Coinbase and Mercadolar are now blocked in Venezuela, on all mayor ISPs

Coinbase and Mercadolar are now blocked in Venezuela, on all mayor ISPs

By Permabull | BTC Latino | 9 Sep 2020


I'm posting (not only) Venezuela weekly Bitcoin updates for quite a while here and just discovered Coinbase is now blocked by most mayor internet providers across the country. 

 

 

So if you're in Venezuela, there's a few options you can do:

You can use LocalBitcoins or VPN with Airtm. Not as many vendors are accepting BTC there in Ven but it is growing.

If you're more computer savvy and looking for the most private way, use Tor with BISQ. Here's a quick guide posted by this user @ reddit:

 

 

PSA Install Tor and use it to grab r/bisq to buy BTC. Also run your full node over Tor either in Venezuela, or to help those in Venezuela.

  1. Download, verify1, install and initialize Gpg4win

  2. Download, verify2, install, and launch Tor Browser (TBB)

  3. With TBB, download, verify3, install and initialize Bisq

  4. With TBB, download, verify4, install, and launch Bitcoin Core

  5. Launch an Admin command console in the directory with tor.exe

  6. Install the Tor service: tor.exe --service install

  7. CD to service dir: cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\tor

  8. Create and edit a file called torrc with the contents suggested below

  9. Restart tor: tor --service stop && tor --service start

  10. Record your onion hostname: type .\HiddenService\hostname as <hostname>

  11. Add the bitcoin.conf options suggested below

  12. Restart the bitcoin-qt program

torrc file: (replace c:\windows with the proper path as needed)

# Change <Service-Dir> to C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming
Log notice file <Service-Dir>\tor\service.log

# Bridges may be needed if the Gov't shuts down Tor exit nodes.  Get Bridges by
# emailing [email protected] from Gmail (only) and uncomment as follows:
#Bridge obfs4 <ipaddr>:<port> <hash> cert=<base64> iat-mode=<n>

HiddenServiceDir <Service-Dir>\tor\HiddenService
HiddenServiceVersion 2
HiddenServicePort 8333 127.0.0.1:8333
HiddenServicePort 18333 127.0.0.1:18333

bitcoin.conf file: (entries to be ADDED)

# Change <hostname> to what you recorded earlier
onion=127.0.0.1:9050
listen=1
externalip=<hostname>
discover=1

Footnotes:

  • 1 - Cert-Subject: "Intevation GmbH"  ;  Cert-SHA1: c13a65963ad53e78694dd223d518007791a05fe4

  • 2 - PGP Signing Key: 0xEF6E286DDA85EA2A4BA7DE684E2C6E8793298290

  • 3 - PGP Signing Key: 0xCB36D7D2EBB2E35D9B75500BCD5DC1C529CDFD3B

  • 4 - PGP Signing Key: 0x01EA5486DE18A882D4C2684590C8019E36C2E964

 

 

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Permabull
Permabull

Saw crypto as a way to make some cash, a get rich quick scheme. Learned about the tech and will stay in forever. Watching the GOV spending in 2020 made me realise how fiat is controlled way too much and becoming worthless be a minute. Bitcoin for the WIN!


BTC Latino
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Hope this blog will help to spread the awareness about the financial situation in the Latin countries as well as the use of cryptocurrencies in poor countries as an hedge against corrupt governments. Currently mostly about Argentina and Venezuela, more countries to follow.

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