Second, you have access to this forum. You can actually buy the Bitcoin yourself from here. You have the option to use Paypal or USD or even your country's fiat. I guess there are also other Bangladeshis here. But as a newbie you will either send first or use an escrow. Either way, choose a trusted member of this forum for such transactions.
I second this. I haven't done any P2P transactions here yet, but this forum seems very handy to buy services that would normally be unavailable if you were to deal directly with a company, and don't have a credit card. Particularly if you live in an embargoed country like me.
You got a point. But I dont think creation of Bitcoin's ATM doesnt serve any advantages or purpose. I can site some I think advantages of it.
- If there is no available internet connection, you cant use your web/wallets to transact or even cash out right? That's where bitcoin atm can possibly be used.
- Save you from trouble registering on Cryptoexchange and fulfill KYC processes (mostly asked for it). In Physical bitcoin machine can easily cash out. I'm not trying it yet but I can say it have some purpose on my part.
- Can also save you from peer to peer scam when you are trading something. Probably some atms can have some features of exchanging major coins
Although I haven't used a bitcoin ATM either, how are we to know whether an ATM has been wired by a hacker to steal funds inputted into it? ATMs are just Internet of Things devices and it's been demonstrated hundreds of times in security conferences and by malicious cyberattacks that they are easily compromised. So ATMs might be less safe than other ways of cashing out.
ATMs must be connected to the internet to work and usually they run outdated system software that's never updated which makes it easier for them to get hacked. So if people were to use ATMs more frequently we will see the rise of ATM thefts, just like bugged Electrum clients that send all your bitcoin to the attacker.
Unlike wallet software (file hashes, PGP keys) we have no way of verifying whether the ATM has been tampered with.
I do think you should try changing your VPN if you are not able to use the online sites , I won't count on the ATM's that much , they are rare and at the same time you do have no idea what you are getting yourself into right now.
I don't see how VPN is going to help OP exchange currency for bitcoin at an exchange because they will just ask for documents anyway.
