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58647197 No.58647197 [Reply] [Original]

Hey lads.

I'm an American who wants to quickly and safely send a few hundred dollars to a friend in Russia. I've heard some kind of crypto may be the best way to do this.

No, it's not a scammer or a prostitute or anything like that. It's a friend I met while working in Western Europe a few years ago ago that I completely know and trust. I used to be able to just send a wire transfer, but with the events in Ukraine, that's no longer an option.

Is this possible? Is there some kind of 'Retard's Guide to Sending Money to People in Officially Unfriendly Countries'? I'm sure it's not legal, but I can't imagine anybody's going to give a shit about a few hundred bucks sent to a private citizen with no ties to the Russian military or government.

Thanks.

>> No.58647210

>>58647197
$ > bitcoin > sent to friend's wallet address > turned into ₽
pretty sure this isnt illegal

>> No.58647214

>>58647197
are you so fucking retarded you cant figure out what a wallet address is

>> No.58647218

>>58647197
Hypothetically you would go to a crypto exchange and buy XMR.
Set up a wallet, send it from the exchange to your wallet and then to your friend.

>>58647210
Do *not* use BTC for anything illegal. Exchanges in the US are KYC and the BTC blockchain is totally unencrypted.

>> No.58647224

>>58647218
>>58647214
>>58647210
to cash out crypto you need banking
and crypto is banned in Russia

>> No.58647228

>>58647224
you cant ban crypto, its decentralized

>> No.58647233

>>58647228
you can't interact with crypto without banking

>> No.58647240

>>58647233
wrong. crypto is inherently p2p. all you need is to find a buyer/seller and communicate with them.

>> No.58647246
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58647246

>>58647224
why do you lie
>>58647218
agreed, good thing its not illegal
but even if bitcoin was somehow impossible to convert to rubles in russia, the friend can just travel to china or anywhere else outside of the russian border, cash out the bitcoin into rubles, and come back with the now laundered crypto
>inb4 WHERE DID YOU GET $400? AUDIT THIS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW

>> No.58647249

>>58647240
banned means banking wont process crypto transaction
and that means you can't cash out
and since there is no crypto economy, you can't even use it

>> No.58647257

>>58647249
eh? you don't need a bank. find someone who wants to buy bitcoin/monero/whatever and sell it to them for cash. it's that simple.
i agree it's not convenient but it definitely works.

>> No.58647267

>>58647257
>just find someone to buy my bags

>> No.58647273

>>58647246
>agreed, good thing its not illegal
I'm not in the US so this isn't my problem, but I'd personally rather not have this trivially tied to my identity.
There's no good reason not to use XMR either, the transaction fee is lower which isn't nothing for a transfer of just a few hundred bucks.

>> No.58647275

>>58647267
>just find someone to buy my bags
That's probably whole crypto ecosystem you retarded nigger

>> No.58647285

>>58647267
you really are retarded. i dont even hold any significant amount of crypto and i can tell you're a midwit who doesn't really understand much.

>> No.58647593

This is less than encouraging.

It sounds like it might not be too hard to send my friend some crypto. How exactly can they convert that to rubles?

They're not going to travel to China or Kazakhstan, and they're not going to spend hours looking on 4chan or Reddit or whatever looking for a buyer.

Paying a fee is okay, but is there an actually simple way for a person who doesn't know or care about crypto to turn it into cash? To put money into their Russian bank account?

>> No.58647673

>>58647197
you should use crypto, it's like magic

>> No.58647692

>>58647593
Unironically send him a book and just throw some cash in there. Defeat the tech overlords by going old school. It's not glamorous and it will take a while to get there but sometimes the best plan is the simplest.

>> No.58647869

>>58647267
Yeah you're retarded. Lurk two years before posting. This is BTC we're talking about not some fucking shitcoin swap on ERC-20.