Some good news from India

[EvilPanda]

For those who haven't seen it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM10sKEJRho

[empoweoqwj]

For those who haven't seen it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM10sKEJRho

Brief Summary?

[kwoody]

Unavailable to view in USA. Summary?

[crazy_rabbit]

Unavailable to view in USA. Summary?

A small club of local bit coiners, are into bitcoin at the local internet cafe and are selling what looks like prepackaged casacius coins. Especially nice is that the 'leader' is a woman who seems very enthusiastic. But otherwise, it's years behind other markets. I would be surprised if india makes a big difference with bitcoin in the next year or two.

[Mjbmonetarymetals]

The digital currency Bitcoin is gaining popularity in India. There's now a campaign to make it part of the country's financial system. And a conference is being held in Bangalore to promote the advantages of virtual money. Al Jazeera's Faiz Jamil reports from Bangalore.



The item shows a metal Bitcoin with a qr code on the back so funds can be sent to an online wallet via a coin - to help introduce Indians to Bitcoin

A banker shows concern in that bitcoins can easily be transferred across borders.

Decent video showing that Bitcoin is starting to gain some momentum over there

[CMMPro]

The "banker showing concern" is practically an advertisement for bitcoin, lol.

Can you imagine what will happen when all the migrant workers of the world figure out how to use bitcoin?

I've met with a lot of people in my day to day job that work here and send some money back every week home to family to help out.

I saw a gentleman on the weekend send $220 to his family at the Western union counter in the grocery store...it cost him $256 to do so.

[EvilPanda]

They are also organizing first BTC conference in India. Nice to se people who see a potential and want to show it to others.

[Blackswan122]

Yes... slowly, but silently India is catching up the BitCoin fever. Bitcoin Exchange India is under development

Yes but they are pretty advanced at phoning people up and trying to get them access to your computer...they tried it with me the other day! "I'm from the Microsoft Service Center.....You have Malware installed I need you to check your Id number....." They then log in to your PC and try and install a file.... MSC DON'T call people.

[Piper67]

Unavailable to view in USA. Summary?

A small club of local bit coiners, are into bitcoin at the local internet cafe and are selling what looks like prepackaged casacius coins. Especially nice is that the 'leader' is a woman who seems very enthusiastic. But otherwise, it's years behind other markets. I would be surprised if india makes a big difference with bitcoin in the next year or two.

You might have said the same thing about China 6 months ago. All India needs is a couple of strong exchanges.

[hilariousandco]

The digital currency Bitcoin is gaining popularity in India. There's now a campaign to make it part of the country's financial system. And a conference is being held in Bangalore to promote the advantages of virtual money. Al Jazeera's Faiz Jamil reports from Bangalore.



The item shows a metal Bitcoin with a qr code on the back so funds can be sent to an online wallet via a coin - to help introduce Indians to Bitcoin

A banker shows concern in that bitcoins can easily be transferred across borders.

Decent video showing that Bitcoin is starting to gain some momentum over there

Always nice to see enthusiasm for Bitcoin around the globe. I'm really looking forward to travelling around the world in the near future and being able to spend my coins. I'll always be on the look out for the Bitcoin logo.

[Desensitizer]

This is going to be huge if it gains ground in India. In these developing countries, micropayments are all the rage and bitcoins are the perfect means of performing transactions of this nature. I think a similar phenomenon is going to happen in Africa eventually where people are in a similar style of situation.

[hilariousandco]

This is going to be huge if it gains ground in India. In these developing countries, micropayments are all the rage and bitcoins are the perfect means of performing transactions of this nature. I think a similar phenomenon is going to happen in Africa eventually where people are in a similar style of situation.

I think Bitcoin could actually take-off faster in the developing world. A ridiculous amount of people cannot or do not even have access to a bank account, so all they would need would be a paper wallet, USB stick or a mobile phone or access to an internet cafe to make or receive payments. Bitcoin could be very useful to these people

[empoweoqwj]

This is going to be huge if it gains ground in India. In these developing countries, micropayments are all the rage and bitcoins are the perfect means of performing transactions of this nature. I think a similar phenomenon is going to happen in Africa eventually where people are in a similar style of situation.

I think Bitcoin could actually take-off faster in the developing world. A ridiculous amount of people cannot or do not even have access to a bank account, so all they would need would be a paper wallet, USB stick or a mobile phone or access to an internet cafe to make or receive payments. Bitcoin could be very useful to these people

Very true. Bitcoin is potentially huge for people without bank accounts. And to be honest, people in the developed world with bank accounts aren't doing that great with bitcoin. Banks are not lining up to love bitcoin.

Just depends on laws passed in places like India. Fingers crossed time.