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During the next two weeks any new account opened by a citizen from Cyprus will enjoy a 0% trading fee on his two first deposits !

Well played.

Now how do we go about educating the people of Cyprus on Bitcoin and explain to them how to get it?

If enough people in Cyprus took advantage of this that it hit the mainstream news other countries could potentially follow in the future.

We need somebody to appear on the news in Cyprus preaching Bitcoin. Who can do this? Does anybody have the connections to make this happen?

Bitcoin is something that markets itself, don't worry about the world it'll take care of itself.
People from Cyprus won't need us to educate them about Bitcoin when their accounts get shaved off of 5% to 10% (not sure about the exact figure), trust me, they'll find out about it :-)

This is very nice!

Bitcoin-Central.net FTW! ;D

Put a message on your homepage.

When do we get our SEPA Bank accounts by bitcoin-central??

iam waithing for months!

Or was this just some PR  talk to get attention? no bank license? no bank accounting for everyone?:( cmon tell me!

You probably mean your own IBAN, right?
Well, it's coming. As you may or may not know this kind of project requires a very tight integration. And that's neither easy nor instant.
We're working on it and are eagerly awaiting the possibility to roll it out.

I know! Me too! I really can't wait to close all my bank accounts, have my debit card and IBAN at Bitcoin-Central/Paytunia and only touch fiat currency when I really have no other choice.

In fact there is already "bank accounting" going on. If you have a fiat balance with us that means you have your own named sub-account in our specific segregated bank account. Like I said in the original announcement, lots of the work we do is unseen ;)

Guess I should

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Cyprus Specials!  Lol!

Time to buy a full page in five majors newspapers


and drive price to $100

Sorry to be cycnical but there are other assets a saver can buy other than bitcoin you know.

Like gold, silver...

Too soon...

If you have a european bank account what is to stop them from simply taking the deposits of customers by force ?

stone age material

Hello. You must be new here. Welcome to the bitcoin forum.  You'll probably learn a lot about bitcoin here.

We don't do ads, we do interviews.

You confuse cynicism and irrelevance.
By the way, welcome !

That what she said ? mister big ? ;-)

Yea, these too.
You forgot to add French specials !

Smart users send their national currency to a bitcoin exchange, buy bitcoins with that currency, and withdraw those bitcoins into a wallet they control so that there's nothing in their account to be seized.

Whoops, forgot to answer this one.
If your question is : "what prevents the state from shaving the exchange's account the same way Cyprus shaved its citizens accounts" the answer is : nothing.

Yes this is the smart way to do it. Untill they institute a transaction tax and you have to send 110 euros to receive 100  :P

aren't you the guys with the banking license?

what if France is next?

You don't need to keep euros at bitcoin-central for longer than a minute. Put the euros in, buy coins, get coins out to your private wallet.

It's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of "when".
Don't hold euros, period.

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Instead of just posting here you might have a better luck by for example:
- posting comments on articles at http://www.cyprus-mail.com/
- posting/commenting on local FB pages/groups like https://www.facebook.com/CyprusBureauOfInjustice

No: read the annoucement before making lame comments (BC never claimed they have a banking license, they have a banking partner who does).

Another totally lame comment..

You might also want to extend your offer to Italy  ::)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-17/german-commerzbank-suggests-wealth-tax-italy-next

Excellent move, Bitcoin-Central.net

un bon marketing, bravo!

Not the first one, not the last one. Yo. (unfortunately I was unable to locate a "internet high-five" smiley)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102

You must be new here. Welcome to bitcoin.

"Only invest time or money into Euros that you can afford to lose."

So?


Did any interviews on Cyprus yet? I think Bitcoin-Central's offer could be a great catalyst to get excessive media attention in Southern Europe.