Today, Feb 28th 2022, Russia has been economically air gapped from the rest of the world. No money in, no money out. Today, a major success for crypto, as Russians adopt it as it is their only option to make money.

A major talking point of cryptocurrency is what if banks fail? I never believed it would happen, what could take down the banks? It just happened.

Maybe, cryptocurrency lovers have some tiny point. Maybe we do need a system that can be stopped by nothing? Maybe bitcoin is that?

I’ve always hated cryptocurrency, but who am I to tell someone they need to go homeless because of my ethics?

I’m dying for a solution to the problem in Russia that does not involve crypto, but I’m beginning to consider the remote possiblity that maybe crypto is that solution.

(To be clear, I’m not suggesting all cryptocurrency is good. Ethereum, Web3, Crypto based desentralized apps, NFTs, the thousands of currencies are all stupid still)

If you have a solution without the need for Bitcoin please send a webmention or an email.