I'm from a poor country and Bitcoin helps me, does that count? Other alt coins help me too, and my family.
Bitcoin is money and money is almighty.
I dont know how bitcoin helps you,but yes bitcoin can certainly help many indiviaduals,providing cheap and quick online transactions or even providing some earning oportunities online as well.
Exactly this. Transactions with Bitcoins not only cheap, they almost nothing compared to Western Union for example. And they are really fast, you just have to include the recommended transaction fee which right now is just 0.0002 or $0.14.
we are talking about the same thing (transaction fees), but from different viewpoints. because i think bitcoin is not cheap. i if use wire transfer with my bank i pay NOTHING for it and it is not slow. did it yesterday and the money was in under 1 hour transferred. no need for confirmations either.
if i pay $0.14 everyday this sums up in a month to $4.20 or $50 in a year.
Okay, we may say it is not that cheap. However, I think that $50 in a yearis that money you don't even notice. You may just uy a bit more or a bit less food and that's it. Oh, and I wanted to ask how much you spent on your bitcoin wallet and on your credit card? For me btc wallet is free whereas a usd card will cost about 10$ per month at least.
the title of the thread is "Can Bitcoin help poor countries?" and you write that "$50 ... is money you don't even notice". i tend to disagree, but gladly send you my bitcoin address so you can prove your point by sending me some amount of bitcoin that you don't even notice missing.
to ask how much i pay for my credit card is not fair, since most people will pay for it for some reason. i do not have to pay for it and since i got my card as part of a promotion campaign by the credit card company i even got some money for it.