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Re:Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money by Nursie on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:25PM (#15767267)
It's pretty cheap to send money internationally in a lot of places, and pretty quick too.

The oft-touted benefit of BTC is not that new or appealing to the whole world. In fact a lot of the selling points I see boil down to flaws in the US banking system, and skewed views of how the rest of the world operates.

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Re:Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money by jaymzcampbell on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:08PM (#15767497)
From my own recent experience, I had to spend £10 to send €6, pay conversion fees and it took 2 days to go through. https://estimatefee.com/ suggests right now for a 2-hour confirmation a cost of around $3 via BTC. (Natwest in the UK to an account in the EU).
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Re:Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money by Nursie on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:39PM (#15767659)
I didn't pay much more than that to transfer about £20k from Australia to the UK a couple of years back. I think I paid about £12...
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