Everyone should read this Bitcoiner's story

[pixie85]

I've never been a refugee but I understand how hard it had to be for you OP to see your country in ruins and knowing you cannot go there.

It's great that you were able to find a hobby that took your mind away from it all and gave you a new purpose in life.

[Oceat]

I've never been a refugee but I understand how hard it had to be for you OP to see your country in ruins and knowing you cannot go there.

It's great that you were able to find a hobby that took your mind away from it all and gave you a new purpose in life.

It's a story of someone's life it's not OP's life. You are not reading carefully, aren't you?

Anyway, it's kind of inspiring story on how he got his identity back since he's a refugee with no identification to show to the authority, therefore his movement is limited especially sending/receiving money. Luckily, Bitcoin did change everything in his life and he even got his identity again and not as an illegal immigrants. Thanks to Bitcoin he is now a well-known speaker in Europe.

[pixie85]

I've never been a refugee but I understand how hard it had to be for you OP to see your country in ruins and knowing you cannot go there.

It's great that you were able to find a hobby that took your mind away from it all and gave you a new purpose in life.

It's a story of someone's life it's not OP's life. You are not reading carefully, aren't you?

Anyway, it's kind of inspiring story on how he got his identity back since he's a refugee with no identification to show to the authority, therefore his movement is limited especially sending/receiving money. Luckily, Bitcoin did change everything in his life and he even got his identity again and not as an illegal immigrants. Thanks to Bitcoin he is now a well-known speaker in Europe.

I thought he was posting an article about his own experiences.

I don't know what OP's real name is and people often post articles as authors or about themselves.

[Kakmakr]

My hairdresser has the same problem, because he is a immigrant in my country and he is not allowed to have a Bank account. We had several discussions about this and he told me that between 10 to 15% of the money that he is sending home through MoneyGram or WD are being taken by these companies in the form of fees.

I was totally disgusted by this, so I started selling Bitcoin to him for cash and I helped him to setup a wallet and a manual to explain to his relatives on how to convert bitcoins back to cash in their country. This guy makes a honest living and his family is suffering in his country and Banks and Money transmitters wants to extort them. 

Bitcoin has shown once again that it opens doors, when large centralized organizations mess with their lives. (Political games) 

[Krislaw]

This story shows many benefits of how bitcoin can help in situations. He took the opportunity even as an early adopter and escrow deals which he earns from and also made him a reputable member in their community.
With Bitcoin, you don't need anyone's permission to transact, it's decentralized. No fees like the banks that takes certain % or fixed amount for withdrawals and deposits.

[khaled0111]

Thanks for sharing 

It has been a long time since the last time I read such an amazing and inspiring story.
Personally, I know many people who were jobless and without any source of income but bitcoin literally changed their lifes.
Bitcoin can be a life changer indeed especially in poor countries where there is no other means to shop online and fees to transfer money internationally are unbearable.

[rathaha10]

This is an inspiring story of misfortune, of how the person has overcome the hardship and how bitcoin has helped him.


I'm a Syrian Refugee. This Is How Bitcoin Changed My Life

Half of Syria was flooding into the Netherlands back then, and smugglers were active on the other side of Europe. I bought a small book to teach me how to pray in Islam, then started to practice my prayers and listen to the Koran. I also started listening to Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s speeches, his recitals and calls to fight alongside Hezbollah in Syria. I was surrendering to my fate of being deported to Syria or Lebanon.

Sleepless nights went by, with the Facebook pages continuously broadcasting images of the brutality of war in Syria. I did not want to be part of this.

On Sept. 11, 2014 , 500 migrants lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to cross to safe land. It was at that moment I realized how blessed I was to be in Europe, and I surrendered to the idea of becoming a refugee.

Read in full https://www.coindesk.com/im-a-syrian-refugee-this-is-how-bitcoin-changed-my-life

What a touching story and I'm sure everyone learn one or two things from how you rose from being a refugee to a person living quite a decent life. Bitcoin has come to be a currency that is helping everyone with even the unbanked included. I'm sure any unbanked that bought bitcoin fews years back would still be in a life changing game and so is anyone that buy now will have a positive testimony to give the whole world in the next couple of years to come. Your story inspires me that there's always hope in life

[goaldigger]

This story can be an eye opener to everyone as a proof that bitcoin is here to help us and it can give us an opportunity to rise again and give that hope as a global currency. Bitcoin change my life as well, and I will forever be thankful to this technology and I feel that I also have to share my knowledge and experience with bitcoin so many will use this as well. If we don’t give up, time will come for us and the opportunity will come so make sure to grab it no matter what is your situation in life.

[MCobian]

The story in the opening post inspired me, and made my mind even more open that Bitcoin can change someone's life to be better.
I increasingly believe that Bitcoin can help me make my life better too, another point I get from the story is that Bitcoin is very feasible
as a global currency. Imagine the ease and cheapness of conducting transactions between countries with Bitcoin.

[Darker45]

...Bitcoin is very feasible as a global currency. Imagine the ease and cheapness of conducting transactions between countries with Bitcoin.

I share this view. The ease and cheap cost in international transactions using Bitcoin is a very huge advantage especially to the likes of Mr. Elrjula here. The role of Bitcoin as a global currency, a sort of a carrier of value across borders, cannot be overemphasized.

And, better still, if you send Bitcoin to any of your family members, especially in a war-torn country where bombs are seemingly detonated randomly across the streets and where lawlessness abound, you are somehow assured that it will arrive smoothly. It is indeed much safer to use.

A transaction using an immutable virtual currency which is acceptable worldwide and which can neither be confiscated nor withheld by corrupt agencies has all the advantages that any fiat currency does not have.

[Kez1817]

There are a lot of people with a heartbreaking story of bitcoin. Very inspiring story.Bitcoin has really changed a life of many people from nothing to a decent life.It gives hope for those who are down and gives light to those who are in difficult situation. Even bitcoin is not yet fully accepted anywhere and mass adoption is just increasing slowly but it is really useful already in many ways.

[KrisAlex18]

There are many people benefited from cryptocurrency especially with bitcoin, I have read many stories of a successful person because of their investment with bitcoin, just like me it also helps me with my finances, so I am very thankful because of cryptocurrency and to my friends as well who though me about cryptocurrency. I really like to invest and trade un cryptocurrency because it makes me gain profit. Even though it loses my money sometimes, it's fine because it entertains me so much. It kills my boredom especially with this pandemic virus.

[maxreish]

Worth to read. This inspired everyone here. We can see how great bitcoin's power affecting the lives of an individual. Being refugee is indeed difficult without any identification cards and documents with him.

Not all has a talent like that on the story and I admire his determination. What he become now, with the help of bitcoin and his own skills, he deserves it.

[AniviaBtc]

Thanks for sharing, it's a really interesting story, and it's very eye-opening. Even if we theoretically discuss how Bitcoin can help the unbanked, most of use here won't ever experience anything like what this guy did. And to me it's an example that even if Bitcoin doesn't reach mass adoption or is too volatile to be a store of value, there's still a lot of practical uses for it for at least some people, and in that Bitcoin is truly irreplaceable.

I love reading stories like this because it always made me inspired on what I do everyday, this means so much to me.

It is really hard to become a refugee because I know someone who struggled so hard to travel many countries just to become safe from those battlefields in their country. No one wants to become a refugee, but it is good for him that he is really courageous when it comes to this kind of trials in his life. He is lucky enough to know bitcoin because there are a lot of people who aren't given an opportunity to invest in bitcoin. We all know that bitcoin is convenient and can help you whenever you need it. But if you're a refugee, you should know if your destination accepts the use of cryptocurrency so that it is worth it.