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title: ""Like many bitcoin users, Alberto, the miner who makes $1,200 daily,…"
date: 2016-11-28
source: facebook
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# "Like many bitcoin users, Alberto, the miner who makes $1,200 daily,…

*November 28, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of?utm_content=bufferd59d1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer](http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of?utm_content=bufferd59d1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer){target="_blank"}
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\"Like many bitcoin users, Alberto, the miner who makes \$1,200 daily, imports food from the U.S. through Amazon\'s Prime Pantry service. This would be impossible with bolivars because almost no one outside of Venezuela accepts them as payment, and the growing scarcity of U.S. currency has made purchasing foreign goods with dollars increasingly difficult. Though the Seattle-based retail giant doesn\'t accept bitcoins itself, plenty of intermediary companies do. Alberto purchases Amazon gift cards through the cryptocurrency-friendly website eGifter, using software to mask the location of his computer, and then routes his orders through a Miami-based courier service.\
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Alberto\'s mining partner Luis, 27, buys electronics, perfumes, soaps, and shampoo on Amazon. Recently he purchased a wallet, a jigsaw puzzle, and a Tommy Hilfiger shirt.\"\
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[http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of](http://reason.com/archives/2016/11/28/the-secret-dangerous-world-of){target="_blank"}
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