Quote from: Realpra on April 18, 2013, 05:00:17 PM

Actually I have sent money to the Philippines and the total price for converting from fiat to BTC and back to PHP is about the same or lower than the price Western Union charges.

HOWEVER: No offense, but these over-seas-workers aren't tech savy enough to use BTC. You guys ever been to the Philippines? Organization and education is.. lacking.

uhmm AFASIK even a 7 year old kid knows how to play online games nowadays, almost every household got smartphones, tablets, laptops and pc's plus there are lots of internet shops everywhere. And to think those OFW are away and to keep the communication cheaper the first thing they invest on are mobile phones and computers. I dont really think being a tech savvy should be too much of an issue (except of course u ended up with tons of BTC in ur wallet and have to back it up).

"HOWEVER: No offense, but these over-seas-workers aren't tech savy enough to use BTC. You guys ever been to the Philippines? Organization and education is.. lacking." ----> this may be true but if I think opening a bank account is much more complex than transferring BTC. Considering most Filipinos doesnt meet the qualifications to open a bank account (let alone having a VALID ID to start with).