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Ask HN: Best way to pay international developers?
2 points by twog on May 20, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments
Hi HN,

We recently hired a remote developer in Moscow & we are currently paying him via wire transfer, which gets pretty pricy. Do any HNers know of other services/ways to pay international devs?



Bitcoin or LR. Let them incur the fees to convert to their own local currency.


Thanks for the quick reply. We considered bitcoins. What is LR?


I think he's referring to Liberty Reserve.

Before there were USD/BTC exchanges you had to use someone like LR to get Liberty Dollars and then exchange them for bitcoins or vice versa. I may be remembering incorrectly. I looked into back in 2010.


Negociate the fees with your bank.

Also, wiring money within the SEPA zone is free: if your developer is ok for having an account in an European country, go for it.




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