Greece to Receive 1,000 Bitcoin ATM's

[foxbitcoin]

I find the ATMs a good idea. They allow you to buy bitcoins very easily and without troubles. Buying them now imply using an exchange, send money to another banks, set up accounts etc etc... i am pretty sure this discourage a lot of people

[chek2fire]

yeah we had 2 of them and now only 1 with ridicilus fees. Bitcoin is the only way to bypass capital controls but there is not cheap bitcoin here in Greece. The exchanges sell bitcoin with a fee 20% and very high for the market price.

[bryant.coleman]

I don't trust Coin Telegraph. They have a tendency to exaggerate things. Two years ago, they posted an article about the plan to open some 500 Bitcoin ATMs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Time has passed, and not a single ATM has been opened there. Similarly, there was another article about the plan to open 100 or so ATMs in Cyprus. That also, never happened.

[worldinacoin]

Hopefully one day, Bitcoin will be the official currency in Greece

[MF Doom]

yeah we had 2 of them and now only 1 with ridicilus fees. Bitcoin is the only way to bypass capital controls but there is not cheap bitcoin here in Greece. The exchanges sell bitcoin with a fee 20% and very high for the market price.

Unfortunately whoever put them there is only looking out for themselves.  With all the debate and drama over xt, I would hate to see greeks lose ever more purchasing power if they went into btc.  I dont have a lot of confidence for using btc as a "store of value".  I dont think the people of greece need any more headaches than they already have.

[LiteCoinGuy]

1000....yeah...for sure 

i read so many news where companies announced that and it never happend. even 10 atms would be good for greece.

Paypal have been going on for well.... Years now about how much they love Bitcoin and want to implement it and afterwards? Nothing, of course, in fact they've done the opposite and tried to restrict Bitcoin activity on their sites as much as possible.

that is another strange story indeed. braintree is working with bitcoin but i dont see much progress. of course they want to keep their fucking paypal in place.