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by ahmedfromtunis 27 days ago
The issue is not the amount; it's the currency. Ours is not convertible.

To put it into perspective: even *free* services can be completely inaccessible here if they require payment info for verification purposes.

Acquiring hard currency to spend online is truly a bureaucratic nightmare, and even if you manage it, the annual limit is strictly capped (at around $300).

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Thanks for the reply. If the books were sold in Tunisian dinar (via Stripe), would you still have the same issues?
And people say that Monero is worse than fiat!