Travel on them: 27 countries for 18 months

 Stories about how to survive on them a week or two, nobody will surprise. But kriptovaljutu can be used in everyday life and in much longer periods in countries around the world, even considered technologically backward.German programmer named Felix Weiss (Felix Weis) for a year and a half has visited 27 countries and 50 cities using only them. Their journey Weiss wanted to prove that it Has not died, as stated by opponents kriptovaljuty in the end of the year 2014. On the other hand, he wanted to prove the possibility of using Bitkoina as international currency when travelling around the world.Weiss has set for itself the goal, first and foremost, spend only them, are used to Exchange cash on kriptovaljutu. To find people willing to swap them for cash, he enjoyed the site LocalBitcoins.com.It goes without saying that for various incidentals Weiss often needed cash. Depending on the country, the percentage of cash needed ranged from 20 to 80. Less total cash needed in North America, mostly in Asia, in South America, the ratio of cash spent and kriptovaljuty was about the same.

No banks and credit cards

At the time of its 18-month trip Weiss completely abandoned bank accounts and credit cards. By the way, the journey began not in Weiss's best time is shortly after the start of the price Has dropped to $200.To find the host kriptovaljutu restaurants, he enjoyed the site coinmap.org. All the hotels and flights also paid bitkoinami Weisz.

First stop: SatoshiLabs

The first thing a traveler went to Prague and visited SatoshiLabs, Trezor purse manufacturer. Weiss used storage Trezor bitcoins in which it transferred all their savings. For incidentals traveler used a mobile wallet as needed replenishing it with Trezor. According to Weiss, even in case of loss of Trezor, the private key can be recovered without the use of the device itself.Over globetrotting Weiss met and talked with representatives of various kriptovaljutnyh startups. The journey was very fascinating, but not simple. It was necessary to constantly look for places that accept them, or where they can be exchanged for cash. According to Weiss, traveling on them can be, but uncomfortable.

Additional time is required

In order to explore the possibilities of Bitkoina in the country, can take an entire day. Initially Weiss planned for 365 days to visit 21 country, but during this time he was able to visit only in 17 countries. According to him, moving from country to country quite uncomfortable, because every time you search for a place, host kriptovaljutu, places where you can get cash, and, of course, the "bitkojnerov".Each time, arriving at the station or airport, he had to find someone willing to take them. However, he noted that some airports have installed bitkojnomaty.

Grexit forced to return to Greece

Weiss visited Greece before the crisis Grexit. However, learning about Grexit and closing banks, he decided to return to the country. People were allowed to withdraw not more than 60 Euro non-cash transfers also were banned. Under this restriction, however, have not got bitkojnomaty. Weiss taught people how to remove 120 instead of 60 euros. For this people transferred money from their bank account, acquire them on the Greek Stock Exchange, and then filmed the money through bitkojnomaty.

Ancient money, resembling Has

Anniversary of its travel Weiss met on the islands of Yap, between Guam and the Philippines, where people use the ancient equivalent of money, which by its characteristics and Has blokchejn Weiss recalled."Coins" are made of limestone on the island of Palau, which is located in 200 miles away from the Japanese. They represent a huge stones that Yap residents for many years used as money, but due to their size, they may not be interchangeable. Stones do not change your location when you change the owner. In the same way as in the case of Bitkoinom, transactions are public.

The lesson of inflation: Venezuela

To understand what advantages does Has in the country, wracked by inflation, Weiss decided to visit Venezuela. Venezuelans peddling bitkoinami, so they do not lose their value, Has, moreover, is the only way to transfer money abroad.The advantage of Venezuela's cheap electricity. Weiss met with majnerami, which does not need to pay for electricity at the market price. ASIC-miners are right at home.

Cuba and Romania: no Bitkoina

Get the traveler to Cuba managed only by using the person who placed the ad that he wants to buy them. According to him, no one else has bitcoins on the island. The man agreed to pick up Weiss and allowed him to stay for a week at his home.Weiss is not found in Cuba no kriptovaljutnoj company, and about the little known Bitkoine. Most people don't even have access to the Internet.Once Weiss had to go on cheating. In Romania, he could not find anyone who would like to purchase them, so he had no cash. The hotel was paid only for breakfast, and he had to steal some apples. Then Weiss learned about site Groupon-like hosting them for vouchers.

The most Bitkoinu friendly-San Francisco

The easiest and comfortable place for using bitcoins turned out to be San Francisco. There are many restaurants and hotels accept them.During his travels, Weiss learned many ways to use Bitkoina. In Hong Kong and the Philippines, people use it to send money to relatives. In Venezuela, they use them as protection against inflation and benefit from cheap electricity. In New York, people are interested in getting profits from his trading. In Austin with the help Bitkoina people are protected from high taxes.According to Weiss, Has has all the characteristics of money. He was able to sell and buy them in 27 countries and came to the conclusion that Has really has a chance to become a world currency.