LocalBitcoins on How Bitcoin Trading Compares Across the World - Ep.076
7 Jun 2019 · 21:35
Recorded at the Oslo Freedom Forum, this Unchained conversation features Vera Xavier, LocalBitcoins' community manager, and Elena Tonoyan, its chief customer success officer, describing how the Helsinki-based peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange operates. They explain how its escrow system works, why the company keeps a low public profile, and how usage patterns differ across regions with different economic and political conditions, including use in countries under authoritarian rule. The conversation also covers why LocalBitcoins had to halt service in Iran.