electricity fee. But there should still have many BTC mining farms in SE, what do I want to do is to provide the BTC mining machine and maintenance service to them, but can not find website or groups to know about the mining environment in SE. If you know some groups, can let me know! Are you looking for a country that offer cheap electricity to perform mining at low cost? Are you ready move your mining stuff and establish in a new country? The idea looks strange although it's possible.With the actual price drop, and due to the global Corona attack, mining business is no more profitable and better to put your rigs in pause mode until overpass the crisis. The whole market is crashing down mate. As far as i can tell, solo mining isn't that profitable and you have to join mining pool for better earning. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Meowth05 on March 17, 2020, 08:46:23 AM You can use payment apps like coins.ph, gcash and paymaya just to name a few. It is available in yhe Philippines and banks are accepting a withdraw in ATM in bitcoin.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: BTMBitcoinVN on March 20, 2020, 02:17:53 AM Hi :)
We are operating a couple of Bitcoin ATM in Ho Chi Minh City / Vietnam, you can find out about all our locations here: www.btm.bitcoinvn.io We are part of BitcoinVN (http://www.bitcoinvn.io), which is Vietnam's oldest Bitcoin Exchange Service (operating since 2014). You can find a very recent third party review here: https://www.badcredit.org/news/bitcoinvn-offers-access-to-five-major-cryptos-in-vietnam/ Please feel free to inbox us and/or follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/BitcoinATMHCMC) if you got any questions. :) https://i.imgur.com/gwfalVv.jpg Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: VBTC on March 22, 2020, 09:56:29 AM Hi,
We are from VBTC (http://www.vbtc.exchange), Vietnam's oldest Bitcoin Trading Platform (https://www.coindesk.com/first-live-bitcoin-exchange-opens-vietnam) . We provide since 2014 an open-orderbook trading platform for the Vietnamese Dong vs. Bitcoin; as funding/withdrawal methods we currently accept any local bank wires, but also offer a service to deposit/withdraw cash in Vietnam's two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (which might come handy especially for the unbanked and/or visitors/travellers to Vietnam who do not possess a local bank account). :) Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: gwaposakon on March 22, 2020, 01:24:14 PM though not mainstream, awareness in cryptocurrency is a bit common in our country in the Philippines. there even some banks (especially in the capital) that accept cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawal. We even have crypto platform and apps that let you convert local currency to some crypto and use them to pay bills, remit, etc.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: cash2vn on March 24, 2020, 07:04:16 PM Hello :)
We launched our remittance service cash2vn.com (http://www.cash2vn.com) for the Vietnamese market in 2015 (https://cointelegraph.com/news/cash2vn-is-bringing-bitcoins-core-value-of-borderless-transactions-to-vietnam) under the umbrella of Vietnam's first Bitcoin Exchange BitcoinVN (http://www.bitcoinvn.io). Our service enables senders to pay via Cryptocurrency while the Vietnam-based recipients receive their funds in Vietnamese Dong on their bank account. The service has seen an uptick in usage especially among the Digital Nomad crowd, but also among Vietnam-based freelancers and agencies for which it is a convenient way to get paid from overseas clients without going through the hassle Paypal and other services often cause. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: mboizcunk on May 19, 2020, 07:00:09 AM Well I live in India(a country in S.E.A ;D ) , and here in Delhi, India I can find you some people who will be ready to give you cash for btc, so if you come to delhi do tell it to me ;D This is not Southeast Asia, but South Asia. There is a slight difference in this. How are you doing with cryptocurrency? Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Luzin on December 13, 2020, 02:39:19 AM I'm from Indonesia, many areas here have natural beauty. Please come here, but unfortunately for crypto as a means of payment, maybe it doesn't exist legally until now. Because I have never met it myself, maybe if you come here reply sir @sapta above has given a little help.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: AniviaBtc on December 13, 2020, 07:40:36 AM Try to go on Singapore, it is a free country who regulates bitcoin willingly due to adoption.
In Southeast Asia, Singapore is more advanced compared to other countries when it comes to development and technology. And cryptocurrency in their country are popular because of how educated they are when it comes to dealing in the internet and the market so it is not a surprise anymore so try to go to Singapore. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Latviand on December 13, 2020, 08:27:17 PM wow, sounds like a really interesting trip. Best of luck in your journeys and hopefully you are able to only use BTC along the way. That would be amazing. Hoping that his cryptocurrency journey will become successful because with that statement, I really understand how passionate and hard-working he is in making transactions with BTC. I just like his courage, willingness, and how he trust bitcoin so much when it comes to investment in the long run We just need to support him so that he continue what he is doing in crypto world. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: sapnu on December 13, 2020, 11:00:33 PM wow, sounds like a really interesting trip. Best of luck in your journeys and hopefully you are able to only use BTC along the way. That would be amazing. This is a good thing for everyone. We should be supporting and encouraging each other regardless of where we come from. Bitcoin in Southeast Asia is slowly getting recognition and attention by the people. Here in my country, bitcoin has been a great trend for the youths wherein most of the time, students of colleges are the ones who uses it. There's nothing wrong about having an idea on crypto, it is actually essential if you believe that someday, at some point, crypto will conquer the world and everyone will regret not paying attention to it.Hoping that his cryptocurrency journey will become successful because with that statement, I really understand how passionate and hard-working he is in making transactions with BTC. I just like his courage, willingness, and how he trust bitcoin so much when it comes to investment in the long run We just need to support him so that he continue what he is doing in crypto world. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Wawa2013 on December 13, 2020, 11:14:14 PM I come from a country in Southeast Asia and I feel the development of Bitcoin in my country is getting faster. Several people from
my neighborhood started collecting Bitcoin, after seeing Bitcoin's extraordinary performance this year. Indeed, countries in Southeast Asia are included in the third world countries, so seeing Bitcoin is an opportunity to get rich. And I admit there were some people from my country who bought Bitcoin before 2017, now the economy is getting better. I believe Bitcoin can be a way for countries in Southeast Asia to improve their economy. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: samputin on December 14, 2020, 12:37:30 AM though not mainstream, awareness in cryptocurrency is a bit common in our country in the Philippines. there even some banks (especially in the capital) that accept cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawal. We even have crypto platform and apps that let you convert local currency to some crypto and use them to pay bills, remit, etc. Glad you brought up our country. And well yes, Philippines also has a good approach towards cryptocurrency. As gwaposakon here have said, we have here a mobile application for crypto and allows you to do several transactions. There are also some small merchants here who I think accept bitcoin as payment. If it happens that you'll be able to travel here in the Philippines, maybe you can also experience what we're saying. Travel safe!Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: dupee419 on December 14, 2020, 01:30:55 AM Bitcoin in SEA back then really wasn't something but Bitcoin right now is a thing almost all people are talking about, you can see it in several countries that often users in the forum are from Asia, whether it be from Philippines, India, Singapore, etc. What I found fascinating with this thread is that we've brought it up again and we can definitely see the huge difference of how few only people knew about Bitcoin back then and to compare it today wherein everyone is investing, doing trade, mining and etc. You can see the huge growth of BTC here in SEA and will definitely grow more in the future.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: yohananaomi on December 15, 2020, 03:12:06 PM Dear all, I'm currently cycling all around Southeast Asia (www.jackandiva.com (http://www.jackandiva.com) - beta) and looking to spend/trade some BTC along the way (it's the only money we have to fund the trip!). Not much can be found on http://coinmap.org for the remote parts of S.E.A. and neither on https://localbitcoins.com.... do you guys know of places which accept BTC or people that want to buy? Any other suggestions? We're really keen to pay for things in BTC and help promote it if possible! Thanks! :) Where are you now !! Of course it's fun to go around Southeast Asia by cycling, of course it takes a very long time, but of course it's fun. for my country Bitcoin has not been recognized as a legal means of payment so you will have difficulty if you want to shop, you better exchange it to fiat before traveling in my country. actually there is an exchange to fiat online but you have to use a local bank and there's no way you can do it. Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: heztida3 on December 21, 2020, 05:07:03 PM As a matter of fact, the bitcoin and the digital money in Southeast Asia is getting greater in which we see various nations in Southeast Asia that are tolerating the bitcoin and cryptographic money as one of their elective cash and that is actually a decent side of it since they are acknowledging right now the various ways on how they will have the option to help it into their financial development.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: Renampun on December 21, 2020, 08:24:09 PM Try to go on Singapore, it is a free country who regulates bitcoin willingly due to adoption. Yes, in Southeast Asia, Singapore is a country that is 'very friendly' with Bitcoin...In Southeast Asia, Singapore is more advanced compared to other countries when it comes to development and technology. And cryptocurrency in their country are popular because of how educated they are when it comes to dealing in the internet and the market so it is not a surprise anymore so try to go to Singapore. There have been many crypto projects such as successful exchanges and originating from Singapore. *we can say that Singapore is the Silicon Valley of Southeast Asia Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: yazher on December 30, 2020, 01:19:05 AM If Southeast Asia you can go here to the Philippines as well we have one of the most user-friendly crypto exchanges where you can use it to convert your BTC into our local currency and withdraw it to most of the remittance centers here in our country.
Title: Re: Bitcoin in Southeast Asia? Post by: iTradeChips on December 30, 2020, 09:47:17 AM All I can share if you happen to stop by the Philippines is that there is a payment system called coins.ph that you can use to pay bitcoin using the said app. You can also convert your bitcoins to Philippine pesos using the same app as well. You can also go to the Pilipinas forum here as there are much more many Bitcoin vets that can give you more information on how you can use your bitcoins on certain establishments that these people frequent.
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