Bitcoin Forum

This is for members outside of the United States of America since things going in that country are all on the news but for those countries who are usually outside the radar of the mainstream media, I would like to get updates which can be good and bad, favorable and unfavorable with bitcoin. Here in my country, we have no problem with the government as regulatory bodies are not hindering the growth of cryptocurrency and in fact we have many more exchanges already approved and they can start doing business in 2020. Reading the news in other countries, I am feeling lucky to be a resident here.

What about in your own native land...how's bitcoin adoption been going on? Is there a bright future in there or maybe is it facing a gloomy and cloudy prospect? Let's talk...

Are you from United States?

I think it's hard to stop the growth of Bitcoin. The government can do anything they want but they can not stop people using it. How are they gonna trace someone who will use TOR/VPN.

I think there are 5 to 7 countries who are publicly unfortunate to get the benefit of cryptocurrency. Sooner or later they will change their mind.

Here in my country bitcoin is very well accepted and we can spend our bitcoins freely,we can buy cellphone load recharge,gaming pins,paybills,cashout to banks and many remitance centers.Bitcoin usage here in my country is pretty good,you can spend your bitcoin on the main things you need daily.

In what country you live?

Most of the countries that doesn't have strict rules or haven't established specific law about crypto, transactions are smooth.

No, am not based in USA but somewhere in Asia where adoption seems to be more exciting though we still have China and few smaller countries adamant in their strong negative stand on bitcoin...though of course in China if one has the money there are many ways to own bitcoin. Only time can tell if these countries will eventually put forward a compromise formula so they can open their respective markets to cryptocurrency.


Well, yeah, I know what you mean. And we should be thankful to be situated in a country not closing its doors to financial innovations even if there were some money scams which utilized bitcoin as the mode of payment.

In my country too I will not see problem about cryptocurrency, and Im happy that the government recognized bitcoin last 2017 of month of May and more government will be recognize bitcoin for sure. The adaptation of bitcoin in my country will good because everymonth there is a lot of good news like even the stors accept bitcoin, ATM, and many more and also more exchanger of bitcoin.

Same goes here in my country, we can do all said things above. In addition, I think many people even teens are involving themselves to cryptos. They are aware of the good things bitcoin as well as other coins can offer to them financially and in their daily lives.  The government here is not against it so we are not having any issues about it.

in my countries where cryptocurrencies only get permission as digital assets, people are permitted to conduct exchange transactions but cannot be made legal payments, because legitimate payments only apply to national currencies. This law indeed limits users from buying and selling goods transactions using cryptocurrency. I feel that this greatly inhibits cryptocurrency growth in my country. but I still support this step. as long as the cryptocurrency is not banned.

Bitcoin is not valid in my country. It is not legal to deal with Bitcoin. A few days ago, two people were arrested in Bangladesh for trading with Bitcoin. It is not legal to deal with the cryptocurrency in our country. In many countries of Asia, the cryptocurrency is not valid as long as India has been arrested several days ago. The cryptocurrency in these countries is still not legally acceptable and is not popular.

In our India today is say it is illegal.And170 lawyers tried to stop Bitcoin in India (Which I don't like). And 6-7 Indian companies are trying so hard not to allow such a big mistake. We do not want all Indian users to close Bitcoin in India. But our government is doing it. But we know that it will not be permanently closed. !!!!!!!

I think most of the country who hate (government) Crypto are from Asia (including South Asia). Some of them as far as I know:
Bangladesh
Nepal
India recent time from the news I heard.

I hope someone will bring a complete list.

Here in my entire country, people are aware of Bitcoin, both bad and good image of it. They marked it is a scam, for those who have bought at last ATH. But for the people who gained profits, they all think positive about it. In my place, only people who were curious about new techs do only know about Bitcoin, one time I have met a guy that worked in our electric provider and he is mining ether and monero, so I was happy that there are people like him in our city. Also I met a guy working at the computer center, he bought Bitcoin and he was happy that he knew I was also engage and this and we exchange information. So far it is a good outcome, I hope there are more people to engage in the Bitcoin Network and adoption is nothing impossible.

I agree, it is very hard to stop the growth of bitcoin most especially now people are interested in bitcoin and I think a lot are already inform about bitcoin. In our country, before they are very afraid to invest in bitcoin because they think it is scam but as the time goes by and as bitcoin holders educate their friends about the uses and what bitcoin can do, they started to invest little by little and I have friends as well who is asking me about investing so I think bitcoin's adoption is increasing in our country.

In our country I could say the adoption is not that much because a lot in our place see bitcoin as a scam. When they here bitcoin they will really say it is scam and most of the people in our country is close minded, whatever explanation they will not accept it that is why it is really hard to convince someone to invest.

Bitcoin is spreading like a wildfire in every country although we can't stop those other countries where their government ban Bitcoin since they don't know how good it will give them in the future. But people on that area are still using as long as they do have some merchants who can accept to trade with them. In my country, Bitcoin is adaptation is widely increasing some of them even use it as a source of payment for some services they do.

We're lucky in our country because we're free to join blockchain and to use cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is actually being accepted by most merchants here even with electric and water companies. We're even paying our tuition fees with Bitcoin and ethereum here. More merchants are actually planning to adopt crypto here and I could say that the progress of Bitcoin and altcoins in our country is continuous.

although a lot of people doesn't know about bitcoin in our country and most of them who knows about it still consider bitcoin as a scam.
other than that the adaptation of cryptocurrency in our country is great the exchange site exclusive in our country is government approve(KYC is optional)
and the banks are cooperating they are also trying to make a stable coin so our country men who are working abroad can
send their money faster. I know it sounds progressive but bitcoin in our country bitcoin still have a bad image because of the scams
our fellow country men did and a lot of people doubted bitcoin because of this.

In our country the government is neutral in regards to cryptocurrency. Thwy are just warning people of the the potential investment scam that are usong crypto as a front. We can freely trade, buy, sell, and use crypto without hassle. There are also merchants that accepts bitcoin as payment.

In my native country people are proposing ridiculous drafts how we should be jailed for 10 years for dealing in cryptocurrencies.
Even holding is a sin for them, maybe the government proposing to start their own cryptocurrencies.

In the country where I live , it's sure not illegal but the government is not supporting the Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies that much , only doing what is needed for people like us to use it.

I haven't seen any places accepting lightning here either , but I hope in the upcoming days it is going to improve for sure ..

You must be from India then. This is just a stupid proposal and nothing more. I doubt the government would actually think of alienating its tech savvy citizens in this manner.

The Lightning Network is not even fully operational and is still undergoing testing which is why its adoption rates are low around the world. It might take several years down the line for the rates to pick up.

In my country Bitcoin adoption is still very poor and many people are still not familiar with it. I could say that is still depending on not very big number of enthusiasts and very few businesses that accepted Bitcoin. I think that some better promotion is needed as well as education of people. Also, government and regulatory institutions didn't defined their attitude towards Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general so that is also a problem.

There's a bright future but many people are still not ready for the bitcoin adoption.
We have a good regulations in cryptocurrency and we soon have more local cryptoexchanges, since many companies are already working with the government. I can proudly say that we can use bitcoin without having any problem with the regulations, so far so good and I do hope that when there's a final regulations, more people will have their own bitcoin and create their own cryptowallet soon.

Here in my country, it is not illegal and the government is not really strict about using bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. It is also gaining attention here but I don't think it's enough since most people still don't know crypto and how it works, plus most businesses are still not open in using crypto for payments. However, I can still say that it has a bright future here in my country.  

In my country, the government have not make any move against bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Beside it's warnings on the issue of crypto volatility, the banks, and other government agencies has not been a problem to crypto users as there are more pressing issue the government has to address. In all the number of persona getting involved in bitcoin here in my country is on a steady rise.

Our government accepted crypto like other pro crypto countries, there are exchanges operating licensed by the central bank,  but still the competition are very small. In terms on how people are educated with crypto, I can say only few of the total popular really knows what really is bitcoin as I can still read news that there are people who got scammed by investment scheme, using bitcoin to attract people, well, our government are also combating those scams and I'm hoping they will also help to educate people about bitcoin.

In my country, not everything is so good with bitcoins, but I would not say that everything is bad. It is not prohibited by law, but its use in the country is limited. I would like more freedom to use bitcoin.

Our country is still neutral against Bitcoin, there are no restrictions but also not legalized.  But seeing the speech of our President who mentioned Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency several times, it seems like Bitcoin here has a bright future.  Just waiting for the right time to wait for the government's decision to legalize it, moreover here many people also enter in the world of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency.

Even i am living in a semi-poor country, bitcoin adoption is not very low. Lots of people know what is bitcoin and cryptocurrency and many have using multiple exchanges. But the problem is, most of the people is looking bitcoin is a get rich method. Like they hope to buy some btc when it is 5k$ and they want to sell it when it is 500k $ in 2 years. They don't care anything about the technology behind it.

Bitcoin adoption is ok here where I am living I have an easy time trading my cryptos to our local currency, and this is a big help I'm using it to pay for my bills and my grocery, and we already had few Bitcoin Atm here in our country and soon we will have more, also lucky to be living in our country where Bitcoin is quite popular.

Bitcoin in our country is legally accepted.we freely use bitcoin here.but ofcourse in every transaction there is a fee.but Im gladly use bitcoin because theres also a rebate.thats why I always use bitcoin.

Bitcoin is mostly a gray area in Russia

If this is what you wanted to hear. What I mean by a gray area is that there are no laws regulating cryptocurrencies but there are still some regulations (not laws) which can be construed as Bitcoin not being explicitly prohibited. For example, a year or so ago a regulation had been passed allowing government employees and officials not to pay taxes on their cryptocurrency income. That basically means two things. First, that Bitcoin is essentially tax-exempt in Russia, and, second (and most important), that the possession of cryptocurrencies is not illegal per se (as you can't make something illegal tax-exempt)

There definitely is a noticeable difference between adoption before and after the 2017 bull run. I have so many more people around me that are willing to accept Bitcoin as payment form for goods and services that I haven't used my throwaway PayPal accounts much in the last 1-1.5 years.

When the price dipped below $6000 last year people were literally begging me to pay in Bitcoin. For me that's not an issue at all because I replace every satoshi that I spend, so I'm happy to distribute coins amongst more normal folks here.

I must however say that I don't yet feel comfortable saying that I am in Bitcoin since 2013. I either say that I have a few $k worth of it or that I panic sold during the 2018 bear market. Better safe than sorry. This is something I'm sure a lot more people deal with in their personal environment.

Bitcoin adoption in my country is going well. I will not say that it is currently developed in my country but I think it will. I can say that more and more people are choosing cryptocurrency because of influence. Yes, there is still some people that does not want to adopt it but there were some maximalist that will convince them.

In our country, it is the same so I think we are from the same country, the Philippines. Though I am not in the place where most of the people use it, I can feel that the number of people using is increasing since a lot of more of people I know talks about it that is near to urban places. I hope this became mainstream in our country since I want our people to use it more.

Bitcoin still not accepted in my country, but people can use bitcoin as a way to make money. People in my country can buy and sell bitcoin in the local exchange, and it's not just for bitcoin, but the altcoin also traded in that exchange. Although my government still not giving clear regulations about cryptocurrency, not many people from my country have been used cryptocurrency, and many of them still prefer to use the traditional way to make money.

In my country are some people who use bitcoin and i have some shops who accept paying with bitcoin but i with to have more and i think we are far away from mass adoption.

in my country only a small percentage know bitcoin or less than 5% of the total population but I think the development is quite good since 2017, and for regulations in my country bitcoin may be owned but may not be a means of payment and all risks are borne alone.

Adoption of cryptocurrency is going strong. There is no laws or regulations that are being pushed but using bitcoin and other crypto is being allowed.

In my country, government is somehow neutral about bitcoin.
Some companies have managed to register as bitcoin exchange offices and we even have several bitcoin ATMs.
Central bank issued public statement about crypto and said that bitcoin is not money or financial assets but nothing worse than that has happened.
Our local BTC community is small but growing every day and the first merchants started to accept bitcoin.

I do not want to see, what happened or the development of bitcoin in my own country, but I am amazed the development of bitcoin in southeast Asia, countries like Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia have seen opportunities for the advancement of bitcoin. but a special note for Indonesia, the people of Indonesia are very welcoming of the presence and development of cryptocurrency, but unfortunately, the government there is still too closed with crypto or bitcoin.

The presence of a sizable enthusiastic community must be so critical plus there should be fintech companies who are willing to stake their presence on the market. These are two important factors why there can be a healthy level of bitcoin awareness and adoption. Usually, fintech companies are doing the promotions so they can attract more business and revenues. Adoption is not an easy task especially if the government is not so willing to recognize the industry.

Belarus has prepared and introduced a legal framework for investment, transactions and income in cryptocurrency is not taxed

Here the adoption is very low and mainly exclusive to people who are near the financial market or youngs that spend most part of their time on the internet. Most people don't know exactly what it is, although almost everyone has already heared about it before.
So far the government didn't do anything towards crypto currency, probably due the fact it's not affecting the local economy very much.

Well in my country there is actually no problem even though bitcoin is not yet legalized here, there is never an issue. We have an online wallet that supports bitcoin and other cryptocurrency and it is actually registered on SEC. There also some establishments that accepts bitcoin as payment even a public vehicle i saw some that has a board "We accept btc and eth". There is reall a massive adoption here and i heard our government is interested on cryptocurrency so hopefully they legalized it.

UK. Adoption has always been pretty pathetic here because no banks would give any crypto business an account. Coinbase sort of have one now but that may be rescinded. There are very few places to spend it. The government hasn't really said much at all.

Verdict - could do better.

In India Bitcoin adoption is very strict and confused state in one way the country is forming guidelines and in other side rumors spread of ban and arrest very soon we may see clarity once the supreme court give hearing on crypto currency

In my country, Bitcoin is adoption is just picking up and only few people trade in it or even heard of it, and thy have a perception is a quick money making venture. Regulations by authorities are not on the agenda now and I forsee smart people getting in an out of the country with money through crypto without the knowledge of financial authorities.

in my country (Italy) the bitcoins, the altcoins are well seen and i believe that slowly we can also begin to pay with them for goods and services, the only negative side is that from this year we have to declare them for taxes

It's definitely not what I hoped it would be where we are today. All I hear about nowadays is one shitcoin after the other and how much you can make by trading and investing in them.

Nowadays it's EOS, ADA, TRON, XRP and BNB. I guess people consider themselves to be too late for Bitcoin and Ethereum and hope that one of these coins will follow a similar path and becomes the next big crypto.

I think that we can expect things to turn even more ugly after the next bull run. With each bull run we dig deeper in the various layers of mainstream adoption, and so far 2017/2018 has been the worst adoption layer.

The government in my country has yet to announce its decision about cryptocurrency, and that is wetehre to regulate it or just ban it like all the others, and i think that it has to do with the fact that there is not a lot of people who are using bitcoin or at least haven't been vocal about it in here, but way back in 2017 an central bank official has stated the fact that they approve of crypto currency and they are thinking about ways to utilize the blockchain technology.

My government never talks about it but am pretty sure the politicians hate it. They just don't want to talk about it atall.

 The only thing preventing them from acting is because important governments and their allies haven't done so yet. There are few sites am sure they have control of that have strong rules against the promotion of Bitcoin/cryptocurrency.

Where I live 1 of the largest online markets that is over 10 years old they accept bitcoin directly. The other largest online market accepts bitcoin through a payment gateway.
I think about 30% of the online shops I look at accept bitcoin and they once accepted bitcoin at the super market as a test and it went well.

In my country, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are legalized as the digital asset that can be owned. But it is still not legal as a transaction method. Today, the movement of Bitcoin and its existence in my country cannot be ignored. It will always grow and grow. Here re also several Bitcoin ATM in my country.

In my case, it is not entirely illegalised. However, the central bank has issued a warning against the use of btc by the citizens. Though no sanctions exist for using btc but the warning means it is highly unlikely for the government to ever legalise it in my country

In my own country, bitcoin is not yet adopted by our government but we do have local exchanger wherein we can convert bitcoin into fiat so we can buy our daily needs. And as far as i know, our central bank and even some of the big establishments are already making their own study about bitcoin. Hopefully its payment method will be legalized and adopted soon.

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Regardless, while I definitely agree about Ripple and Binance coins, which are private cryptocurrencies at their worst, but what about EOS (don't know much about the other two)? Why do you consider it a shitcoin? Well, you personally may, of course, for whatever reason. But I quite often, if not to say most of the time, see its trading volumes by far exceeding Ethereum's (at Bitfinex). Definitely not a behavior you would expect from a shitcoin

In my country, Bitcoin has been accepted by our central bank but it is not fully regulated. It is not banned in our country even though there are some instances that Bitcoin has been used by scammers to scam people.

Our central bank allowed us to use cryptocurrency in general but they always give advice to the investors regarding to investing to this kind of investment. There are some establishments at this moment that are accepting Bitcoin and other crypto. I hope in the future, it will increase.

This happen in many country. In my country, there is local exchangers and can trade bitcoin with local fiat currency. But for transaction in restaurant or others merchant, still not allowed because there is no regulation on it. I hope in near future, bitcoin can regulated by my government and can use crypto in merchant as payment

Really citizens of Italy will pay taxes of having crypto or bitcoin? But if the tax is small it is still okay so the government will not hindrance to the crypto user in Italy because they are going to pay taxes. In every country the adoption of the bitcoin will increase and they use in different store and yes also services and even paying to their employee they use crypto now bitcoin in my country is like this.

i live in sweden and i have to say so far its pretty much none existant as a currency or to buy things in stores, as a investment its a bit more , but feels like btc is something people talk about but no one owns any or have used any.

My country (Ukraine) does not regulate cryptocurrencies yet. There were different draft laws, some better than others, but none were passed. The overall situation, however, is pretty good. We have around 1 visit of a crypto exchange per 20 people per month, which is a rather high number. There are various local exchanges to sell BTC for national fiat being transferred to a bank account, although most of these websites are probably Russian. From time to time, there are some blockchain-related talks and other events in big cities, and a small amount of stores accepts Bitcoin as payment. Some politicians declared Bitcoin as their property, more people are just using it without telling anyone, and there are no prosecutions for crypto-related activities.

But btc is not banned in your country ? Its normal if btc is in the mouth of everyone because btc is the most pooular crypto but you should be careful talking btc on public especially if its banned on your country because you can get on seriuos troubles if ever there is an authority that is spying on public  . btc is also known and being used as an investment asset more than a currency due to its nature  .

In my country there are no strict rules about bitcoin ownership, it's just that bitcoin is not allowed as a payment method, and I use it more as an investment.

The situation here is quite unclear. While btc is growing among the people and forums on btc are been held frequently on university campuses, the government seems unsure of its step towards btc. We hope things becomes clearer soon so it can pave way for more adoption

In my country, Indonesia, the government urges its people not to play in crypto currencies. The state does not guarantee losses by anything caused by crypto currencies. The country does not have official regulations regarding the circulation and transaction of crypto currencies in my country. Therefore, we cannot demand protection of the state if we experience adverse events from the crypto currency. We work with crypto currencies with controls and risks that are all borne alone.

Well, a bright future it is! We have several bitcoin platforms in our country that can be used for transactions involving bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. And from what I've read, one of our government sectors planned to have a nationwide talk about crypto so that people will know how to use it properly. Plus, there are events conducted in our country hosted by known companies supporting crypto. Then there are already merchants accepting bitcoin as a payment for their service. So with all that said, crypto has really a bright future here in our country. And I must say that we are lucky enough to have that.

I did not know Bangladesh is hostile on bitcoin. I had to look it up on the internet.

Although Indian government/bank had been pressuring the community there, it has not been officialy disallowed to use bitcoin and other crypto.

I am from SE Asia and crypto is legal here. It appears that those on South Asia (includin Bangladesh( prohibits bitcoin.

Sad but bitter truth is bitcoin is banned in our area.Also Court noticed than anybody found using bitcoin will be sent to jail for atleast 6 months.But people here stil using bitcoin by VPN anf other service.I saw plenty of people in bitcointalk too.I guess in future bitcoin will prosper more in my Country.               

It's nice to see that your country allows users to trade in cryptocurrencies. Over here in my country cryptocurrencies are not tolerated at all, there have been strong warnings from the government and also labelling cryptocurrencies as scams. I hope that in the future they change this perception of theirs and embrace the future of the financial industry.

I can not answer with certainty, but in my country cryptocurrency is neutral.I hope that I will not go to jail for using cryptocurrency.I pay attention to how cryptocurrencies and innovations are introduced into society.I can honestly say that it is very slow.Perhaps this is due to the standard of living in my country.I am sure that the situation in any case should change and cryptocurrencies will use everything easily.

Cryptocurrency flow regularly and smoothly. The government does not hinder any crypto movement and in fact, they have a regulated wallet that we are using.

Bitcoin was already known in different countries around the world especially for the countries that has an advanced technology when it comes transaction, banking, and development of their respective states. Here in our country I could say that Bitcoin was already quite popular since in a pass few years that's why we are recognized this as a new way of transaction and the beginning of evolution of currency.

Bitcoin is really known to those who are prone to technology. Advertisements everywhere also those investments scams that is well advertised using btc. Here in my country got a lot of btc ponzi scams that is advertised to be legal and trustworthy schemes. But sad to say it is only good at first. That is why some of the government officials are putting a lot of investments scam to an end. And also they are putting taxes on the btc transactions.

my country's government bans BTC.  for them, BTC is a threat to the national currency.  the central bank is afraid if the public uses BTC for transactions and leaves fiat.  even.  my country's government has a plan to create E-money like BTC.  but I'm sure.  their plan will fail.

to do the adoption of bitcoin widely and evenly in a country, it requires regulation and this requires a long time. at the moment bitcoin and the use of digital currencies are still in a different path, there are no definite regulations. need support from various parties to be able to apply the use of digital currency in full.

For my country, Bitcoin is not really recognised by a lot of people. Just hand full of people living in my country uses for their online transactions. In my country, the government is not against the use of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general but only a few who are technologically inclined uses cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin.

Yes.Same with my country too.Bitcoin is not yet legalized by the government but i haven't heard negative news for bitcoin released by the government.It's just that most of the people are not yet ready and even educated about cryptocurrency.I guess the citizens in my country are also limited too who are considered knowledgeable about cryptocurrency.

When most of my countrymen heard about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency they label it as a scam investment especially those who don't have enough knowledge about it because there are a group of people here that used the peak of Bitcoin on 2017 and created an investment scheme that promises to make your money grow in just a short period of time.

Our government don't support and mind cryptocurrency here too much, I'm fine with that because they are no news about planning to regulate or even ban it.

I am sorry to say that my government still not accepting BTC and yet they are not concern about this. Actually i think our government does not know vast about this but most of the young people are involved with Crypto currency here. So we don't know actually when better days will come into my country and we will do our work strongly!!

There are a few cafes and restaurants in my country that accepts Bitcoin and unfortunately those cafes and restaurants are located in the metropolis. Awareness of Bitcoin in our country is very low. You'll be surprised that maybe 2 to 3 out of 10 knows what Bitcoin is and even if they know Bitcoin exist, they are not interested because it is more used in scams.

You're lucky to have few cafes accepting bitcoins in your country. In my country, you will not find a single shop or market which will accept bitcoin. I think 1 out of 1000 people uses bitcoin in my country or maybe even less.

Here in my country bitcoin is not illegal but it is not really popular because many people think that bitcoin is a scam or maybe they think its a scam because they don't know how it works. But this generation people in bitcoin increased here in my place and i think people slowly adopt it. I truly believe time will come that people here are fully accept and open about bitcoin.

My country allowed some fintech companies to set up their business in one of the economic zones, several bitcoin exchanges are given licenses by the government to operate here and a well-known local bank had established its first bitcoin atm in the capital of this country. It means the bitcoin adoption in my country continuous and government welcomes it even there is no law legalizing it. Some remittance companies are using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to speed up the sending of money to its destination. Bitcoin is already to known some businesses in my country but they are still reluctant to use it as payment.

I think we have the same situations. That happens too in my country, and not much people know about bitcoin because they are too busy with their offline jobs, and they only use the internet for social media to talk with their friends. I don't mind to see that is happening in here, but for my closest friends and my family, I always tell them to try to learn about cryptocurrency especially about bitcoin so they can try to follow what I did in the crypto world.

You should have many things to thank those in power in your country since they never followed the kind of wrong mindset exhibited by some Asian countries such as China and India. The reality of the whole matter is that no matter how we downplay the governmental role in the spread of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, it would be so hard without the support from people manning the government. Lucky are the citizens of those countries who are opening the market for cryptocurrency and the government is not using its power to suppress it just because they think they gonna lose control of the economy because of bitcoin.

My government still forbid crypto until now.
The reason are crypto = criminal money and cause inflation.

If your government decide to legalize crypto, they ready to adopt cryptocurrency which become the great opportunity for all traders and holders to obtain profit !

For in my own country, the government strictly forbids the existence of digital currency, namely cryptocurrency, because the government will find it difficult to see the many assets of people who put their assets in crypto, because in my country every year we must report tax assets.

I don't agree with that.

The whole reason that people have less economical freedom is because govenments pop up everywhere trying to dictate every aspect of economy and life. It's way easier to spread Bitcoin adoption without governments than with governments. If it weren't governments with their harsh regulations slowing down technological advancements throughout the last decades, we would be way further in terms of progress right now.

Governments are corrupt and lack the understanding and will to allow something like Bitcoin to gain ground rapidly.

The government in my country is still in neutrality for bitcoin and crypto. It's great that we are still allowed to trade freely or to invest in crypto. Until the rules, approvals were announced, some agencies still made very positive statements to the crypto world. that proves that the government is still concerned with the popularity of crypto. At least that's in my country.

Good for you, everything can be performed without a hassle since the government is neutral, people around the community can freely enjoy
the benefits of this market, while others can attract another new investors to learned to adopt this system and also generate profits.

Currently in my country there is no legal basis mentioning bitcoin forbidden or legal but bitcoin still not recognize as the currency and my government says bitcoin can consider as virtual asset with no legal protection which mean if someday bitcoin users losing their bitcoin then they cannot legally sue to certain people

How about your goverment? Are they accept bitcoin as payment system or just to be use as a comodity/an asset? Just one factor that many merchants who still refuse bitcoin as payment system is because the government still ban it. I'm pretty sure if the government has regulated it again and accept bitcoin to be use as payment system then I'll find many merchants who accept it. To give an understanding againts people who doesn't know bitcoin is really hard especially if they live in a country who ban bitcoin, it will be different if there is a country who accept bitcoin then it will be easy to explain what bitcoin is and he will accept easily.

As far as I know, several online stores in my country can use Bitcoin as a means of payment for the services and products offered.  But this possibility still exists, until the government has decided on cryptocurrency and on the ridge of the foreign exchange market in general.  In fact, today there are no legal grounds for banning cryptocurrency, but someone can always find opportunities to make problems for users of cryptocurrency.  First of all, it concerns the tax services, which can always trace the connection between the standard of living of a certain person and his real income.  So far, the cryptocurrency market is in the shadow.

If all civilized countries begin to implement cryptocurrency in the daily lives of their citizens, then other countries will follow this trend.  Of course, for this you need to create a certain infrastructure, so that not only was the cryptocurrency in users' wallets, but also real possibilities for its use.  In addition, I believe that the main aspect of popularizing cryptocurrency in society is the study of this science in schools and universities.

Yes. I'm describing the adoption here, and it's largely focused on altcoins and not on Bitcoin.

It's a shitcoin because it doesn't experience much actual use. People think it's processing a lot of transactions, but most of these are bots sending transactions back and forth.

As for EOSs trading volume being higher than the volume Ethereum is generating, I'm not sure if I have seen EOS top Ethereum in volume on days where EOS isn't being pumped or dumped.

https://messari.io/onchainfx

There you can see that Ethereum has a 24H volume of $262 million, while EOS is just shy of $80 million in 24H volume.

Crypto adoption is slow and confusing in my country.
The country has no cryptocurrency related laws at the moment while the government and court ocassionally makes different orders based on situations that sometimes seems good for crypto while mostly seem to illegitimatize it. Merchants are accepting payments specially in touristic areas, people are being able to pay bitcoin for coffee and clothes.
There are no online exchanges or a OTC one because the country issues no license for it.

Bitcoin herein my country are legally permitted by the government under the central law, people all over the country knows bitcoin as investment not the new future of money.
That's the reason adoption  is slow due to lack of knowledge people herein my country about the importance of bitcoin hoping someday people can encourage and understand well what is bitcoin future digital money by advertising in social media and other source of information.

My country reacts negatively to crypto during the 2017 surge, those times scams were all over the place, big trades happening everything and mining was a hot business. Yet adoption is close to 0 as fiat mobile wallet was more popular here, there are only countable merchants can accept bitcoins and few bitcoin ATMs, until even now no sign of embracement of blockchain within the industry, but definitely more local companies are R&D ING blockchain somehow

I live in India and as you all know India has proposed to ban cryptocurrencies as even holding them is gonna cause 10 years of jail term. I don't expect India to ban cryptocurrencies but if they do I won't leave bitcoin instead all I have to do is not withdraw my bitcoins in banks (a good reason to save money/bitcoin). this will be the greatest mistake from the indian government if they banned bitcoin as the whole world is embracing the new technology.

I'm also glad to be in a country that believes in the technology of cryptocurrency, I could not have acquired all the things that I want to buy if not to cryptocurrency and the policy of my country towards cryptocurrency, I can easily buy and sell Cryptocurrency with ease here.

I’m also thankful to have a great government in terms on this because they are supportive and because of that we can use cryptocurrency easily. I also have a big time here in cryptomarket, i achieve some of my goals and with a help of our government for sure having a good regulations will happen soon, I’m happy to use cryptos without worrying.

Bitcoin here in my country is not that quite well known. But according to observation in terms of percentage I think it is in the level of 30% out of 100%. Because we have an exchange here or merchants that bitcoin accepted were We can able to use it as monthly bills, tuition fee's, and sending money too.

I am not glad with my government because now a days, my government against the bitcoin, may be government can't handle the bitcoin price. Actually the main reason is our bankers are not happy with bitcoin or crypto currency, they are fully against of it, that's why government is confused with bitcoin. But may be in coming days, situation will be better.   

Begrateful for those of you who don't have a rigid government, are closed to technological developments, and have too many rules. usually developed countries give any freedom of innovation to grow, such as cryptocurrency. in my country crypto its still prohibited, but it does not make a hindrance for me, because there are no raids here for the prohibition they have made

I am in India and you would know the state of cryptocurrencies, it is very bad and recently CZ also tweeted about it. I run a crypto currency exchange also based in India called Coinswitch.

The government in my country does not prohibit having bitcoin or cryptocurrency, but it may not be used for payment instruments. The majority use bitcoin as an asset and trading crypto. I think and I hope there is still a chance, maybe 10 years to 20 years to come there will be positive regulation. Thanks.

My country is still in the infant stage of crypto adoption due to the low levels of technological advancement here. The people are more inclined to the old way of purchasing items, thus the use of the paper money. With the few ones knowing how the digital systems works, there are merchants here who facilitate the smooth transaction from fiat-to-cryptocurrency and vice versa in my country. Bitcoin can be used to pay utility bills like TV satellite renewal and mobilephone airtime.

I hear a lot that India wants to ban crypto, but where are the proves. I haven't read any official statements of the government

I live in Ukraine. In our country, no one does cryptocurrency regulation at all. In 2017, there were some attempts by the government, but this did not end with anything, and after the fall of cryptocurrency in 2018, the state stopped being interested in them at all. Thanks to various exchanges and ordinary exchangers, you can easily exchange cryptocurrencies for fiat money or vice versa and transfer them to a visa or master card. The state now does not interfere in any way with the distribution of the blockchain in my country, but it should be noted that it does not help its development.

Well here in my country the government has no bad analysis for cryptocurrency though they are reminding people to invest in their own discretion but yet nothing hindering the growth of crypto community

Like you,I am also feeling lucky and blessed for having this country as supportive for the benefits of the people and not just for their own favor.

I am looking forward that sooner every country’s that having bad impressions for our Virtual currency here will realize how important this is and support us for longer time

Same with me. I think banks and things are difficult to use and I couldn't get Paypal to work so I was never able to buy anything since I had no way to pay. Now thanks to bitcoin there are plenty of online shops that accept bitcoin as a payment method. I don't shop offline anyway. Online is so much better and cheaper. I get what I want right to my door, all thanks to bitcoin.

in general the rules made by oterisasi, clearly do not recognize as a legitimate payment instrument, although it does not prohibit exchange into fiat. but with developments that continue to increase with crypto, one day it will surely be recognized that it only requires clear rules because the state must be thinking of seeing profits and losses if it must recognize crypto.

So far, I'm happy with the developments that is happening in my country that involves blockchain. It's quite positive that  one of the major banks are already installing btc atms and many famous universities are studying and developing their own crypto as well. I also heard some rumours that an insitution in my country wants to introduce a local stable coin.

In my country there are so many people that heard about bitcoin but the media turns cryptocurrency here not safe so that people who lives here are not that convinced to invest on cryptocurrency. We have BTC ATM but there are just few people who are using.
I think if the value of bitcoin increases continuously they will change their mind and understand cryptocurrency and the benefits of it. I just hope it will be sooner than I expected.

I think my country was totally accepted bitcoin(cryptocurrencies) because it is still running here and even government was supported it ,that's why im so glad to having here in my country.

in my own country cryptocurrency is not prohibited especially bitcoin, but the problem is that the government in my country still does not provide certainty about crypto and the government now only prohibits the use of bitcoin for direct transactions but for sale and purchase the government does not prohibit

So far we are moving good it's easy to change Bitcoin, Ethereum.Bitcoincash and Ripple here in our country to our local currency and we have one exchange company where we can pay our bills using these cryptocurrencies, but unfortunately, cryptocurrency is not well promoted here compare to other countries.

As well as here in my country, although we have different companies who offers different services but there is one service provider that has a better customer service. As this time the issue of cryptocurrency wants to be tuckled in lower house but they dont want to focused and make a serious decision regarding cryptocurrency.

Here in the Philippines, bitcoin is kinda getting known to some modern cities but unfortunately it is still unknown to the provinces or maybe not yet familiar to them. There are already restaurants that accepts bitcoin ( soon they will accept other crypto currency) as a payment which is good coz it means its getting popular.

Adoption in my country is quite progressive compared to rest of the countries. We aren't much more likely to use cryptocurrency same as fiat. Maybe over the falling years we will get opportunities to use cryptocurrency same as that's been used in Philippines. I feel Philippines to be the country with increased access for usage of cryptocurrency.

in my country, bitcoin already has regulations, and the regulation does not allow bitcoin to be used as a payment instrument in financial transactions, but is allowed to be saved as an investment.

Agree, soon other countries that decline cryptocurrency especially bitcoin will already adopt its uses... In our country, online wallet was designed to use for faster transactions even you are away from home... Now, even bank already accept bitcoin... Its a great innovation towards our country..

Also, in my country is pretty much easy to exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple here as fast as possible. Sometimes, there are physical buyers on the street, but this depends on your connections among these group of individuals in the country. Most of my time, i sell out to my good friends and they will immediately send back my cash, so, easy like ABC

So far, bitcoin is not yet known by most of the people in our country and bitcoin`s adoption is too slow. Many people in our country think that bitcoin is not legit. I hope bitcoin`s value will be known to many so that they will also benefit from it, specially in my country.

There is no Bitcoin adoption in our country. Because Cryptocurrency is illegal now in our country! Though the government didn't ban crypto like India but dealing cryptocurrency in a public place is prohibited! After so much restriction, lots of people still using cryptocurrency by using VPN or proxy sites! Even many people leave the country only to use cryptocurrency safely! I wish one day our government will accept cryptocurrency and people will use it openly!

In my country there are some statistics on websites and are more people from Europe who use Bitcoin than on other european countries, but still we are far away from mass adoption here, and only 18% of people use bitcoin.

In my country crypto is quite popular and even some big projects arising. But still no definite regulation and all miners waiting for it. But some shops already able to receive crypto payments.

It is great either way.

I mean that is much better than Bitcoin being banned right? I think it is better to hold onto it until it makes a great change and just sells it after that. As far as I know, that kind of regulations do not affect your transactions outside your country, that just works at your country. In our country, the adoption is not that good but the regulation is great.

Bitcoin is investment, and investment is an asset that is stored for the long term or short term, where the value increases. In my opinion, bitcoin investment is equal to property investment or gold because in the future the value increases. What distinguishes bitcoin investment is that there is no physical because it is stored in a digital wallet.
In my country the government is very flexible which does not prohibit but allows investment, provided it is not for payment of transactions.

But this may be worse than what you think, and it is not lucky. With the perception that Bitcoin only used in scams. This will negatively impact the thinking of people in this country. It will limit the reliability and growth rate of Bitcoin in this area, so it is necessary to change people's perceptions of Bitcoin.

many countries, including in my country, bitcoin have not been too popular in the wider community and the government has not formalized it yet.
BTC is a long change
maybe in 10 years BTC began to be used in many countries.

Bitcoin  is not yet widely adopted here in our country Philippines,
but i am happy that influencial people such as our Senator Champ Manny Pacquiao
is participating in this system.

In the first place you didn't name the country in which you are referring to or that you claimed is your country for some of us to access your submission. Here in my country Nigeria adoption of crypto currency is still low and we hope that more people will get to know about the advantages of crypto currency over fait current. We don't pay tax for any form of crypto currency transaction and if not until you tell someone what you do to earn extra income they will not know let alone the government be aware to start chasing you for tax. So, at the moment, doing crypto currency business here is encouraging because you will make huge some of money without paying tax.

I always symphatize with people who understand the value of bitcoin and the whole cryptocurrency market and yet they find the government to be not open to this innovation as politicians are afraid that they gonna lose the financial control they held since time immemorial (a wrong mindset, to say the least). In your case, there is no official ban but development on the cryptocurrency adoption is almost on the halt as people could not easily move their coins into real cash...not unless one will go outside of the county maybe. In other words, the difficulties involved can make anybody into bitcoin slowly discouraged. Now, I am suggesting that those with bitcoin or cryptocurrency find ways to have their voices be heard by the government as I am sure there will be some leaders open to this new technology.

I guess Venezuela counts as mine so far.

Here they are too busy like with every "authoritatian" regime trying to make their own coin succeed. They blocked via DNS filtering some social networks sites(They are planning to block all in the future) and practically all sites that can get you Bitcoin.

However, the hidden fact is that some people involved with the dictatorship is buying a lot of mining equipment and making huge farms with the money that is from the resources of the state to profit out of it for their own pockets.

Otherwise you can use it relaxed and escape the huge inflationary rate that is inside here if you're careful enough. Can also perform some actions for Bitcoin and make more money than a lot of regular jobs inside here for now. Some, especially requiring a college can pay more but it's normally between $200-$500 anyways. I know, crazy.

So far there has been no rejection or conflict in the development of cryptocurrency, even in my country there are several digital currency exchanger companies that stand up and seem to get a business license, there are no signs of problems and even the banned that occur and there is also no burdensome regulation from the government.

I'm happy where I am at, our government is very open and we have 2 or 3 Bitcoin ATM here in our country and we have a big exchange where we can trade our coins through our local and we can also pay bills and load our cellphone through this exchange, makes adoption easy in this part of the globe.

As for my country there is no government restriction on the use of Bitcoin and any other cryptocurrencies. I believe Cryptocurrency due to its P2P  Decentralized nature will be hard to stop irrespective of any nations jurisdiction . Cryptocurrency generally is unstoppable . Country like india is planning to  place ban on Cryptocurrency which is not good enough for their national development . Privacy coin like Monero, Zcash and Veil will thrive in future. No government can ever ban these class of cryptocurrencies . They are complete privacy coin with the best anonymity , they cant be tracked. These coin will have better future because i observe the Government and Banks doesnt like cryptocurrency .

Here in Brazil I would say cryptos are still so so.. in one hand we have the government planning to legalize it (and even charging people for transactions of over R$ 30.000/month - about 8k USD) and we also have a nice number of exchanges but in the other hand we have a lot of pyramid schemes that are scamming people constantly (not to mention the money laundering that have been a strong focus inside the media's) and it, sadly, gives a bad reputation to the whole cryptos things as many people still tend to think that everything is the same..

If you are from Japan, we may be accept that progression of crypto empowerment is good but how could we consider Philippines is doing such move. I know that Philippines is the country which follow the rules like Americans but I am not sure blockchain technology empowerment.
However congratulations for that, if it true.

I live in Ukraine. We do not have a ban on the use of Bitcoin, but for him nothing and not to buy. In fact, now Bitcoin is just a means of investing. Like for example stocks or bonds. We have special exchangers in the city, where you can exchange Bitcoin and get cash, or you can exchange crypto on the crypto-exchange and transfer them to a VISA or Mastrcard card but with a commission of 3-5%. Mining in my country is developed quite well. But mostly it is not industrial mining, but private. The authorities of our country are not particularly interested in the regulation of cryptocurrency as there are a lot of other problems that need to be addressed.

Lots of happening is happening in my country,binance meetups always in in town same as other even about cryptocurrency.this means our country is very open in adoption of virtual currency

Our government has no disagreement about our activities as long as we take care of our money because it’s our own losses if we don’t

That’s a very friendly advice since they are concern about us being investors

In many countries bitcoin  is rapidly moving  from one person to another person.. well  this is good thing and this shows that bitcoin  has a bright future..

Ohhh.. In which country do you live?
I think  every country  approches bitcoin..

maybe bitcoin in Indonesia itself is too cloud for some people, maybe in the years ahead bitcoin in Indonesia will be able to boost finance, I believe that one day bitcoin will become state money

I guess there aren't any countries that officially regulate Bitcoin. This eliminates the illegality. In other words, something that is not prohibited by legal regulations cannot be illegal. In my country, too. No legal arrangements have been made yet. And therefore not forbidden.

Based on such a regulation, is there a country where Bitcoin is prohibited?

Many citizens in my native country are some of the early adopters of the bitcoin. And lots of people work in blockchain. but sadly our govt want to stop it. they don't have any intention to regulate it or legalized it.   

It's really bad if the government does not understand the benefit of blockchain, because of their incompetency to regulate it, they just go with their last resort of banning it. This does not give opportunity to the citizens under that country to improve their lives and look for better opportunity, your government have to be educated that blockchain is the future, and it will kill centralization.

We are not all luck to be part of cryptocurrency. Some of us wanted to be part of cryptocurrency growing industry yet the government does not want to be part from it. I thank a lot because in my country, our government accept cryptocurrency. As of now, I am fully access in everything under cryptocurrency. Thanks to the president of my country because he has open mindedness when it comes in cryptocurrency.

in my country, bitcoin and other crypto currencies are freely traded on marketplace sites, of course, must comply with the laws in the country and may not use crypto currencies to buy anything in my country except with currencies

Crypto currency is just a digital asset for us and the government does not burden us at least in my country it is permissible and not even punishes us with criminal acts

In my country its lucky that bitcoin is already regulated and many big businesses accepted btc such as payments and for online transactions, and so far its already popular among people and many of my fellow countrymen are invested in btc, especially to those who are wants to earn profit in btc. Because the government considered that it can help a lot to the people.

In my country, many companies have implemented bitcoin technology, namely the blockchain to increase efficiency and productivity related to global competition. Without efficiency, the products produced cannot compete.
The crypto transaction in my country is included in the futures trading regulation because it cannot be used for payments.

That is great, if that is the case.

I don't still read any information about how the government reacts or comment into Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrencies. All I know is that Bitcoin is regulated and accepted in our country but still, only a few uses it and accept it as a payment. We still use exchanges to fully use our BTCs to pay bills, buy some game credits and load.

The adoption of Bitcoin happening in my country is very supportive. I am fortunate that Bitcoin in my country is now increasingly popular. This will continue to push the market so that trading volumes will continue to increase. Bitcoin's prospects are very bright and I'm sure if people will continue to join in the crypto world.

In my country, there is no problems with Bitcoin. The government treats the situation with cryptocurrencies as neutral and loyal rather than negative. Cryptocurrency does not have an official status, but no one prohibits their use.

According to my thoughts bitcoin will grow more and more in every country by the passage of time.. well in my country people happily  welcome  the bitcoin and also investing in their own wishes..

Bitcoin here in my country is not legally accepted. I mean, it is not legally recognized by the government. The good thing here is that they seem not to care. They are not even worried about its existence. And so, everybody can create their own Bitcoin wallets, spend them in restaurants, stores, and other online apps that accept Bitcoin. But the thing here is that it cannot be mentioned when one deposits or withdraws or open bank accounts.

Yesterday I saw the article about cryptocurrency market in India and how Libra will influence on their situation, that's quite interesting

Bitcoin is treated neutral by our government for the past years and we enjoyed earning from Crypto currencies without tax. Hopefully that our government will keep stance neutral as it will attract more people in our country to joined the investments in which it will also help the Bitcoin market to become more healthy.

Although bitcoin is not officially recognized in my country, it is not completely banned, there are even moves that welcome it to make the communities here grow. Hopefully bitcoin will soon be available. recognized in my country.

To be honest everything seems so fine in my country so far, there are a lot of people who investing in BTC or other cryptocurrencies. BTC has investors from different level of ages, doesn’t matter young or old. People are very positive about crypto, especially for BTC. I think i’m a bit lucky because many people in my country are aware of the details about btc. The adoption of btc is better than i expected :)

I am from India and here the situation is getting worse by the day. Ever since the rumors came out that Bitcoin will be banned by the government, a lot of people have sold their coins and quit. The last local cryptocurrency exchange closed down last month, due to the harassment from the authorities. The mainstream media has also become quite negative regarding crypto.

It seems to me that in your country the very first problem is the lack of Freedom of Speech.  You, as a citizen of your country, can request a review of the government’s decision on cryptocurrency.  But it seems to me that, with regard to Libra, you may also have to forget, since the United States Congress will not allow Libra to be a competitor of the dollar.

In my country, everything is not very good with cryptocurrency. The state does not accept it and prohibits all operations with it within the country. They even blocked all cryptocurrency exchanges. It very sad.

though government regulations is in favor of crypto currency in my country, the adoption is somehow very crimpy and isolate, there is still lots of potentials here, lots and lots of persons are still very unaware of a thing called crypto currency and the blockchain technology.

for my country, it seems that bitcoin has not received definite support, even the government is suspicious of the many bitcoin transactions, they are concerned that the transaction is a criminal transaction, so the government still cannot support bitcoin, even I am afraid the government will ban it !!

It's definitely opposite in my own country. I have seen more banks and even big companies are starting to study about bitcoin and its concerns. Sooner bitcoin atm machines will already be here in my country and so people will start using bitcoins too for their convenience and fast transactions.

Bitcoin adoption in our country is really interesting the crypto community here is doing good they also share some knowledge about bitcoin in many ways. They do some crypto lessons for begginers and some seminars so that the person that wants to join or wanted to invest in bitcoin. And we want to support the bitcoin cryptocurrency here in my country.

Dont be so worry, as far as I can see you are from the same country as me. Dont be exaggerated as well about other's opinion who think the bad side of bitcoin transactions. There is no signs that our government will ban crypto in general, dont you remember one of the main idea of our new elected President on his campaign months ago. He talked about crypto although without further explanation but I can understand it as a support for crypto in the future as the President believes crypto is a part of technology that may give something good for the economy of the people.

I am from the Philippines and they are not really regulating anything here about cryptocurrencies. Because in fact, it has been broadcasted in the news several times and all they want is the security of the people and they want the people to be wary of scams. That's it for now because I haven't heard any news about regulations.

In my country, bitcoin is increasingly known to the wider community, compared to 5 years ago in 2019 there were many who invested in bitcoin even though in small amounts.

And I hope this will continue.

i dont wanna make it sound negative but it is what it is ,sadly here in our country the percentage of population here that knows about crypto is less that 10% , sadly because of ignorance there is a side that people here believe that bitcoin is a scam because many investment schemes here use bitcoin as a mode of payment and thats the problem when greed is more dominant to people investing in schemes they do not fully understand.

I don’t agree. For example in my country Bitcoin adoption is very good. Not only bitcoin, my people also invest their money in some altcoins. For example Binance IEO’s are very popular as well. In my community crypto adoption is very good and the number of crypto investors is increasing everyday more. But i hope the adoption will be much better all around the world in the next years.

im not sure if bitcoin here will grow in every place, its like bitcoin will grow just in big town. and they use for their own income. just a little people use the real function of bitcoin.
place that many tourism will be good for bitcoin adoption. they will force the owner to provide that service, to make easy people around the world.

Indeed you're a lucky person.In my country Bitcoin is illegal.Many people are going prison because they are involved with btc.The govt is such a dumbass in my country.They think if people get involved in btc they will steal our money.

The adoption of cryptocurrency in my country has not being banned neither has it been legalized officially. Also, there are a few OTC centers where those who wish to exchange their cryptocurrencies to fiat can do so. I believe with time the adoption of cryptocurrencies would increase with time.

In our country, they are now accepting ideas regarding crypto specially bitcoin... One of our banks already have bitcoin atm machine.. Some merchants already accepting crypto as payments.. And recently one of big universities here are using QR code for all transactions happening inside the their campus.. This are only of the few happenings here that really accept crypto..

I recently visit second biggest city in my country and looking for one of the bitcoin atm machines, imagine my disappointment when i am not found it coz it was removed for some reason. 

Here in my country there is no general adoption of Bitcoin and crypto currency in general but not that there is a clam down on the activities of those who make use of Bitcoin and crypto currency in general. Most of the people that adopt crypto currency are all doing that because of what they will gain any time price of the coins they are holding appreciate in value.

there is a future dream of bitcoin in my country. although at present the conditions have not been legalized, but it is not prohibited to own it, what is prohibited is only when we use it to transact. but the latest government news will include it in the stock exchange

Same with our prestigious country. Though they are not prohibiting the use and the patronizinf of bitcoin, the mass adoption is still lacking. Few people are still aware what is really bitcoin and what is the use of this cryptocurrency.  I really hope more people in our country will be open minded adopting new technologies and new things like bitcoin.

Since I am a citizen of a country where bitcoin is allowed as an asset only, there is no real adoption yet here in my place. Most people here in my area uses bitcoin as a trading tool but the number of people who already know about crypto currency is relatively high based on the number of members in the biggest crypto exchange in my country.

The adoption of bitcoin in my country is quite good. Indeed, at first bitcoin and friends were banned but now having bitcoin is not prohibited as long as we do not use it for sale and purchase transactions. The law in my country still prohibits bitcoin as a means of payment but as an investment it is permissible.

Same is here in my country, even the low level of people who are not much aware about cryptocurrencies have come to know much about cryptocurrencies. This has now caused a large scale increase in usage of bitcoin as investment as well on transaction needs.

As the government isn't that supportive there are little group of people who fear to use bitcoin. Maybe in the future they too will start using it.

Let me know what country you live in. It is very interesting to know where such steep conditions for the development of cryptocurrencies? Maybe me should think about moving there. ::)

not much in Brazil yet. only speculators, illegal money and evaders. and lots of ponzi schemes.
if you tell them that satoshi was a stock trader they will believe.

I think you are either from India or Bangladesh. What you have posted is true. Some people have been arrested by the cops for transacting coins. But at the same time, the authorities realize that it is not practical to arrest all the Bitcoin users, who number well in to the millions. They are trying to make a few token arrests and scare the remaining from using crypto.

Well here at my country, i have never seen any improvements, bitcoin has always been refered as something "ilegal" or something shady, and that is very bad for all the people that are using bitcoin as a normal currency in here, but what are we going to do against it? Nothing to be honest.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency adoption is very bright here in our country because we can easily convert our cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Bitcoincash, xrp, and Ethereum to our local currency, we have an exchange here that is operating legally here and we can also pay our bills using that exchange.

Agree, that all countries will indeed have different rules. because it is only natural for the state to give the best authority rules so that it will not be a mistake that will harm the country.
if there are already clear rules it will make it easier and there is a sense of calm to be able to make transactions with no fear and run smoothly. at least there is legal protection to make transactions well

Wow It's fun, is there also can shop using Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency? In my country
Bitcoin is still considered a valuable commodity, not used as a means of payment in online shopping.

Everything is bad in Russia. crypto currency does not want to be legal, but at the same time they try to impose taxes. in General, many of my friends want to leave the country, everyone is tired of this attitude

in my country, bitcoin is not prohibited, but it is not legal to make buying and selling transactions of goods and services with bitcoin because all of them must use fiat.
I think that is more than enough because there are no government regulations prohibiting users.

It is very hard to stop Bitcoin growth in a country either by implementing law or putting into jail. In my country, Bitcoin traders will put into the jail if Syber Police diagnosis anybody related to Bitcoin or cryptocurrency trade but huge people are now engaging daily.

What I've recently seen is the rise of cryptocurrency or blockchain-based offices and businesses here, if it becomes a success it can help in widespread of cryptocurrency as a payment. I've seen some offices here open for job training and job offers.

One thing the government in my country is doing is that, although they frown to it publicly but they HODL some coins privately. In no time I think there will be a time that they will legalize it and it will be used for the payment of goods and services.

At least your government is not arresting anyone for owning Bitcoins. The situation is really bad here in India. A proposed law, if passed by the parliament would make owning Bitcoins punishable by a prison sentence up to 10 years. I am not talking about using Bitcoins for any illegal trade. Just for owning Bitcoins, you will get a long prison sentence.

We all know that banks are being closed because of Bitcoin. Only 4% of gold is added in Bitcoin and the price is hitting $13K and many people claim according to their technical analysis that Bitcoin will hit 100K this year. It can be a rumor but it could be happened. So here I am going to explain that whatever anything which is expected to be happen in upcoming couple of years.

Before I explain, I appreciate you for the appreciation and courage you've given me in last technical analysis, So Do you think that Bitcoin will hit $1 Billion ?

It is possible and it will be happened too, But how ?

Are you Surprised ?  :o

As you know that Banks are being closed, so whatever they will do before closing is to print as many Dollars as they can to buy Bitcoin as because their market (the Bank) is being closed,  which will create a lot of inflation, a lot of inflation which you cannot imagine, this inflated money will be invested in Cryptocurrency. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum, XEM, XLM, TRON, DGB, DOGE, XRP, IOTA and in most popular coins, the IMF will be closing soon because of Bitcoin. But there will be alot of inflation. Because of this inflation, people will demand to increase their wages, so this will be a kind of nuclear attack, the ICE CREAM cone we were purchasing in 50 cents is now around $5, this will be around $50-200 in a few years. the basic wage in the USA is around $8-$10/h, this will be around $80-$200/h, Master Card and VISA make $5 trillion transaction per day, after when the inflation will increase too much, their system will be failed and they will not be able to handle it, so Crytocurrency will be taking its place. The total wealth of the World will increase from $200 trillion to $20000000000 trillion before closing the banks, so we can say that Bitcoin will hit for sure $1 Billion in next few years.

Well in my country, the government currently have little knowledge about the entire crypto space and to think of developing policies to affect the use of it. Just a handful of people actually know about cryptocurrencies. So as it stands now, there are no limitations on we who know about the crypto space. We can free sell and buy cryptocurrencies without thinking of any government regulations..

But it’s a widespread of cryptocurrency already as payments and and having some offices opening for job training?thats a real blooming of bitcoin in your country mate,care to share from where you from?because if you’re from Asia I am sure I will get jealous for what my country having right now

To date, a lot of officials in different countries have long made certain stocks of their personal Bitcoin, but at the same time, no one advocates for cryptocurrency.  Even official statements are negative in some cases.  I cannot understand why in such cases there is a very large discrepancy in the actions and statements of state officials.

Correct! +1
There are many countries that are blocking their citizens to join the global changes. They might feel some strange regarding with cryptocurrencies and I do think that they treat crypto as a threat with their economic stability.
Well, we just seek and pray that our own country will be giving the opportunity for the people to engage with this such activities. We have all freedom to join whatever we want as long as it would not deprive others right.

I'm from India and adoption there is really weak. I don't think it's only gov's fault. More likely, people who haven't enough education to understand crypto.

Maybe not just yet, it might be a matter of time until the Indonesian government makes new regulations. Bank Indonesia has warned the Indonesian people not to use bitcoin as a transaction because it is risky, well if there are agencies that criticize it usually the government will take action in the next few years. Like illegal cellphones yesterday, didn't the government get criticism from official distributors regarding illegal cellphones, so the Indonesian government made regulations that prohibited illegal cellphones. And this can happen to bitcoin too in the future.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are acceptable in my country, which government has not really put interest to give out a condition or restriction, Secondly, base on my location here in Africa, bitcoin transaction is moving smoothly without much delay to convert into local currency. 

At the state level, bitcoin is not legalized. But this does not prevent anyone from using cryptocurrencies. That is the advantage of cryptocurrency and blockchain, that no one can globally influence this process.

In my country, the government warns against trading cryptocurrencies but it is not illegal. They are just concerned about citizens losing money.

Well, in my country the government doesn’t talk much about cryptocurrency. There is no regulations or they don’t try to legalize it until now. But at least the government doesn’t try to prevent the bitcoin adoption, i mean people can join the crypto industry without fear. They buy btc and sell. Almost everyone knows about Btc and crypto market and many people prefer to invest in BTC. So i think Btc adoption process is actually good in my country. We didn’t face any problem until now.

Our main central bank here in my country approved the blockchain technology that became trending in online. In fact, We already  10 exchange that accepted bitcoin as online payment and affiliated with different categories such as Billings, Remittances, sending money, mobile load and more. Also the average of Bitcoin and bitcoin believers here are increasing its level too.

There is no legality improval INA cryptocurrency but we the citizens are free to trade, own and use Bitcoin whenever we want to do and how we want to use it. Basically, the country has not embrace the world of cryptocurrency but appreciated the true gospel of the Blockchain and Bitcoin the main stream. Hope they legalize cryptocurrency in the country to give a full adoption in the country.

Cryptocurrencies in general is gradually getting into the limelight in my country, we have had a number of meet ups hosted by individuals and top crypto groups such as Binance. But we are yet to have services that accept Cryptocurrency payment.

In our country, there are plenty of users that are already knowledgeable on how to use Blockchain Technology. They have adopted it in different platforms but if we are talking about Bitcoin alone then people that are not knowledgeable or does not even know what Cryptocurrency is, thinks that it is a scam or fraud that will only take their money away. Bitcoin adoption in our country will take a lot of time because there are only few teachers that are willing to teach it to others. They are scared that people might get greedy and abuse it. They can also use it in scams that might take advantage of others so Bitcoin users in our country are very secretive.

my country president is someone who thinks openly about technological developments, he once discussed that he would still study the benefits of cryptocurrencies and blockchain innovation. I feel the future of cryptocurrencies in my country, especially Bitcoin and Stablecoins will be very bright. good luck for us and cryptocurrency  :)

Here in US we even have some place when you can buy btc or exchange btc to fiat offline. I like this but I don't like the fact that a lot of exchanges including Binance ban US citizens..

In my country the adoption of the blockchain technology is quit rapid than the last few years from now. I see that there are many people around wanted to have or used crypto as an investment for profiting purposes. So the crypro now is becoming more popular in here and maybe in the near future it will become a future of payment.

In my country central bank had make a pronouncement that cryptocurrencies are illegal that any individual that is one way or the other trade, buys, sells and hodl bitcoin those so at his or own risk indirectly the government has not adopted bitcoin however cryptos enthusiasts transactions of bitcoin is without any government interference and done at free will invariably encourages more newbies to join the cryptosphere without hindrance this will encourages individual adoption rather government adoption.

I think your from Philippines (or maybe I’m wrong)but same as your country has,our government also have the same stand in regards to bitcoin and many of us cryptonians are thinking that our president is also investing here since he was very open about the status of crypto here(though the central bank released a warning about the scamming )yet they aren’t putting any restrictions about this

Bitcoin Adoption In our Country is quite progressive. After a few years of struggle in our country, Bitcoin has now become popular among the people. Because of people interest in bitcoin, the Government also start to consider about Bitcoin. It might be a matter of time, people willfully involved with bitcoin and they accept it positively.

In my country, no legislation stopping it for now though few persons have raised issues concerning its usage. As long as you come across any platform accepting it here, it's very okay as no one will embarrass you for that. Though one financial expert in my country already told the central bank to open fronts for technological advancement because he sees cryptocurrencies as the future of financial transactions.

You are lucky enough. My government do  not support their citizens to use bitcoin at all even they have regulation that said any valid transaction have to be made by valid fiat that issued by bank central.

Here in the Philippines,  there are some mobile apps like coins.ph and abra where you can remit money using cryptocurrencies like BCH, XRP, ETH and of course BTC. The function is mostly used by Filipinos abroad who would like to send money to their loved ones. People buy, hold, and trade bitcoin using the said app and its gaining reputation in the public since I first used it some years ago. The use of cryptocurrencies here in the Philippines is not prohibited, so people can use it freely.

In a large scale, we can weigh the adoption of crypto as like in the early stage, therefore it's not expected that all countries will accept crypto and we will a rampant usage on it. At this stage, bitcoin is mostly treated as a good investment that it's purpose to be a decentralized currency.

So I can say, that's already dude, sooner there will be some progress towards growth in your country.

Here is the current situation regarding Bitcoin Adoption in the Philippines:

1. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are under regulation and therefore legal and people are free to use them, the central bank clearly and repeatedly emphasized the possible risks in using them.

2. Cryptocurrencies especially Bitcoin may be legal but they are not recognized as currencies. They cannot be considered as such because they are "neither issued or guaranteed by a central bank nor backed by any commodity."

3. There are already at least 10 regulated cryptocurrency exchanges here. However, they are registered in the central bank as services in line with payment and remittances and the like.

4. Despite being ruled out as currency, we have restaurants and cafes here that accept Bitcoin payments. We have Bitcoin ATMs as well.

5. Several of our major banks here are already poised toward blockchain and cryptocurrency. One having had a partnership with "Ethereum-based Blockchain, Consensys." A handful are also preparing to create their own stablecoins.

6. There are so many positive developments here regarding Bitcoin or cryptocurrency adoption in general.

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Sources:
https://kryptomoney.com/union-bank-philippines-partners-blockchain-consensys/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory#Southeast_Asia
https://www.coindesk.com/philippines-central-bank-warns-on-risks-of-growing-cryptocurrency-use

In many countries, people know almost nothing about Bitcoin, but even in these countries there are places that accept Bitcoin as payment. But these are isolated cases and this is not enough so that for example I could say that Bitcoin is adopted in my country. I think only after the governments allow Bitcoin to use at least in parallel with traditional fiat currencies, then the adoption of Bitcoin will be massive.

in my country bitcoin adoption is only limited to being owned as an asset. the government does not prohibit cryptocurrency trading, but the government does not provide legal guarantees. on the other hand the government prohibits the use of bitcoin as a means of payment. but I think this has been the beginning of a good step, because we are still given the space to keep up with the times

I think that you are very lucky as you live in a country in which crypotcurrencies are legal.
In my country they are neither illegal nor legal. The environment is very unclear which makes investors frightened of investing in cryptos.
The govenrment has in mind cryptos but they don't take any initiative about them.

in my country, a lot of people know and attract with bitcoin. because it can make economy better, and many of us maybe use bitcoin as main job. but there are some people do other job in real life because its to boring and their time wasted if just in here.
im not sure if in my village many people know and play about it. but i hope government implement crypto as payment in some store to make it easy bitcoin user

Bitcoin is known only by the people who lives mostly  in the urban areas in my country and they are the ones who leads in using bitcoin in buying goods. Some offline shops are already accepting cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and xrp for remittance. So far the bitcoin adoption in my country is still slow compared to the other countries like Singapore and Japan.

here in indonesia government justifies bitcoin as a digital asset but not for legal payment instruments. as citizens and bitcoin trader we really appreciate that and continue to hope that people can get to know more about bitcoin and accept it as a legitimate payment instrument

I see a bright future of cryptocurrencies all over the world in every country.In my country, slowly people are beginning to be interested in cryptocurrency,but if you look at the overall scale of such people is not so much.I hope that with the development of many decentralized platforms, interest should increase.

I think that the general trend in the development of society in the world is aimed at obtaining greater knowledge in the world of digital technologies.  Each country is trying to do everything to ensure that the life of the citizens and the government of the country is at a high-tech level.  Based on this, despite the many opponents of cryptocurrency, highly developed countries will introduce High-tech including cryptocurrency.  In my country, Bitcoin is already beginning to actively use and even a cryptocurrency has been created equivalent to the national currency, Although there are still no legislative solutions yet.

That won't happen anytime soon, even in my opinion it won't even happen in the next 1 or 2 decades. By accepting bitcoin or other crypto assets as a means of payment, the government and the central bank will lose power to regulate financial stability. Not to mention there is still an assumption that bitcoin is prone to use for crimes such as money laundry, terrorism funding, tax evasion, and others because with the decentralization system, bitcoin cannot be monitored by any party.
There are several conditions for something to be used as a means of payment such as money, including,

1. Portability, easy to carry anywhere.
2. Durability, the resistance of the object.
3. Divisibility, Can be broken down into smaller units.
4. Standardization, has clear standards.
5. Recognizability, globally recognized.
6. Stability of Value, the stability of the value of the object.
7. Elasticity of Supply, the amount is sufficient.

Points 4,5 and 6 are not yet attached to bitcoin so it is still difficult to be accepted as a means of payment globally, especially in Indonesia. Bitcoin's journey to be accepted as a means of payment in Indonesia is still very long.

Some bumps on the road on the taxation here in Finland. Even a major bank told their employeers not to buy bitcoin on the last bullrun, but things are moving hopefully for better now. Can still withdraw cash with bitcoin anonymously, if i have a prepaid phone, so that's cool.

In pakistan here was no problem even that fiat exchanges were available but when BTC dumped hard $20k to $3k then government banned cryptocurrency
and all exchanges have to shutdown so now we can only use only international exchanges or P2p system.
Hope so in near future our government will think about crypto adoption.  :)

I am not surprised that the government of Pakistan did just that.  We need to approach this issue very carefully, and not be a blind cryptocurrency enthusiast.  We really need to imagine the moment when many users of cryptocurrency invested their money in Bitcoin at the end of 2017.  Even today, when the price fluctuates around $ 10,000, they cannot even return the funds that they spent to buy Bitcoin.  And still have to wait long enough for their financial condition to rise from the bottom.

Bitcoin adoption is still a dream as one in thousand or ten thousand of the population is aware about bitcoin. Even the techie people weren't aware about the bitcoin and the technology that is making a change around the globe. There were several committee that work on analyzing the need of bitcoin. Over the years there will be high demand as the production keeps cut down at specific time interval.

In Croatia post office just started crypto exchange  ;D https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5168879.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5168879.0)
We already have first officially registered crypto exchange company, several bitcoin ATM's, some small businesses like bakery shop or barbershop accept payment in bitcoin etc.
Recently, Croatian tax office shared official opinion how to report and pay tax on bitcoin earnings so I think that bitcoin adoption in my country it's going really well.  ;D ;D

in my country, the government strictly regulates cryptocurrency. Officially legal payments are only official money. But the government does not prohibit its residents owning or investing, especially bitcoin. The government only calls for caution on the dangers of bitcoin investment.

In my country you can by drugs via crypto. Thats all  ;D

It's nice to know that our country is slowly adapting cryptocurrency.. And a lot of people now here are really engage on crypto investments.. They are slowly taking part of crypto knowledge here in our country. Some groups are conducting a seminar or webinar to teach some basic information bout crypto specially bitcoin... One of our banks here already put up bitcoin ATM machine.. Some merchants already use barcodes to buy and sell their products.. And I have heard that our government starting to conduct a blockchain meeting in regards of achieving economy growth thru cryptocurrency nd blockchain....

in my country bitcoin is designated as a digital asset and is prohibited as a legal instrument of payment it applies to all currencies not only bitcoin,and for me it is enough because we are allowed to trade bitcoin or own as assets.

Oh really? via online or face to drug dealer face?
when online i am not sure sure they live on your country.
Don't be sarcasm here, and judge it for cryptocurrency only for criminal activity.

Currently bitcoin is banned in India and peer to peer exchange is one of the safest way to exchange bitcoin in India.

In my country Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general are still not defined. There is no formal regulation about it from central bank, tax authorities or similar so users often get confused especially when it comes to taxation.
At certain moment of time many people started to use Bitcoin and I thought we will get rather large community but that didn't happen and we still depend on some enthusiasts.

Here in our country, there is no strict policy yet about bitcoin. The government only gives warning and precaution to those people who wants to invest in bitcoin since there are incidents using bitcoin in drugs and other illegal transactions.

The number of people who is starting to learn about blockchain and cryptocurrency here are also increasing. It may result on the government implementing laws on bitcoin in the future because of the more people being involve but it will take more time for it to happen. So we are currently enjoying the convenience in using it.

Based on what I had observed here in my country about bitcoin, it is well accepted because we have an exchange here that has been regulated and approved such as coins.ph, Abra, Rebbitano and Rebit.ph, and some of the merchants here in civilized place bitcoin was being accepted as mode of payment too.

Here in India, two months back there were a lot of FUD about the authorities introducing a law, which makes possession or mining of cryptocurrency a criminal offense (punishable by 10 years in prison). But this so called "draft law" was never brought before the parliament and the individual who drafted this bill (Subhash Chandra Garg) was fired recently for incompetence.

in my country Bitcoin now is Legal just only for asset investment like a gold, silver, bronze, diamond and other but not for a payment methode.
all cryptocurrency in my country is not legal for a payment, i just hope if my country will hurry to open a legality for cryptocurrency.
because i believe if cryptocurrency is the future of payment system.

Still waiting for adoption but lucky that bitcoin and other cryptocurrency wasn’t banned till now,so we can enjoy and profit from trading and even buying is easy as 123 .because our local wallets are available if you will only provide KYC.our President is silent about crypto issues and our governments only give warning about the scamming and hacking but all in all the support is there and in 2020 there are exchangers that will be accepted by our government so this means another good news for cryptocurrency community

It is possible to spot people using tor/vpn, what its not possible for them to know is what it was being used for. Tor has some levels of obfuscation and it can be made to look a bit like regular web traffic, not too sure about vpn.

Until now, cryptocurrency (bitcoin or altcoin) in my country is still illegal but the government does not prohibit all transactions in any form. And also, although it's still illegal in my country, there are now around 3 or 4 exchanges with fiat money that even the government already knows about cryptocurrency and that exchange. And in my personal opinion, I'm sure the government in my country will legalize cryptocurrency in a few years because a few months ago the president of my country gave a speech for all people in my country to learn and know more about cryptocurrency which indicates that the government has begun to open mind related cryptocurrency.

I do not know exactly how many people have adopted Bitcoin in my country. In Indonesia we have a fairly large crypto Exchanger namely Indodax. In the Indodax website there are already around 1.7 million people who register. You can check here https://indodax.com/en . This number is quite large increase from year to year.

I remember when registering for Indodax, which used to be called VIPbitcoin in 2014, there were only about hundreds of users. Now Indodax users in our country have reached 1.7 million, which indicates the enthusiasm of Indonesian citizens.

Serbia is a little country in South Europe. I think adoption in my country does not exist, there is nothing about that in news. What I saw in news related with bitcoin is some negative shit about some big scams in crypto, usually it`s a copy-paste report taken from some global news station.
In my country changes are slow. Majority of people still don`t know about bitcoin existence, so it`s naturally for me to believe that maybe my country will be far behind advanced countries again. When others adopt it and make infrastructure for that, my country will start thinking about adoption.

That is the information for just one exchange. In total there may be 5 to 10 million Bitcoin users in Indonesia, including those who are not registered to the exchanges. All around the world, the Bitcoin user base has expanded during 2018-19. Here in India, there are an estimated 10 to 20 million users despite the extremely hostile stance by the government.

In my country, Nigeria, there isn't much of an adoption at the moment. There are just a few shops trying to accept payments in Bitcoin. However, there are various seminars and lecturers going on about Bitcoin with private individuals trying to raise awareness on this. The government is nonchalant about cryptocurrency. I guess this is even to the advantage of those of us who are involved in cryptocurrency because government being aware and stepping in means new legislation coming in and this can hamper the growth for us here.

If your btc address is not publicly known then it is hard to trace the btc owner.

I can say only view know about bitcoin in my country compare to the number of people living thre so I don't think of much adoption regard my country try but view that know it even don't have much knowledge about it , so I think we have very view who really make use of the technology and cryptocurrency .

But anyway there are the ways to track it and deanonymize owner. Due to it i like privacy coins much more

For me, my country seems accepting bitcoin and slowly adopting it because some store is accepting cryptocurrency, and there many companies are now creating their own digital currency. Also, there is some establishment/ company to accept bitcoin as a payment, and I have read & heard that there are some schools accepting bitcoin and another cryptocurrency as a payment. I think in the acceptance of bitcoin, and another cryptocurrency in my country will be well-known. :)