Hey there, another venezuelan here.<p>if you want to help this person PLEASE dont send any money without asking for verification first, I have seen so many people lately using this "please help me im venezuelan and i am in need" to scam money, there has been at least 5 sucessfull scams on r/btc, r/bitcoin and other online forums.<p>Also Please note that:<p>1- it's harder to change BTC for VEF than change USD for VEF<p>2- this domain it's registered at godaddys servers, meaning that what the OP claims here: "Venezuelans cannot accept USD without a bank account. You can use paypal but its hard to exchange from paypal USD to the venezuelan currency (Bolivares)" is half incorrect and does not really applies to him, he had to use either paypal or an international debit/credit card to pay for this domain.
In case anyone is not aware of the current situation of Venezuela. Here is a recent explanation: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17408792" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17408792</a>
It's heartbreaking seeing what happened to Venezuela.<p>It is also really scary as Venezuela was doing relatively quite well compared to other nearby nations. Democracy, functional institutions (relatively) and then .... people chose to vote in some strong men who trashed it.<p>Granted oil prices would have resulted in real problems anyway, but nothing to the extent we're seeing now. While nobody would want that situation, people in a democracy chose people who set them on that path (since then it hasn't been a democracy) ... and that is scary.
Your page says "text that need to be translated" but it would read more correctly as "text that needs to be translated". Just saying! Good luck.
Love the idea.<p>But I'm curious...<p>Is ~$12/page actually the going rate for translating english to/from spanish?<p>As $6,300 USD/BTC * 0.002 BTC = $12.6 USD
I know people have concerns with altcoin longevity/soundness/security but in a situation where every cent matters maybe an additional crypto to accept would be NANO? Though it seems to be less bartered locally. I read this a few days ago <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nanocurrency/comments/8wfl2r/venezuelan_user_i_bought_102_kg_of_food_today/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/nanocurrency/comments/8wfl2r/venezu...</a><p>edit: Oh never mind, moments after I posted this i realized that with altcoins you could end up even less crypto worth vs BTC than you'd save on tx cost. :)
While this looks interesting, it only helps one person/family. Is there any other way to help the people in the country? I looked up a couple of websites, but would love to hear people's opinions.
Have you considered accepting Nano instead of BTC? Nano is perfect for this since there are zero transaction fees. Also, transactions are instant with Nano. A lot of people in the Nano subreddit are trying to get Venezuelans to start accepting and using Nano. You should definitely post in the Nano subreddit if you start accepting payments via Nano. More info at Nano.org and reddit.com/r/nanocurrency
Good luck!<p>Are you still working on <a href="https://www.tryeffortless.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tryeffortless.com/</a> ?
Venezuela is working on sovereign crypto asset backed by oil <a href="http://archive.is/Zdhxe" rel="nofollow">http://archive.is/Zdhxe</a>
“Please help me use the blockchain, a ledger that can never be erased and can be tracked back to you, to circumvent your country’s sanctions against mine.”
Why hasn't some cryptocurrency replaced the bolívar as the unit of currency for most private transactions in Venezuela?<p>Given the Venezuelan government's poor economic management and tight restrictions on foreign exchange transactions, if cryptocurrency was going to overthrow fiat currency anywhere it should be in Venezuela.