Fеӏіх Wеіѕ, a computer ргоgгаmmer from Lυхеmbυгgо, traveled аround the world witouth using bank services. He vіѕіted 27 countries and 50 сіties, paying only with Bitcoin to ԁеmоѕtгate that is a global currency.
This has соnѕtіtυted an аdνеntυгe in modern times. In an interview Wеіѕ соmеnted that he went incluse to the Yар Islands at the Pacific Ocean, lосаӏіty where its inhabitants uses stoneѕ like money. He comented there is some seem between the payment system managed at the island and Bӏосkchаіn:
"When a stone changes its owner, the whole tribe knows; as it happens in a transaction with digital currencies, which is available in a decentralized accounting book ".
Weis' adventures began on January 1, 2015, two days before Bitcoin's price fell below $ 200. However, a year and a half later the digital currency began to recover its value, which allowed him to complete his journey.
Weis stressed that throughout the course he kept 3 important rules in mind:
Weis' journey began in Berlin and led him to make his first stop in Prague, where he used the cryptocurrency to cancel his accommodation, food and additional expenses.
He also commented that he had the opportunity to visit the facilities of SatoshiLabs and participate in some events and conferences related to the digital currency.
To make the process of finding restaurants and shops that accept the digital currency easier, Weis made use of a Coinmap application that shows the location of the premises that handle the cryptocurrency.
To purchase airline tickets and make reservations at hotels made use of CheapAir and Expedia platforms.
"I want to thank the members of the Bitcoin community. Without the support of these people in each of the countries I visited, it would not have been possible to make the trip. 80% of the people who exchanged BTC for local money with me were located with the LocalBitcoins platform. "
Weis managed to find an enthusiastic of the digital currency in a country as conservative as Cuba; who in addition to buy criptocurrencies lodged him in his house for a week. During his stay in Switzerland, Felix met the CEO of Bitcoin Suisse, who gave him a wallet. When the Cuban asked how to create an ewallet, Weis gave it to his new friend. It was something like a gift given by a citizen of one of the most capitalist countries to an inhabitant of one of the most socialist countries. Weis invited people who did not have much affinity with the criptocurrencies to create their digital purses to exchange money with him.
"Most people were interested once I explained some details. It's amazing how people knowing more about it fail to trust banks. I was the living example that the cryptocurrency works as digital money, because it allowed me to realize this journey around the world. But many people still do not see the digital currency as a real alternative. "
Felix said that in many hotels he had to use cash as a security deposit. In Asia was where he had to use more cash, the US was the country that least required the use of cash.
Weis is not the first to attempt to survive for some time using cryptocurrencies. There is also the case of Jack Nikoghosyan of the company Coinify, who tried to live a month in Denmark paying with digital coins. Jack met his goal by losing a few pounds for the demanding of this task.
Despite having managed to go around the world using a digital currency and define this as an interesting experience, Weis recognizes that it is not practical for those who want to live the experience as if it were a vacation. According to Weis, touring the world using only a cryptocurrency was an interesting but "definitely inconvenient" experience unrelated to an all-inclusive vacation. He emphasized that a traveler who only pays with digital coins invests a lot of time in investigations; where to sell the currency, where to eat and where to spend the night.
"By the end of the trip, when I got home, I was so saturated that I didn't want to write a blog to tell my experiences."
Source: coinfox.info
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