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Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by gesman on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:59PM (#13198340)
Can they pay in bitcoins?

Then you can convert them to cash at coinbase and alike exchanges right away.

Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:20PM (#13198506)
I suppose in theory, but does anyone know of a reliable Indian bitcoin exchange that is easy for Indian businesses to use?

Edit. A quick check suggests this is a very expensive way to go given the price of bitcoins in India. Also to buy bitcoins in India you basically have to set up a bank account and go through the whole KYC process. This does not look like a low friction option for Indian companies.

Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Saturday December 17, 2016 @11:26AM (#13201226)
Localbitcoins should allow you to buy BTC other than with a bank account.

https://localbitcoins.com/country/IN

Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Saturday December 17, 2016 @04:00PM (#13202571)
This is not really a low friction or cheap solution.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Saturday December 17, 2016 @05:38PM (#13203121)
Why not?
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Saturday December 17, 2016 @09:39PM (#13204018)
I answered it in the response to the OP. A wire transfer would be cheaper and have lower friction.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Sunday December 18, 2016 @12:30PM (#13206612)
That's bullshit. Banks are the ones with the highest friction and fees.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Sunday December 18, 2016 @03:50PM (#13207564)
The bitcoin spread is over 25% right now in India. That combined with the paperwork requirement needed for a business to buy bitcoins does not make for a low friction experience.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Sunday December 18, 2016 @11:38PM (#13209532)
What paperwork do you need as a business to buy bitcoin?
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:13AM (#13209773)
Thanks to the RBI you need to go through the full KYC process - basically the same as setting up a business bank account. This in not low friction.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Monday December 19, 2016 @11:26AM (#13212456)
With banks you always go through KYC/AML, this is nothing to do with bitcoin, and everything to do with banks.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by danieltillett on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:37PM (#13214781)
Well everything to do with the RBI regulations on bitcoin in India. The end outcome is that bitcoin is not a viable option to solve the India payment problem.
Re:Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an interna... by sayelt on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @09:08PM (#13234220)
If your legal system is fucked, that's not bitcoin's fault.