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A comment on India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. Parent comment

Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes by fgpwd on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:01PM (#12903446)
But there can still be Bitcoin <=> Bitcoin transactions as an alternative to Paytm et al. It's very unlikely to pick up though I guess.
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Re:India's demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes by Kadin on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @04:31PM (#12904116)
Most people are only interested in Bitcoin insofar as it's convertible to a local currency. So if it's difficult to do that, it's difficult to use Bitcoin for most transactions.
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