As a side note: this issue illustrates pretty clearly why alternative coins will be at a constant disadvantage. 3 of 193 countries have easy bank/money <> bitcoin services. As that increases it embeds this currency even more. As has been stated elsewhere (Quora CEO: Do other crypto-currencies have a chance or is Bitcoin too far ahead?) unless an alt currency provides seriously strong features over bitcoin (ahem, better anonymity??) then the infrastructure of bitcoin will be near impossible to compete with. The headache of BTC users trying to live in a FIAT world and depending on various tools and regulations to allow this is a huge advantage that is growing.