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We have been working hard the last couple of months but we are very exited today to release our short documentary about Bitcoins in Argentina.
The documentary tells the first-hand story about how Bitcoins are used in Argentina to manage in a country where there is 25-30% inflation and severe monetary restrictions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e__m-w4N7NI

Check out the video below and head to http://bitcoinfilm.org/ for more details on the film and project.

Also let us know your comments and feedback!

Cheers

Sound very interesting :) I will watch it later on and give you feedback :)

Andy B

Wow, great documentary. Love the music, and the camera shots are all great.

Thank you!

Very good example of how useful Bitcoin can be. Recommended it to my Facebook friends :D

I like it. It's well done.

Thanks for the documentary! I have one question that the interviews don't seem to discuss. How is a local Bitcoin exchange similar or different from purchasing gold or US dollars on the underground market as a method of staving off peso's inflation? Is it because USD and gold are banned but Bitcoin purchases are somehow still legal (or grey-area enough so that nobody notices or cares as much)?

Ha, I met some of the interviewed at the Bitcoin meetup in BA yesterday. There were 87 attendees!

I think its because its easier for people to "move" Bitcoins to other countries and from there change back to eg. USD. And yes, USD and gold is hard to come by in Argentina! Bitcoins are also still hard but hopefully we are changing that fast!

Thanks a lot! - We actually composed and produced the music ourselves :)

Dug up a couple of related links for anyone curious:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/argentina/currency (http://www.tradingeconomics.com/argentina/currency) - historical USD to ARS exchange rate
http://thebluemarket.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/bitcoin-dollars-and-pot-banging-protests-in-argentina/ (http://thebluemarket.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/bitcoin-dollars-and-pot-banging-protests-in-argentina/) - Oct 2012 post about Bitcoin use in Argentina

Just received another donation on Bitcoinfilm.org - absolutely fantastic, thanks so much for the support!

Thanks for your feedback. Many have requested subtitles in Spanish, and we have therefore added English and Spanish subtitles.

The Spanish are generated via Google Translate. Feel free to provide a better translation https://gist.github.com/Rongorongo/5426644

will check, thanks a lot

nice video on bitcoins...  :D
I saw a "portable juicer".

Also at line 166 of https://gist.github.com/Rongorongo/5426644
should it be "situation"? I noticed it on the video.  :)

Really interesting and well made!

Can't wait to watch the whole thing.

well done! keep going

Interesting, thanks for posting.

Interesting, thanks. Will watch now.

Thanks for your input. This has now been corrected. Cheers

Great video. Nicely made and shows us the economy situation in Argentina. Keep up the good work and don't forget to keep posting when you have new videos.

I came to Argentina with the desire to create an exchange.
But it is terribly tough. The populist government is destroying democracy as we speak.
No freedom of speech, no separation of powers, they shit on their constitution.
The INDEC (National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina) is freaking psychotic, somewhat fitting for a bipolar president.

With this kind of institutional mess they can change the rules of the game on a whim, so I decided to refrain myself from risking an investment.
The demand is definitely there, this is like a pressure cooker about to explode and a bitcoin exchange would be like a piston to release the pressure.
Face to Face transactions will be under the radar, but centralizing it in an exchange will be extremely tough.

This country is a joke, and you can't bring serious business here. Not yet.

Hey, thanks very much for your efforts.
A+ on content and editing. Soundtrack is nice too.

The only thing I would strongly suggest for the future is an investment in better mics/mic technique. Room noise because of poor mic'ing detracted a lot from the overall quality of the video. I hope you can address this in further endeavors.

also relevant article http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-16/bitcoin-dreams-endure-to-savers-crushed-by-cpi-argentina-credit.html

you're welcome.

I believe this is the future of Bitcoins:
There will be tremendous demand in (former) developing countries where access to credit card systems etc is limited and trust in the local currency is low.
BeeCoin.

Instills a sense of bitcoin pride!

I'm enjoying your music now!   :D   Thanks for sharing it for free use--if I ever make a Bitcoin vid I'll be sure to slip it in somewhere.   ;)

Very interesting.  For all of the economist who speak about the "absurdities" of BitCoin NOT ONE of them lives in a country where the economy is truly crippling it's people.  And even if BitCoin is not the one...the concept, the idea, the decentralization is coming.  It will not come because of the greed of those with USD or Euros it will come because of the poor.  Ya, most of us here are here on this board because of greed.  Fair enough.  But, in some parts of the world these concepts and ideas are a life raft.

Awesome video. I really liked it a lot. It's also awesome that to get Pesos, you don't need to go to a bank anymore.

Crazy!! Thanks:)