I'm from Venezuela and BTC are ver y serious for me, i have all muy savings in BTC and i dont care about the volatility. Due the financial issue in this country, having my money in my currency it's wasting it (inflation rate its >10% MONTHLY) so it's a way to keep my purchasing power
Nice to hear you are using bitcoin to protect you from government theft do you have any idea of some other people, friends or family, doing the same? Because this is one of the strong points of bitcoin the 21 million cap assures us there is not going to be hyperinflation like the one affecting Venezuela right now.
Yep, I have a few friends doing the same and I convinced my parents to do the same also my brother who lives in the US help us through Bitcoin. No much people knows about Bitcoin, others are sceptical about it, others are afraid because there's no regulation and the gov can freeze your bank account or something. I just spread the word as an opportunity to save money without going to the black Fx market.
Right now in 2 exchanges (surbitcoin and bitinka) Venezuelans have a trade volume of >100 BTC, biggest in Latin America after Brazil.