Why don't people under ISIS rule buy bitcoin?

[gelar24]

Why don't people under ISIS rule buy bitcoin?

Because they're running for their lives?

yes it's true, or they are busy enlarging their network area.

because in my country so in condemns ISIS

[koshgel]

Most likely because it is hard to get it and hard to use it. Remember you have to have internet connection and a mobile phone at least to buy it and use it. Not everyone has that, and that is holding it back. In my opinion at least.

Most of the people living in cities such as Baghdad and Basra are having broadband internet connection, although the same can't be said about the rural areas, such as the ISIS-infected villages of Al-Anbar. 

Is this true in Iraq? Broadband?

Almost everywhere in Iran, even Tehran, was 56k connection in internet cafes. Only in companies did they have broadband

[elebit]

Whether they actually use it or not is not really relevant.

What's relevant is the accusation that they do. It's a little too good to be true, but there are no fact checks in the news.

If you wanted to destroy bitcoin today, associating it with ISIS might be a one of the easier ways... It's really hard to have a good comeback, because you can't really prove that they don't, so whatever you say you're screwed because it will sound like you acknowledge it as a fact the second you open your mouth.

[zedicus]

Most likely because it is hard to get it and hard to use it. Remember you have to have internet connection and a mobile phone at least to buy it and use it. Not everyone has that, and that is holding it back. In my opinion at least.

Most of the people living in cities such as Baghdad and Basra are having broadband internet connection, although the same can't be said about the rural areas, such as the ISIS-infected villages of Al-Anbar. 

From what I can tell from news reports, most of the places that the ISIS has under it's control are more rural areas, and a lot of what they have under their control are the mountains in Iraq. It may make some level of sense for people in the major cities in Iraq to buy bitcoin prior to the ISIS taking over where they live.