I think Bitcoin can not help the poor countries because poor countries do not have the facilities available to them, they can not even trade bitcoin because they do not have a good internet penetration rate.
Well this is the main reason why I am saying that bitcoin can't help the poor countries, unless they are going to invest with computers and other facilities needed for their people to work for bitcoin. But I am very doubtful that if we are going to place these computers in the depressed areas in Africa, people there must be trained first on how to use computers.
You don't need a computer. All you need is a cellphone and a service plan. Most of the internet connection in the better countries of africa are from cellphones. Only some are desktops and laptops. It is perfectly possible for poor countries to benefit greatly from bitcoin. They can work online from anywhere in the world doing whatever they want and getting paid in bitcoin in minutes.
yes that's what i am using these days cellphones are the most convenient,easy to carry gadget where we can use to work in our bitcoin ventures, and im sure if poor people would know bitcoin they would surely gain money that can help their starving family buy some food in meals,lunch and dinners, bitcoin really helpfull since theyre are no scholastical record holding to earn more, and also bitcoin is i think the future currency where people would love to work since there are no boss in this industry.
Actually a guy in the previous pages talked about a third party... So you just don't need neither a cellphone or internet if you want to hold it...
For example you pay XXX fiat currency for this guy, he buys BTC and give to you a paper wallet or whatever...
There's a lot of ways, but, you know, if you are poor, probably you don't have money to hold bitcoin...
Bitcoins can do allot of tjhings but help poor countrys i dont think they can help the poor ones because the poor peopel are not even close to buy
a bitcoin so how can they help them.