You could always exchange for Liberty Reserve. It's an online currency
similar to e-Bullion, Pecunix or Webmoney that allows exchanges no
questions asked and with privacy.
LR and the others are hard to buy but easy to cash out. Hard to buy
because exchangers are very cautious about getting ripped off by
reversed payments, so they require more details and holding time.
Cashing out is very easy. LR is non-reversible, so there are oodles of
exchanges eager to turn LR into any kind of payment.
Bitcoin is the reverse, in that it's easy to get Bitcoins just by
generating them. It would be easy for customers to go
bitcoin->LR->cash, bitcoin->LR->gold, bitcoin->LR->paypal or maybe they
just want to save the money, then just bitcoin->LR.
There's also the idea BTC2PSC had to sell paysafecards for bitcoins.
Either online delivery by sending the card number by e-mail, or delivery
of the unopened physical card in the mails. There are many variations
of these cards. In some countries, they're called Gift Cards, and can
be used wherever credit cards are accepted. I think they're used more
by people who don't have the credit history to get a real credit card,
so they buy gift cards themselves to pay for things that require a
credit card.
Exchange ideas
Private email with Martti Malmi (sirius-m) · 1 message · from 4 February 2010 · with Satoshi Nakamoto
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