[idrae]

"Bitcoin is popular in the west and the US specifically because it lacks the cutting edge financial networks rest of the world has."

This only applies to the US, Europe has a instant bank transfer system.

[apexalpha]

Yeah I was just gonna say, it's been instant for a while now. I think outside of my country it can still take a workday though. But then again it doesn't cost anything, where BTC can cost a few dollars per tx.