here are some thoughts i have had and i saw someone mention it somewhere so i made it into a topic for more discussion.
you know when you travel to another country you have to convert all your money to their local currency, all the fees for conversion, and all the headache.
here is a though: use bitcoin!
- you won't need to convert anything!
- you won't have to carry a big ass wallet containing a couple of 1000 dollars. it can be on a piece of paper looking like a poem (your seed). and you only need a phone to spend it!
now here is where Japan part comes in.
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Japan had 24.03 million international tourists in 2016. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks Japan 4th out of 141 countries overall.
and soon the Olympics are going to take place there.
Now if you have forgotten, recently Japan adopted bitcoin on a massive scale.
starting April 2017 Japan is recognizing bitcoin as a legal method of payment. seeing this mark everywhere is more than enough:
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spread the word...
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