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    1. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 1 Dec 2017
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      I find that the difficulty and relative cost of moving (even large) sums between countries is vastly overstated by crypto-currency advocates.

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    2. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      Perhaps this is influenced by the fact that you lived in the UK for a time? I tried to do this (as did several colleagues of mine) and did not succeed.

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    3. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      For example, I was not even able to open a bank account in several countries that I tried.

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    4. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 1 Dec 2017
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      Getting banked is the biggest logistical difficulty, but for sums under ~5K, not necessary. For sums over that, you probably need that *regardless* of exchange mechanism.

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    5. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      Can you tell me how? A colleague and I both tried. I was able to open an account in Australia, with difficulty, and a small fib. He was able to open one in Argentina (I think?), but that didn't meet my needs. I tried opening an account in the UK but failed.

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    6. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      You can't understand that if I want to do this, and invested effort, and failed, that there's probably a lot more people like me?

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    7. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 1 Dec 2017
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      Usually there's a party on the other side that you trust to send your money to. That could be your bank account, friend, family member, etc. If you're just wanting to spend some of your money, credit cards work. Beyond that, getting a bank account usually means having roots.

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    8. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      Right, so you're making my point for me. I want to have some of my savings be decoupled from the US. I don't have any friends or family oversees. You do, so this process seems easier for you.

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    9. Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 1 Dec 2017
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      No, I'm saying that if I want to buy gold or any other asset, I can do that without any crypto-anything. If I want to send spendable currency somewhere, that's a different problem.

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    10. Aaron Boodman‏ @aboodman 1 Dec 2017
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      I cannot buy gold that is decoupled from the US without actually storing gold in my house. I hope you will admit this is significantly less convenient than Bitcoin.

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      Alex Russell‏ @slightlylate 1 Dec 2017
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      Absolutely!

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