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Why the Bitcoin price is different in different countries ...

Why the Bitcoin price is different in different countries

Werner van Rooyen

31 May 2017 o 4 minute read

As the price of Bitcoin continues to skyrocket and Bitcoin adoption realises rapid growth, we have more and more customers searching for the price of Bitcoin and asking us:

"Why is the Bitcoin price so high/low on Luno compared to the price shown on Google and other exchanges?"

When reviewing...

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The Bitcoin Cash fork (update) | Luno

Edit: You can now withdraw your BCH or sell it for Bitcoin. Log in to Luno, navigate to Wallets > Send BCH .

The  Bitcoin Cash  (BCH*) project intends to hard fork from Bitcoin on 1 August 2017. At this stage, it appears the fork is only supported by a small minority of platforms, users and miners. It's unknown whether this fork will survive or what value it might attain.

 

Bitcoin Cash is a...

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Bitcoin and Ethereum made easy | Luno

Buy Bitcoin or Ethereum with

EUR via SEPA Transfer

Luno is very simple, client-friendly and ergonomic, I like it!

Luno helps you buy Bitcoin and Ethereum in three easy steps

1

Sign Up

Sign up for a free Luno Wallet on web, iOS or Android and go through our easy verification process.

2

Deposit Money

Select your preferred deposit method like bank or credit card and deposit money into your Luno...

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How to buy Ripple (XRP) with Luno | Luno

Over the past few weeks, the price of Ripple (or XRP, the cryptocurrency behind the Ripple network) has surged dramatically and there has been a lot of interest from investors. We're receiving a number of questions from our customers about how it works and how to buy it.

Note that we currently only support Bitcoin, but this article will outline what Ripple is and how to use Bitcoin to buy it.

On...

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Dollar-Cost Averaging as part of your Bitcoin investment ...

Bitcoin has gained increasing importance as an asset class over the past many years. Bitcoin's price often makes headlines, primarily due to its volatile nature.

No one can predict where the Bitcoin price will be a few months --or years-- down the line, as is the case with any other asset.

By following a simple and well known investing method called Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA), investors can...

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Identifying Bitcoin scams | Luno

Bitcoin is attractive to scammers for the same reason it's attractive to you: it's fast, it's international, and it's irreversible. So as Bitcoin usage has grown, we have seen more and more Bitcoin scammers disappear with user funds.

The following are some of the most persistent Bitcoin scams.

Bitcoin Ponzi, HYIP or MLM schemes

These schemes attract people with low or no subscription fees and...

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Bitcoin as a payment system | Luno

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Bitcoin as a payment system

How did we transfer money thousands of years ago, when we all still lived in little villages and knew and trusted each other? We simply exchanged things with each other, as we still do with cash today. But when money moved online things got a bit trickier, and the way the banks and credit card systems dealt with this was to create a 'ledger...

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Where to Spend Bitcoin in South Africa | Luno

This is by no means a complete list. Through our partnership with  PayFast , shoppers in South Africa can pay with Bitcoin at the thousands of merchants that have the payment method enabled. If you are interested in setting up an online store in South Africa (and accepting Bitcoin payments), reach out to them.

If you...

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Bitcoin security | We keep your Bitcoin safe | Luno

We keep your Bitcoin safe

Bitcoin Storage

Deep freeze storage

The majority of customer Bitcoin funds are kept in what we call "deep freeze" storage. These are multi-signature wallets, with private keys stored in different bank vaults.

No single person ever has access to more than one key. Spending any Bitcoins from deep freeze storage requires a coordinated effort with multiple layers of...

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