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Everything is unstable as long as there is a pandemic. Businesses halted operations due to supply problems. Supplies for a specific business takes too long to arrive beacuse of the tight security and of course shipment crews needs to be quarantined everytime they cross borders. That is why small businesses are affected and we workers as well. I know the only thing that will help me survive this crisis is cryptocurrency that is why I am active here again because fiat had failed me.

What is your story with fiat and cryptocurrency during pandemic? This is again the battle of centralized and decentralized assets and activity in the middle of a crisis. In your own experiences and opinion which of the two will win?

You have our full condolences but to be very true this wasn't really a fault of centralized or decentralised economy. This was purely due to pandemic. Even the cryptocurrency market would have suffered if it was a mainstream market for every transaction. Everything ends up at one thing and that is consumers if there are no consumers for the goods/Service that is produced the whole Economy is at halt even if the Economy is decentralised. crypto or fiat are merely the medium of those transactions in the economy.

I am pretty sorry to say but it's not fiat that failed you it was the pandemic which failed you. More power and support to you!

Truly sorry OP. I feel sad for those who lost their jobs during this pandemic as it makes things harder than they already are. Given the current situation, I guess you can say that going digital currency should be the way to go now. The world is now trying to limit contact, like here in my country contactless payments are being implemented so you would think its time for crypto to shine but personally, we are all still heavily reliant on fiat.

Truthfully, I haven’t been giving much attention to crypto after the hype last 2018, I even went inactive in this forum - only popping in from time to time. Life has gotten me busy but being stuck at home has allowed me dive back in here.

I don’t see it as a battle between centralized vs. decentralized assets. To be honest when lockdown was announced, I opted to keep some cash on hand in case shit hits the fan. In the middle of a crisis, I still think that fiat is essential. What we are experiencing right now is the impact of this pandemic on our economy and the effect of how we are all poorly unprepared for a crisis like this.

Traditional institutions plunged when the pandemic hit and have been struggling for the better part of this year, that being said, I know Bitcoin can be used as hedge against the constant devaluing fiat currencies, but mind you, Bitcoin is also a speculative asset that is still far from being stable, do not consider relying solely on Bitcoins or crypto, look to other assets, the stock market for example, gold is another good option, Gold is pretty stable and is a 'safe haven asset'.

Many people have also switched to self employment, either through providing a service or establishing a small scale business, and some governments are supporting such micro businesses to boost their economy, my point is simply that, surviving only on cryptocurrencies is risk in itself, in the long run, it's a shrewd investment plan, but short term plunges and Fud can be cataclysmic for someone with no other source of income or business.

Fiat is not the reason why you lost your job.
Cryptocurrency alone won't save you, online gigs and jobs will.
If you get a job online, you can get paid in online fiat or in crypto so that's another argument that fiat didn't fail you at all.

You are not alone bro, there are many having same experience like you. My friends and my sister should follow the rule to work from home but their salary cut off when do WFH and finally losing their job.
This pandemic makes our life tougher and unfortunately, we don't know when will over.
I don't think this is a battle between centralized and decentralized, people who know about decentralized (cryptocurrency) especially about this forum still earn money from campaign or bounty, that's it.

Yes, everything is not stable now because of the pandemic. But we have to search for a job, whether offline or online, because we need money to buy our daily needs. It is hard situations, and I am sure all people get the effect, but that doesn't mean we need to give up because many people still struggle to survive.

I am still trying to make money from crypto, and I don't know why, but I feel that my way of making money is online. That is why I am still trying to search for many ways to make money. But I never think about centralized and decentralized battles because that is far from my expectations, and it's too complicated to think for me. I only want to survive in this moment and the rest of my life. I will try to take care of my family because that is the important thing I need to do.

Before the pandemic starts, I have a small business and because of the quarantine this temporary close and this is not good news to me because it affects my whole monthly income also I'm the one paying the bills on our house, this is a big struggle after that because I have an internet why not focusing my self and to make a trade and investment with the bitcoin, this is risky but I just used the small amount I left on my trading account which is binance, also I use gambling platform, I don't want to say it to be specific because Im not promoting them, but most of the time I play their crash game and gives me a lot of help to my additional funds. Even my business is close still there is a new opportunity for me.
Keep safe all.

I'm sorry with that experience and you're not alone with this pandemic effect. Many have lost their entire jobs and businesses that's been running for years and those people who have been working hard as an employee for years were turned into shatter.

But life goes on, we have to fight for our own survival. I agree for this suggestion.


Search for those possible jobs you can work for or tasks/gigs which you think you are qualified with. Start with the freelancing websites.

You just said that businesses are affected due to the pandemic and there are issues with supply chains. Then why did you draw the conclusion that fiat has failed you? Fiat didn't fail you, pandemic failed all of us! A lot of people have lost their jobs because markets are closed. It has nothing to do with fiat and cryptos.


This is not a war between traditional finances and decentralized finances. This is a war against an invisible virus and human race will eventually win!

For me, I think fiat will still become more useful during this pandemic, it takes a lot of time for a cryptocurrency to become adopted and be used in a normal transactions. In just a simple buying of groceries, it is really hard and complex to pay with cryptocurrency especially that supermarkets and most of the businesses are not knowledgeable about that new method of transactions. Amidst the crisis that we are experiencing, people really prefers to have cash than digital money especially that poor people don't have any device to access their crypto wallet.

You are not the only one who losts jobs as this pandemic continuously raging all over the world. Everyone of us was affected in so many ways. Good thing, we can still be productive by working here in crypto world and try our best to earn more to survive and support our families/loved ones. I believe that we can all make it, and we will never be hungry as long as we will work hard in here.

This is not about a new method of trading, we know that currencies now have their backers, and we know that the strength of the USD in this world is the strongest.

It is evident that USD is more widely used by most people in the world, while new digital currencies such as PayPal also support the existence of USD. The existence of cryptocurrency does not get great support from famous people in the world, so it is difficult to grow close to the USD market and this makes it difficult for us to find merchants that use cryptocurrency, especially in rural areas far from cities.

Before the pandemic or during the pandemic, this condition did not change significantly that the public use of crypto was still low. The deteriorating economic conditions due to this pandemic also have an impact on the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Very sad to hear you lost your job. Unfortunately, During this pandemic many people lost their job and have no income any more for their living. Here the best recommendation for these people can be to try apply for a job that allows them to work from home like the remote job for the companies. However, if you check the podcasts from successful businessmen, they usually recommend people to run their own business instead of working for other people. During this pandemic it's the best chance for you to start some research about a profitable business idea. Maybe creating web applications, smart contract developing, etc...

Just don't panic, every change can bring something good. Changing jobs is a common occurrence, with or without the pandemic. of course, we now have an increased number of surplus jobs because the pandemic changing many priorities.
The basic rule is not to look too far into the past and turn to new possibilities. ability to learning and acquiring new skills is probably the most important characteristic nowadays.

I'm really sorry you have to go through this. My family is also affected when there was full lockdown here, we have a shop and it was totally closed for months. We had to use our savings for daily uses, foods etc. The people below poverty line, I can't imagine what they had to go through! This pandemic indeed ruined many lives and influenced everyone. Now everything is kind of returning back to normal hopefully. I've also used some of my crypto savings for my needs like data recharges etc. This pandemic has kind of made everyone of us unite as mankind!

There are a lot of people that experienced that.

The worst thing about other people though is that most of them don't have any jobs to go to so they are forced to do things that they usually don't do for example doing online selling like my mutual friend. Some are even introduced to this new way of investing, if you know, IWE which I am not familiar with and how they earn is somehow fishy to me.

People invest their money, wait for a month, or how much they wanted to earn since if you wait a full month you could get three times that money you've invested. My friend's girlfriend is getting some cashouts there, anyone from the Philippines that could explain this to me? I am not saying that it is a scam but I just wanted to know how it works or where their money is going and coming from. A lot of people are investing there now since it is an easy way to earn money especially that they needed it this pandemic.

It's pretty normal this time of pandemic to loss the job (some says they lost their job but the reality is their working days are just paused).
We need to have physical distancing that's why almost all of the works has been paused.
Those that are just continuing are those home-based jobs as they don't require to be physically present on the site.
Construction sites has been paused also, restaurants, but some are opened with social distancing protocol being observed.

For me it's fine to close them as long as the governent will finance the food that every houses needed.
We need to compromise at the first place to stop the spread of the virus.
Keep safe, we can do this, we can survive. :)

This is first in history in my country for the government to pronounce lockdown because of virus that is tororising the people all over the state. Many people lost their job during the pandemic and many was killed by the corona virus in the country.

 Hunger nearly finish me during the lockdown. I invested all my money for business hoping for more profit that will reach me and my family to enjoy but the next thing we heard from the government is lockdown because of the covid-19  that is spreading all over the world.

I've supported lockdown when it's only for two weeks and not for months! The idea of shutting down the entire economy just because of a plague that only dangerous for a minuscule percentage of people is insane. IMO we should push the government to open the economy so the effect won't harm the majority of people.

My business has been closed since March and I feel bad for my employee.

I guess everyone of us has been affected, may it be our job or our businesses. Though not everyone has lost their jobs/business, there are some who has retained but are forced to work on skeleton work shift like me.
So, it's safe to say that everyone of us have been in a tough position financially this year, but as the time passes by, after the spread of virus there a lot of adjustments done to salvage the economic and financial state of every household. The most common source to make an extra income today is through online sideline jobs, and cryptocurrency is amongst those.

I see your post as a lesson for you and others who would be reading. A lesson that in life, you don't have to depend on only a source for income. You can't survive that way.

If you had other sources of income apart from just going to your routine work before covid-19 came, now that you have lost the job because of the challenges of covid-19, you would have easily been surviving with the others until you add another again to it. So as you have cryptocurrency as the means you want to survive now, you also invest properly in different coins and not only depend on signature campaign.

Apart from this, you can do other businesses either you get lian from friends, family.

I'm sorry to hear that. I know that losing your job in this situation is really painful financially and emotionally. But you had to be strong and find ways to resolve your problem as quickly as possible. There's a saying that I had read yesterday and it's getting my interest, it says "There's no such thing as overnight success or EASY MONEY if you fail, don't be discouraged, try it again. When do you well, don't change your ways" You can do it!

Anyways, regarding the story with cryptocurrency during the pandemic, I heard that the Prime Minister of Australia is now investment massive funds for cryptocurrency projects just to save their economy. And I assume, because of that initiation, other countries will be diving next.

Luckily, even there's a lockdown in my country, I still have my job amidst the pandemic.

Honestly, saying everything is unstable or jobs are lost due to the pandemic is exaggerated because the whole economy and fiat currency are already unstable long ago and it ashamed the government dont take IMF boss advise about creating digital national currency into consideration cause if they have the currency wont be badly affected now.
The one thing like about the pandemic is that it make the world to truly see what Bitcoin is and I'm to have joined the crypto world before now.

Fiat failed you just for this moment and you're not the only one who are experiencing the same.
Unemployment rate of most of the countries are high right now because of the businesses that are being forced to close because of bankruptcy etc. Feel sorry for your lost of job though.

I didn't felt any problems right now at the middle of the pandemic since I have my sideline work and it gives me income. Only few of the people aren't affected of this pandemic and most of them are freelancers or those who are working from home. Those who are employees in a business company or working under a private company most probably don't have any job right now.

Lucky for me that even though there is a pandemic, there is continuous cash flow and I can still pay our monthly expenses.

I feel you mate my investment into a fiat currency are already gone due to this pandemic outbreak the marker price of the fiat in just a single week and I didn't expect this it will happen and I lose a large amount, those time im holding my money it falls down immediately.
But still, I look forward because there are some funds into my bitcoin and altcoins so I used this and the being volatile of the cryptocurrency to make an additional profit just a small amount and it goes well hoping that all things back to normal again.

I didn’t lose my job but I have to sold my stocks and get some fund on my savings because this pandemic is not just hurting me but also my family so I have to liquidate those assets and use it for our daily needs.

Still, I’m thankful that we survive the hard lockdown in my country and yes, we are slowly bouncing back and I’m sure all the money that we loss will come again, let’s just not give up and continue to hustle. Investment assets will boom again after this pandemic, and if you still have funds to buy stocks or even cryptocurrency start doing it now

I'm not sure if crypto currency can help you in this situation since a few weeks ago almost crypto currency prices have the same path as a traditional investment, I mean their prices are decreasing and it is not good if you are a crypto investor. Unless, if you are a crypto trader maybe you still have a chance to gain profit although in downtrend market. Me as well, I got laid off in August and I didn't have a stable income until now, I just depend on my signature campaign and being a day trader although my income still small due to I spend I little capital for it.

Yeah, this virus has given a bad thing in all aspects, we can't find another job because almost all companies will not decide to open recruitment for new employe. They will only focus to stand and looking for ways to avoid the fail, I don't know this situation will end but I'll hope when the vaccine come the situation will back normally.

Everything is going down now, stocks, bitcoin and many industries are still suffering from the impact of this pandemic.

I don’t have job yet even before this pandemic but I feel those who lost their main source of income and I wish them well and push them to keep on fighting until this pandemic is over. Don’t think much about money, you have to stay healthy and never give up, the up trend on every market will still come.

it is only natural that many people will find it difficult to get money in a pandemic like this, humans are being played with by world rulers, the spread of the virus makes economic conditions damaged and attacks health, worse it is a very fatal attack that finally makes all countries miserable. at least don't lose your job during a pandemic like this because it will make income even harder to get.

I hope you have found something to cover your expenses continuously. It sucks the situation now. I'm anxious about the future Just because of this situation and what it has led to until now. It’s a crazy thing knowing that millions of people are affected, and I think it’s the ruling powers in the country that should take over totally. With all the businesses being down and people going hungry, I’m afraid of what people would do to survive. The human brain and will can be something else when it requires to be. Do you think the economy can survive with this in mind?

It's really annoying, in the country where I live, the unemployment rate is increasing due to the pandemic and besides that the number infected with the virus is also increasing.
This is a very heavy blow to the sustainability of the country's economy, both on a large and small scale which has an immediate impact on becoming victims, especially for those who lost their jobs due to Covid-19.
and I am one of the victims who lost my job and I only rely on the income in this forum and big or small that I get means a lot to me and my family.

I am sad that you lost your job.  My story during this pandemic is not much different from yours, I graduated this year without face-to-face activities, even just live streaming.  I have not found a job so far, not one company has accepted me.  Companies that usually open job vacancies now don't even recruit at all.  Until now I still haven't worked and to be honest I sometimes experience depression as a result of this pandemic.  My current entertainment is only cryptocurrency.

There's a lot of ways to earn amidst this pandemic like doing freelance work that related to your profession. You can try upwork to search for a freelance job that suits your profession. Approximately half of the people in world suffers job loss because most of the business are force close but it doesn't mean that we should stop find ways how to earn because there's a lot  of job that you can do online.

In my case, I do online selling of clothes even though my profession is not related on it. My company is still close that's why I decided to venture out on new business. So far my profit on my new business is sufficient to cover daily financial needs. There is always a way to earn money. You just need to step out to your comfort zone and discover a way that will give you a profit.

I feel sorry for your situation. I think that it will take a long period of time in order for everything to get back to normal. The economic crisis will continue to spread for at least a month. Scientists have successfully created vaccines that are very promising. If this does cure people, it will be the foundation for humankind to normalize society.  And you will definitely have a job again

I have just got a job at my uncle's firm. I am just an intern without a salary but I believe this is an opportunity in the middle of this pandemic

I also experienced problem in my business and i admit that I also have a hard time right now in terms of earning paper money... my business become not stable because it's hard to find customer right now because they prepare to be at home so they can avoid to be sick and  have the disease.

It's indeed a sad situation for everyone because the pandemic is affecting all of us. Unemployment is increasing, as well as businesses that are failing due to lack of operations and income. Everyone is having a hard time making adjustments in our daily living just to avoid getting infected by the virus, but since we also need to survive financially, we really need to find alternative sources of income.

For me, I don't have a job yet but we are also affected by the pandemic because my father who is working for us, does not have a stable job for now because of the ongoing quarantine. Now, crypto is a big help for me to find a source of income to survive while almost everyone is struggling.

Last March I also had to close my business and lay off 4 of my employees (my business is still relatively small)..  I am very concerned about them because the employees that work with me are the ones who provide for their families.  2 of my employees sold their motorbikes just to pay bills and meet their daily needs during the peak of COVID 19.. 

finally, at the beginning of last August, I ventured to open my business because of pressure from them too (my employees) they had no more money.  I can't expect much profit in this "PANDEMIC" period, being able to help them earn money is enough for me and they are very grateful..

That is quite unfortunate that you have lost your job. You are not to be blamed in this case. Don't just give up your hope. Keep looking for a job. I am sure you will find it. Or try selling your skills online. I have seen many people moving to freelance after they have lost their jobs. I have also seen people starting their own small business to help themselves (there are lot of new business booming and people are taking advantage of it!)/
I am bit curious on how bitcoin is going to help you after fiat failed you. Are you going to be holding bitcoin to make profit. Not a good idea.

Me and my parents also temporarily lost our jobs during the lockdowns, and good thing we already have our jobs back even we are still in the middle of the pandemic. it is also the reason why I still keep grinding in cryptocurrency and in this forum, so i could pay all of our bills and to provide the necessities of my family. Getting back in cryptocurrency is a good head start because your investments are more safe than investing it in stocks that they are currently suffering due to recession.

I haven't lost job but my family members yeah and I had to take care of whole family. My salary was good but at the same time I was working on personal digital side projects and it happened like pandemic and it started all together. Glad, I had some bitcoin reserves and btc didn't fall, this really helped me a lot.
The point here is that I had bought those bitcoins much earlier when price was 5K and saved them. There wasn't fall in bitcoin's price during this pandemic and despite the fact that I was afraid that bitcoin may wouldn't act well, I still believed in it. Halving happened recently and this was my major hope cause on previous halving, things went so smooth and well, I was captivated. This pandemic was a real test for bitcoin and it succeed.
National currency lessened in value but not bitcoin and USD, so crypto helped me a lot.

There is not much of a story with fiat as i already sold most of my stocks when the pandemic started as i am not willing to take any risk as anything can happen and i am also not sure how the cryptocurrency market will react if there is an economic meltdown. There is no point in having a competition between fiat and cryptocurrency as it will co exists. 

This pandemic have really brought lots of negative effects not just on the economy of the country but for the individuals as well because of this common problem that arises which is the loss of job or unemployment due to certain circumstances like temporary to permanent closure of business establishments to take part with the implementation of the health protocols to avoid the wide spread of the virus. Almost all or let us just say all countries affected by the pandemic are experiencing rise in unemployment all due because of this pandemic due to the reasons that the OP have provided. Good thing that none of my family members so far have lost their job and they are still continuously working even at time of pandemic which is good but still I feel sorry for some or many of us in here that have experience the lost of job. Maybe right after this pandemic where everything gets back to normal you guys can find another job to work with.

This is really hard time as many people are going though some or other problems in their personal or professional life. Some have lost jobs , for some their salary has reduced, some some businesses have shut or no demand for their product etc and this is putting people in lot of stress and just praying all this get over quickly so that we are back to normal life .

I think there's a misunderstanding on your part because after all, why should a comparison between fiat and crypto be raised?

What exactly do you mean here? Do you mean, who has the most advantage during the pandemic? They are both useful. It's just that, you lost your job and sees the economic status of the world is slowly crashing so you might think the fiat-related investment isn't that good.

This isn't a battle between fiat and crypto. Think outside or better removed totally the box on how you can survive this pandemic. The fact that you can browse at the forum means you are still ahead and lucky compare to others which even accessing the internet is a problem. There are even people who end up worst compare to you so heads up and continue to challenge every problem you will encounter.

Fiat and cryptocurrency will still have their place, so neither will be a winner or a loser among them. This crisis has indeed made the world chaotic in all sectors, but over time some sectors began to recover and gradually recovered to other sectors. Indeed, there are many workers who have been laid off because of this pandemic, but that doesn't mean it will be the end of us because at least there will be opportunities that can be exploited to still be able to earn income in any way, in this case it's not just about investing and trading in the cryptocurrency market because still have risks.

Losing job in a chaotic time like right now, that’s very unfortunate, everybody need a job and couldn’t afford to loss one, especially when one have very commitment in their life, nope I’m not doing well, but it’s getting numb to even know what’s worse to come, so let getting rot until the very end.

I'm sorry to hear that, hope you'll find another job very soon. We are facing difficult times now with tendency to get even worse, especially if this pandemic will not be over soon.
I'm still fine but I know a lot of people who are struggling for the job and the worse thing is that people feel insecure and frightened, not knowing what future brings for all of us.

So far I have not been affected by the pandemic in that way and as far as I know the rest of my family is the same but in my country millions of jobs were lost and desperation was felt during the lockdown period in which almost no one was on the street and the people that lost their jobs were desperate to try to get some sort of income but no one was hiring and not one was buying anything either, since then things have improved but it is going to take years for things to go back to the way they were.

And if something else happens during that time like another crisis then most likely it will take the country even longer to recover, this is the reason I am here, I knew this will happen and I saw in bitcoin a way to help me avoid the worst effects of an economic crisis and so far I have been able to do exactly that.

I feel sorry to hear that you have lost your job during this pandemic on which is really pretty hard to find a stable job to sustain all your needs to survive since there is just a small amount of job opportunities available during this time. On my part, good thing that I do still have my job so as with my family do also have theirs because if ever we loss our jobs, we certainly do not know how we can be able to survive this pandemic. We are just blessed that we do still have our jobs during this pandemic to sustain our necessities because if not, maybe we are already starving on hunger and we might die not because of the virus but on hunger. But still we cannot deny the fact that this was all because of the negative impact of the pandemic causing many people to be unemployed which is really pretty hard situation to be with. Hoping that right after this pandemic, unemployed individuals can get back to work.

Luckily, the office where I am working on did not close and was able to keep my job during the pandemic. We even had a choice to stay at the office or work from home during the lockdown period. I realized how lucky I am for millions of people who had lost their jobs and a lot of businesses and companies had to close down due to lesser demands and bankruptcy.

This pandemic had thought me a lot of things and I had learned to appreciate my job and a lot of things. I hope everyone else is doing fine and coping-up during the pandemic and those this whole thing ends soon.

Everything is changed because of this pandemic. Many people lose their job because of lockdown and its a big problem for us who dont have savings because we didnt see this coming or not prepared for this kind of situation.

I lost my job as well, but somehow I have savings to spend to sustain our needs. Some companies/businesses were close its all because of the virus but we cant sit and do nothing. Thats why seeking for other opportunity specially online is the best that we can do. Crypto is an alternative to earn but its not easy for those new here because it also requires capital or skills.

Currently I return back to work, slowly we are going back to what we used to.

Both cryptocurrency and fiat currency is important in our daily lives but I prefer this cryptocurrency as of our current situation, because of this pandemic, I lost my job as well, I am working in a convenience store and when the pandemic started, the store had to stop so I lost my job, one thing that makes me survive with this pandemic is cryptocurrency. I joined some forums like this one and cryptotalk. I also become more active in trading and investing which also gives me some income.

There are many people who suffered because of the pandemic, thankfully we have the government who help us in our daily needs during the lockdown.

Actually, this pandemic is not bad at all of me because it makes me more active in this forum and I learned a lot of things about cryptocurrency, I am so thankful because I joined this forum which has much quality information.

I don't know the things that I can do to earn money without this cryptocurrency. I am so thankful to my friend who told me about cryptocurrency.

Panic is a basic situation when people suddenly lose or can't do what they usually do, for example work.
I also think so if because of this pandemic some jobs are closed then there will be new jobs opened which are suitable to do during a pandemic, everyone has a way, we just need to find a way to go there.

This is the reason why I always teach my wife and children the survival model in everyday life because I realize that we can only hope for the best but we must prepare for the worst. It is proven when many families feel stressed because they cannot leave the house during the pandemic. I and my family can adapt to pandemic (lockdown) easily because I have made it a habit to always be at home if there is really no important thing to do.

Some people, when they are pressed, they will show their potential. After the demand for clamshells decreased, my wife tried to divert her marketing talents by offering catering services to her friends for offices. She also opened online classes, regarding export-import procedures and strategies to get markets abroad. Where there is a will, there is a way (even in difficult situations).

Many people life was unbalanced during pandemic because source of their revenue was blocked for those in labour market and also trading industry, looking at the situations in ground,pandemic brought so many harm to people because people lost their work's, its pity to those people who are victimized of employment
because of corona virus.

Many people get affected by this pandemic virus especially those people with small business because they had lost a lot of income, the worst thing here are those people who are only renting for their business because they still need to pay for the rent.

These days become so good for the crypto world because many people become more active in cryptocurrency because they are only at home and they so much time to spend in cryptocurrency.

It seems that you are not the only one who has lost your job, but many people have experienced the same thing. But it's not that we lose
our jobs, our lives come to an end. We must be able to think creatively in order to survive in the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
And in my opinion cryptocurrency can be a solution to earning money in this situation, therefore I trade and invest in cryptocurrency in order
to make money. And it's proven that I can buy daily necessities with cryptocurrency. In a situation like this is not the time to compare
between decentralization and centralization of assets, the two must collaborate with each other. So I do not agree that if there is a struggle
between decentralization and centralization, the two must work together.

I am sorry to hear that. For me it's also not looking that great, have been on short working hours for month and there is no real end in sight. I am afraid the company will shut down next year if nothing is going to change with the economy.

For me personally Fiat and Crypto both are pretty stable. I didn't lose much in my investment portfolio and my crypto currencies went actuallly up a little. So overall I prefer cryptos than Fiat.

Good luck for you and your family.

Now is really a good time for people to educate themselves and others about cryptocurrency and how it can help you in your financial, even though many business closed due to the pandemic the owners of it habe found many ways to adjust and adapt to the current situation and i wish we can all adopt and adjust and be positive that we were gonna get through this

it looks like your still proud that you lost your job , thats what i feel upon reading the title but im not here to bash you , infact you are not scared or you are brave enough to face the reality . well thats the truth and all of us that still have a job will also end with that . recently there are news that a big network had shutdown from over a long decade of operating resulting for thousand of workers lost thier job  . if big companies can end how much more smaller companies ? if we still have our job , lets just pray that it will continue for long and we must give our best working

Fiat will definitely fail us once more as they print more out of thin air with the pandemic as an excuse. Once again, they are punishing savers. One hit we definitely took is that people are spending less now due to fear. Everyone wants to earn but nobody wants to spend so if you're in retail you definitely get less sale.

I'm rooting for crypto but I'm not expecting a "win". I just hope that it gain a bit more adoption out of this crisis.

The COVID 19 pandemic and US government policies kept my friend from work. The unemployment rate in the US has continuously increased over time. Businesses are dying over time. I think this situation will last until the next stimulus package comes out.
My condolences for your work have been taken away but that is the reality and we need to accept that. I believe the world will return to normal soon after there is a vaccine.

Not only you but also many of us lost their real-life job due to the COVID 19. Now think about you only lost your job that can be recovered when all will be normal again but many people have lost their relative, Dad, mom those people never get back them. So don't be sad by thinking that you have lost job, and struggle to move forward. Hope we will win. And all will be OK soon.

Many people have lost their jobs because of this pandemic and others most experiences are worst because of struggling to survive with no food to eat on their table. It is not the fiat have failed you it is the situation that were suffering right now. And one thing, let’s hope for the brighter side despite this situation so hope the vaccine will come out so we can go back to normal days.

It is really hard right now. Most of the teachers are struggling with the new way of teaching since most of them are not that literate with technologies. Some resigned because they teach in private schools and they are no work no pay which is a disadvantage in online classes and with the modules being printed out, they are so expensive.

For the question, who'll win the battle during the pandemic?

It is always the fiat, because the central authorities will backup the market and stabilize to push the economy forward. The same with cryptocurrency won't happen, because the market moves of its own formula of demand to supply.

During the pandemic the growth with cryptocurrency market has peaked high and it keeps bouncing. So, there is much larger percentage of growth with the cryptocurrency which serves as a base for the future growth competing with the traditional fiat system.

We should be thankful if we still keeping the same job after hitting this pandemic if our companies are able to continue doing their business even for sure they are having difficulties.

Most of those small to medium companies suffered to the point that they released most of their employees just to survive. We should continue life instead and try to find ways to get something to feed our families.

Thank God I didn't lose my job and I am doing fine so far but it was something I was afraid of as well, I didn't know how pandemic would have affected by life so I wasn't sure what would happen so I was afraid of it.

I have so many friends who lost their jobs around me as well, and I have people who are getting paid less now as well, our country had a law that said if you agree with a salary beforehand and sign a contract with a worker, you can't force them to take less money even if they would accept, but they removed that, which meant companies could offer you less money and that means if you do not agree they could fire you as well.

This is why there are plenty of friends who lost jobs and also who gets paid less, I was afraid for them as well because it was a tough situation to find a new job so they might have done very bad.

Yeah life is hard, I am trying to find my luck here again for a gig or bounty to earn something for food and basic needs for my family and even for my neighbors as they are struggling too most especially children that cannot attend online class due to lack of funds. I know we are all affected with this pandemic and the question to this is when will it ends? Maybe vaccines are coming but I am not sure if we from third world countries will have it.  Economies may continue to cripple as cases are still going up. There is no rich or poor in this thing and maybe losing my job is much better than losing my life so I am still thankful and instead of losing hope maybe I will find some ways for me and my family to survive. I am lucky enough to be here with you guys because you gave us ideas, advice and of course hope. Thank you so much  I appreciate it.  

Thank you for the advice, yes, it's true that I already know Upwork and other freelancer sites.  However, to be honest, I'm still confused about what services I can offer.  I don't have any special skills, and currently I fill my spare time by taking free online classes that available on google.

Was lucky to be not forced close shop during the entire lockdown period in my country but still, the reduced hours as well as the diminished spending money of people did had an effect. Things kinda picked up a bit once the first round of gov't aid came out but that's still not good enough. Not to mention almost everything got expensive.

I often wonder how differently it would have been had we been using crypto instead of cash at the time. Aside from the fact that they can't just make the money printers go brrr and make our money even more worthless, it might have also cut down transmission a bit.

My story is that me and my family are hungry because I don't have a job now because the company I work has closed but I'm very thankful to the person who teach me how to make money in bitcoin

Cashless payment should be implemented since virus is still there. It will be better and much safer to do so. In my job it was only send now thru our bank accounts unfortunately the working days were lessened to still give many a chance to have work and not be removed in the company. It's work from home and only by schedule where salary is also cut too. But we're still luck considering we knew bitcoin and crypto that we were able atleast to trade or join campaigns when we have time. Let's just make our time worthy despite Pandemic.

Didn't lose my job but my employer also telling me that his funds are getting thinner that he couldn't pay the usual fee because the business is also affected by the pandemic. Everything is affected and a chain of reaction is happening among us.

The pandemic has to be contained first before we will be able to rise up again but this is also the most difficult to do because of politics and people breaking laws.

It has been the story of this tough timing that people are losing jobs they are losing business and some are even losing faith in life. I met a group of people online yesterday to discuss about a meeting and after the meeting was over we were discussing how the pandemic was hurting us and actually everyone of us were feeling so dire and I felt like I am the only one who is suffering. The truth is everyone is suffering, some more than others but everyone is suffering. Some have the power to hide their tears while some are weak and let others know about it.

I did not lost my job but I have been paid a lot less than what I was being paid and it was hard to survive because the expenses are being set since years and it is really hard to cut them but I never felt too upset because I acknowledge the fact that I am still alive while not everyone is as lucky.

First of all I'm sorry that you lost your job OP. I can feel the pain inside of you. This pandemic really made us to feel the worst. I was a content writer on freelance site. But after the pandemic come out my earnings started to decrease. And in May I already become jobless. But by the bless of the God I came back to the forum and got some earnings and started the forum life again.
I hope you get a new job soon and help yourself, don't loose hope.

Not only you but in my opinion a lot of people have lost their jobs inside this covid-19. However, many who had previous work skills in the Internet world overcame this problem very easily those. I spent a lot of time in the crypto market from the beginning of covid-19 where in addition to trading I worked on some bounties.

I think the economy needs a blend of centralized and decentralized assets as you name them. In capitalism companies need to have profit in order for the economy to thrive. The economic burdens we suffer from COVID are bad not only for traditionals assets, but cryptocurrencies as well. If people don't have money, they won't buy Bitcoin because they don't have the resources. It's simple as that.    

The longest lockdowns is one of the main reasons why economies are failing that results to massive unemployment, glad that slowly businesses are operating again but sad to say that there are lots of establishments are still closed or can’t afford to operate anymore.

There’s always hope despite of the crisis, we just continue to find good opportunities and never surrender.

The negative effects of the spread of COVID-19 are making many people out of work nowadays. because the government is doing
quarantine / lockdown so that the virus does not spread, but this has prevented some businesses from running and they have gone
bankrupt. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for about 6 months, It is only natural that an economic crisis occurs
and makes many people lose their jobs.

Therefore, a solution is needed that can overcome these problems. cryptocurrency can be the best solution that can overcome the number
of unemployed that continues to increase every month. Because crypto trading can give people the opportunity to make money. And I am
among those who rely on cryptocurrency as a source of income, so that I can buy daily necessities.

Spreading COVID-19 all over the world resulted in many problems. Unemployment is one of them. I also lost my physical job and the company CEO told us that I can not get much rather how can I pay to all of you. It will be better to search for another job. Nothing more is painful like that one to lose a job and become jobless suddenly. God is the best player, so waiting for a big match.

Horrible story about mine that I lost my job in this pandemic outbreaks. The world's economy becomes fragile for this year and the world didn't see such things before. So we are passing a tough time that we can not predict how many days we need to wait for a stable condition.

I believe that many people already lost their job but we have nothing to do rather than trying to search for another one. One door has closed which means you need to find another one, you are not vanished. Still trying to cope up with the situation and trying heart and soul for a physical job.

Don't be that dependent on Bitcoin my friend.

I know that you really needed this but I hope that you could find other sources of income since Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as well are volatile and they can be unreliable sometimes with the sudden changes. I am not saying that you should stop investing on Bitcoin and other cryptos, I am saying that it is not a reliable source of income.

Actually this is not a battle between decentralized and centralized assets, this affected all kind of economic things no matter its controlled or no central authority to control since we are hit by the pandemic not something like war in that situation only the assets have better value and if it decentralized then it will be extremely useful for its holder.

Not only you, maybe millions of others also lose their jobs due to this lockdown and it will take too long to get back to the normal so until that we need to find something for our needs.

That's right, millions of people are experiencing depression due to this pandemic which has resulted in the unemployment rate in every country having increased. The economy of every country today is very much dependent on government decisions regarding how the government helps its people.

IMO, Only China is experiencing a faster economic recovery than other countries in dealing with COVID.

That's right, only China can recover quickly.  Sometimes I salute or suspect China, whether the government is that good at dealing with this big problem, or if they just cover up a lot for its personal gain.  Because the problem of this pandemic is very complicated.  This pandemic has seriously damaged the entire human life, not only attacking human health, but even destroying the country's economy.  But if there is propaganda here, a pandemic could become a money field for certain people.

in Italy there is a ministerial decree that void company (private and public) to fire people. It should be valid up to December 2020. Despite it can sounds a bit strange, a lot of public expense has been provided to the private sector also. Some people recovered their jobs in August (probably due the summer season), but now we are waiting 2021 for the biggest effect of pandemic on job market.

sounds good to the people working on those countries because there are institutions that aid them after loosing thier job while on our country , part of asia .

people here are lucky if they still got paid for one last time upon getting fired but usually they dont get paid anymore .

the said aid on your country can still last up to december , thats a lot of time and theres still a chance that the economy can still return to normal and the people can recover thier lost jobs

That's good protection to the citizen to lose their job permanently and it's a good move for the government to do so, also are those companies which are affected with the pandemic still force to pay their workers even if there's no income coming to the owners? If yes then provably that will be a hard part for them and government should help the business owner since they are also affected and might lose big money for that matters.

Better be careful about how you use your fiat right now since with the pandemic still going on, you will never know when will you need that money and where will you get it since there are a lot of people unemployed right now. The best thing to do right now is to be careful and I think you try to lessen the tokens you are buying, you could continue buying them but keep it minimum and keep it so that you could just lose what you can.

Due to the prolonged lockdown so the economy has collapsed, the government has no other choice but to implement it to slow down the spread of the virus. But here is the effect it has had on us, many have lost their jobs because many companies have closed and went bankrupt due to the weakening of demand of their products and delay in shipping because of the quarantine implemented in different areas. In my situation, I'm a little bit lucky because my husband doesn't lose his job and continue working to sustain us.

It's good that he can still sustain his family's basic needs but for OP, stay positive because you are not alone. Most of the workers nowadays have lost their jobs too. Just keep on looking for job opportunities online and i think crypto will give you the best offer these days. You can start joining in bounty campaigns but make sure you analyze the project first before participating so you won't be scammed in the end. Keep digging your hidden skills and for sure, you can still end up having a good job that will pay all your hardworks and efforts. I guess this pandemic is truly a challenge for everyone of us.

Good thing before this pandemic has made such a big role in having quarantines is I was hired in a company. But after two weeks of being an employee, we were asked to stay in the company, but I wasn't able to stay because of my sister, so the whole quarantine I wasn't able to have an income, and I can't also even do bounties because of the poor data connection. This pandemic caused a lot of hassle.

We sure have different experiences regarding income and financial matters during this time of pandemic. As for me, at the beginning of the lockdown, I don't also have a job nor a signature campaign here in the forum. But I don't want to be a total zero when it comes to a source of income that's why I tried to apply here on several sig campaigns. I wasn't accepted from the initial campaigns, but I'm glad one did accept me and it's my current campaign at the moment.

By the month of July, I applied for a teaching position in my alma mater. And after few weeks of waiting, I was accepted. Now, I am teaching and has a signature campaign on the side.

With your question, op, about which would win, I wouldn't choose between fiat and crypto. They both have their parts in my life during this trying time. When I didn't have fiat, I had crypto to help me with my finances. And when I didn't have crypto, fiat also helped me. I don't want to look at it as a competition but rather an alternative when we cannot use or don't have the other.

Before Corona Pandemic, I used to work in a private hospital. I have a little baby girl. I quit my job to protect my family from covid-19.  Now I'm stuck at home. The savings are almost at an end. Now I trust cryptocurrency. Now I am waiting for the environment to be favorable, when I will return to work.

I didn't even have to quit my job as I had to close my own business. Due to the strict quarantine, I was unable to pay rent for the premises and my regular clients have long since given up visiting public places. Thus, I will have to start all over again.

I additionally lost my employment because of the infection yet  have no second thoughts in light of the fact that crypto has helped a great deal to improve the budgetary circumstance. Crypto has no impact if the entire world endures two things are disturbing me. One is that I have lost numerous dear individuals during this time as I am more established the quantity of my companions and family members is a lot higher. I have lost various individuals during this Covid pestilence with whom have been familiar for quite a while this has pestered me a great deal.

Alright, so how exactly is cryptocurrency going to save you; like how do you plan on doing that? I was the one that quit my job a long time ago to start a business of my own, and everything has been going pretty well even at this time. I am also into cryptocurrency, but I am not sitting here doing nothing and expecting that cryptocurrency is going to save me.

If you think that cryptocurrency will save you because you have some money you have invested in Bitcoin or whatsoever, then I’m sorry for you, that’s now how it works. Yep, you might be lucky and the price might go up and you will make profit, but that doesn’t happen all the time; the last bigger bull run was since 2017 and you can’t rely on this. I will advise you to better look for something doing.

No offense but I barely agree with you. In this case, fiat doesn't failed you, the root of your problem is the pandemic which came from the corona virus. So the should be the one you are blaming not your work or even fiat which are only used as a mean of exchange. Anyway, I feel sorry for your loss dude, good thing you got crypto. I hope it will ease your suffering in this hard times somehow.
I don't know because until now I don't have a job lol. It seems like I graduated for nothing, it is so frustrating that I can't apply everything I've learned until now ;D. But kidding aside, there's no point of comparing those two. They are both helpful in their own ways.

I still has my job but i lost my promotion opportunity. Sad to know that a lot of people are left without work in the world due to one virus

I am not an employee who works in a company. I own a clothing shop and have to pay a salary 5 workers who work in my shop. The life order has changed drastically after the coronavirus pandemic has swept the world. The impact is also felt on clothing entrepreneurs. For me, cryptocurrency is one of the best ways to survive a crisis like this. besides that, we also produce masks and accept orders out of town. With the production of these masks, my business will continue

In a way I also lose a part of my salary as a freelancer in film and advertisement, I lost some of my projects because of the pandemic, same thing with other people too. But still I'm lucky I have other source of income and remaining projects even during the pandemic, signature campaign helps me too. I don't really think fiat failed you, it's the pandemic, the effects of having it, fiat is still doing good for other people, specially the millionaires and billionaires, fiat is still needed, maybe exchange rates went down but still it doesn't go all the way down. The situation you are in is the problem, I hope you've find yourself a job as soon as possible.

Many people have lost their jobs because of this pandemic, and many companies have closed and gone bankrupt due to this pandemic. COVID 19 is like a natural disaster that has uprooted many businesses. Currently, we are required to always innovate and think hard to survive this crisis. Cryptocurrency is an alternative to survive life in a pandemic. we all hope that these difficult times will end soon.

Agree with you on all points but the bitcoins market is actually doing pretty good and even in such times is going up if you compare it with other kind of markets and the regular stocks.

You didn't had a job before pandemic maybe because you are a student or have passive income by other sources but believe me you do now know the pain of losing the job in these times. You make a monthly budget and you are working nicely but suddenly you have to restrict your spending and make sure you don't waste any extra dollar. It is just not easy and one who has lost job or being cut on his pay can only understand.

Sorry for your loss. There are a lot of people that experienced the same fate as you, what I don't understand is those people owning the place where you rent for your business. I think they should've been considerate since in my friend's part, they've been working for almost 3 years now and I think they should've been considerate knowing that we are in a pandemic and it is been at that time where they can't pay the rent at the right time.

These pandemic really gave people working physical jobs a hard time since they also need to remain healthy while doing this jobs and the threat of the virus is still growing even though they are working within a healthy environment. It would be hard for people to go to their jobs using public transportation since people do not know who contracted the virus. Maybe this can be a lesson in which money is always necessary to at least save us for half a year and investments are really affected within this pandemic.

The IT industry is still prospering since they easily adjusted into a "work from home" situation.

These taught me the fact that learning is really important if we want to secure a job that is untouchable even in dangerous situations.

Almost huge number of people lost their job because of covid 19 pandemic including you and me. I also survive and continue feed my family though cryptocurrency. It was really a great help for us now. It become an alternative source of income in times of need. But still fiat is always recognized by the government and not cryptocurrency because fiat is the currency issued by the government and always used everyday by all people, children, young people and adult.

The fiat has failed you and so cryptocurrency will smacked the hell out of you man. It's like your giving your life to crypto after the reality hits you hard without realizing that the thing that failed you is the thing that gives value to bitcoin and whole cryptocurrency. There is a lot of opportunities in crypto, we already know this but risking it by this way makes me think you're a wishful thinker.

  I'm calling decentralized assets all the way! people will surely pick what they can control over having third parties  :D

Not on residing with fiat but frankly it has nothing to do on what you are experiencing of the moment.Give all the blame to the pandemic itself because these things wont happen
if we are on a normal situation.We do heavily depend on fiat and thats the reality that we cant avoid no matter how negative you do see about it.

Lots of industries had heavily affected and close up their doors due to not sustainable if they would decide to go further.You arent the only ones who do experience on losing your job
but there are lots.Also, crypto isnt really a viable solution in financial problems because everything would really be still needing some work or investment for you to
make money.

You cant just simply generate one if you havent done nothing one of those things i had mentioned above.

I still have my job, though a lot of the juniors and associates in the company have been laid off, which means most of their work are distributed among us seniors and it's not pretty by any means. I have been working 15-hr shifts for the most part of the week and most of my tasks have been branched off from the lab. I would have accepted the pay cut that they were proposing for less hours of work, and other people can stay in the company, but most of my colleagues and seniors don't really want to since they think they are better off doing more jobs than have their pays lessened for the mean time.

It sucks for the juniors and associates, knowing that they just got the job and most of them are really promising in the field.

my husband and my sister are employees who were fired because of this outbreak...
btw, we are lucky that in this epidemic we can still make money from an online business, my husband and my sister are still looking for work in the midst of this outbreak because the hotel where my husband works and the supermarket where my brother works are bankrupt and have to close until now. stay healthy everyone and hopefully, our economy will survive this crisis.

Luckily, I still have my job and I am really glad,

I know that everyone is not on the same boat in this pandemic, I know a lot of people around me who lost their job the same as you, but they do another thing to survive. And of course, I am expanding my hands to offer my help to those who are in need, as long as I can, I am helping them.

During this Pandemic I also rely in online job and trading, many really lose their job but we need to move on and start life again in these new normal. In my country everyone becomes a online seller of anything and it's good as we see how they fight during this Pandemic as well they discover they have some skills to sell and make their products. It's challenging yet somehow opens opportunity to many individuals to discover what they can do.

Even in that case workers are protected. If there are no income for a certain period, they are not fired. the government will pay a % of salary (caps 1600 euro max) for some months.
what happens during lockdown?
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I didn't lost my job but I'm forced to carry on with it. The virus cases are out of control here and we are forced to open up with me required to deal with 100s of customers form different background. Though we have implemented strict no mask no entry, people often pull down their mask when they talk.
They provide us sanitizer, masks and face shields but those things are not always protecting us. A number of staff has already been diagnosed as positive. Some are back after the isolation while some are on leave. And our office doesn't let us have a test unless we have fever. That's for saving money on test as well to ensure they won't have less staff. I haven't heard of any healthy person dying with it here. So, I think I'll carry on.

There was a big economic crisis in my country before COVID-19, therefore I had already lost my job. However, the unemployment rate has significantly increased after the pandemic. To support people like me who lost their jobs, the government provides us with 150 dollars per month as an unemployment benefit. Still, it's really hard to make a living.

At one moment it was said that USA had 30 million unemployed people, 30 million!! That was peak pandemic and now some are rehiring people and that is why numbers are a bit lower but it is still over 15-20 million which is record in itself, think about how the biggest nation in the whole world economically just broke the record to over 30 million and "it got better" to another record of 20 million, obviously other nations are like that as well.

Wherever you are living, all the companies in the world got affected by this and they stopped with the hiring and they even fired as many people as they need to make a profit, since we didn't had any money to spend to them they didn't made as much profit so they had to fire too many people. I am not sure how this will recover.

I'm sorry you lost your job. It is what we see most in our environment, in family, friends and people closest to us. They are the consequences of a crisis like the pandemic. With a situation like this we can look for work online is what I do frequently. I know people in my city who make sweets, ice cream, cakes, even homemade meals to deliver and with that they earn an income for their daily needs. The idea is to be creative to solve some needs that we may have.
In my country our currency has been suffering inflation since before the pandemic and now the problem is intensifying. My solution is to take refuge in Bitcoin and crypto.

That is so true. The government is giving money to these people that are unemployed or those people working in a business that got closed because of the pandemic and that is not enough. I can't blame them since there are a lot of them in our country that is the reason why people are forcing themselves to do something to get their family some income.

I lost my job but i keep on thinking what business will i open for me to provide the needs of my family,  cause if you stop working after you lose your job its the end for you.  I always put my family first thats why i keep on working.

That is a good motivation.

If you will really let yourself down right now, you will never get back yourself up so you need to keep on pushing, keep on running to get or reach what you dream or what your goals are. I think that is the same motivations some of the people here are doing although there are still those people that blames it all on the government and just do nothing.

I lost my employment due to COVID. There's some little venture with the companies which get shut because of this virus.
Yet I am chilling and I don't feel stress since I used to gain cash with bitcoins. I generally consider my job as low maintenance since bitcoin can win cash for me.
A large portion of my family members are jobless and they all the relies upon bitcoins. We do an exchange, hold bitcoins, and play gambling.

Bitcoin is a good solution while your work is influenced by covid-19 but gambling with bitcoin is a bit risky, you and your family are careful and don't play much. Other things like holding, investing and trading are very viable.

I hope you can make a living here in Cryptocurrency but offline job is still the best way to survive in this pandemic, you can do online selling, I have seen people losing their job and now making a living selling food they cooked, this is the time to be imaginative and innovative to make a living, we are going to get over this.

There are always options. The worst you can do is sit on your ass and do nothing because it's hard. See the world around you as a playground, not a monster that's sucking the life out of you. I've been in and out of jobs for many years, and it was really the same regardless of the statistics and the press. 5 years ago the unemployment was supposeddly high and most of my friends were jobless and hard to find seasonal jobs abroad. Now they say it's hard because of the pandemic but we all have jobs and I literally don't know a single person who lost their job in the last 6 months.

That is the thing, we cannot rely on something as difficult to predict as a bull run to save us from the fact we could have lost our jobs, and anyone thinking about becoming a trader probably does not understand the difficulty of it and the huge amount of capital they need to sustain themselves with the activity.

As such anyone that has lost their job because of the pandemic needs to make an effort and get another job until things settle down and not depend on their bitcoin investment otherwise most likely they are going to get disappointed because of the bad results they will get.

I also struggled without work during the pandemic, almost running out of money back then. Didn't have a decent job until I got one last April despite full lockdown here in my city. I am still blessed with my work for more than 6 months and counting. However, I'm still struggling to save money because my earnings aren't enough yet. Non-stop bills, expenses, family contributions, monthly meds for my anxiety condition, etc., which really hurt my pocket.

I live within my means for now, participating airdrops. bounties and contests on the side where at least it could help me a little. Sorry for the loss of your job. I know how it feels, but you have nowhere else to go except keep moving forward. It means there's another door that could be a better opportunity than your previous job.

just think about the following:

what if you had a business in the real world? you wouldn't be fired, right? so the problem is not in the fiat, it is in the fact that you are a worker in a company that suffered because of the pandemic, cryptocurrencies do not work miracles and are not the salvation of the world. if you look at the cryptocurrency market, you will realize that also if you don’t have your own business you could also be fired or not be paid.

That is really sad but when you next time apply and get selected for a job please make sure they give you at least 3 months prior notice because no employer should be able to remove the employee suddenly and without a personal mistake. I mean yeah times are hard but it is the duty of the company to ensure their employees are given proper time period to apply for a new job. Unless the job you were doing was really small and the company itself was not big that might be the reason there re no proper contracts being made and they just need cheaper workers.

I thankfully was able to retain my job during these times but my colleagues who were fired were given a few months and they are now working on probation period in another company after which they will be given a green light to continue or asked to stop and leave.

There is also another fact that a lot of businesses were closed because of the pandemic and out of those a lot were running very close to breaking point, now they are out of business and need to pay the loan that they took from the banks for building the business, so the risk is equal in both the cases whether you are working as an employee or are the employer. Using cryptocurrencies make you available worldwide and not in a specific area, for instance if one area is having financial troubles or maybe a cou then you will still be getting customers from other areas as well.

True!

It isn't really just right that fiat would really took all the blame and telling that it had failed him yet theres no correlation on fiats usage into losing your own work.

Its just that had been affected by the pandemic and just like anybody does and you're right that even if you do get engage with cryptocurrency but this one
wont really save you into your current state since this one will require capital or hard work.

If you do earn money in crypto then that's good but for making it as a last resort and don't know on what you've been doing then that's totally wrong.

I don't know what made up his mind on why he blames fiat over losing his job while after all the crisis begin when pandemic occured and people don't have a choice to suffer in that place since the health and safety is at risk if they push to do what their activities in the outside. I know many suffer for now and we cannot blame any although if we are earning up good on crypto currency right now I agree with you but we cannot rely on this guy's since Bitcoin is not stable yet, no adoption to government and we don't know if it will last for over 20 years or more than that.

It is sad to see the story of OP but unlike you there are still people who are more unfortunate than what we are feeling right now. As a matter of fact, we are still lucky because we knew this forum. We knew other things in online. In short, we can adjust to the environment made by pandemic. I also lost my job few months ago when the lockdown in my country was implemented. A lot of people are also losing their job and businesses but still we have to manage to get up everyday and start new life.

This pandemic serves us the challenge that we have to surpass. Just always pray and become tough everyday. We all can surpass it.

Well, I am safe in this pandemic situation because i am government employee and i had taken cryptocurrency as a part time income. So truely i was tention free in this time but sorrow that my many ralatives lost their jobs and are in big big problem with their family. I said to them about cryptocurrency investment but they are also problem in fiat money. So overall all are big problem in fiat money.

thanks.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, many of us have lost our jobs. I also tried to make money on the internet by studying cryptocurrency.

Thats true we cant sit and relax after losing our job. We need to do something and search for another source of income to provide for our family.

Nowadays its a must to be wise and use any possible strategy to find a job, and the answer for that is to look for an online opportunity. Aside from crypto online teacher and virtual assistant are also indemand and can generate a stable income but these professions are only applicable to those who have experience or a degree holder.

Unemployment is what happens to most people. From industry to service, there was stagnation due to the lack of money flowing into the market. I think your unemployment will end soon when economies restructure their debt and cash flows. A vaccine is also a way for people to return to life.
I have optimism in 2021 that everything will be better.

Government leaders are also finding ways to help in terms of lending to those small to medium companies who wanted to continue surviving their businesses. We have to understand that once the pandemic finds cures, it will be the start of good flows, it's all about trying your best to continue your life and never giving up as there's always opportunities to survive as long as you still looking forward for good recoveries of the entire world.

It is no surprise how the pandemic affects people's job. Due to the pandemic companies are forced to close down. My father also lost his job because his company went bankrupt. His second company got closed down as well. It's really hard to find a job during this pandemic. If you find one it might also close down after a few weeks. It will not be a surprised if the unemployment rate this year will surge.

Sorry to hear this, there is absolutely nothing fun or good about this coronavirus and my heart goes out to all those who've lost work due to it's implications.  I myself have been very worried about losing my job and fear that it could be right around the corner.  I wish you the best moving forward during these trying times.

I don't think there will be a winner or loser when it comes to decentralized for centralized monies.  Andreas Antonopoulos has often stated that he believes eventually the two will work in conjunction with each other.  Anyone who states that bitcoin or another decentralized currency will end up taking over their governments fiat, is crazy and has no idea what they're talking about.  Major governments aren't just going to give up control like that.

To be open,I had lost my real job.This pandemic made a worst environment not only to the old people.The corona had affected the old people a lot.Likewise it had affected huge people by the unemployment.Now I had get into trading platform for the full time.I hope will get good profit from the full time trading.

Be grateful for whatever you are currently in.
Those people who got their business in total bankruptcy and even huge deficit ... leaving a lot of debts to pay are in worse condition, I've been in that kind situation tho .. the whole world feel like against you and nothing you can do about it as rebuilding a business in the pandemic era is like a mission impossible.

I feel for everyone who losing job also for the businessman that ended up in huge debts. It's a mass destruction, you're not alone.

First of all, so sorry to hear that. You must have experienced a bad thing in your life. Well, actually, many people also have a similar experience, being jobless during this pandemic. However, I am pretty sure that you can still survive moreover you are in this forum and in the crypto world.

Well, actually, I am not a person who is working in the real life. the crypto world is my main job and it may be hard for me for the first time. But, fortunately, there are several ways to earn income from the crypto world. So, we can learn more and more about it. I am sure that there are also many people here who do not have an exact job in the real life but making this the main job. It may hard at first but as I said, it will work due to if we also learn and work hard here.

Don't give up and make it survive. You can utilize what exists right now while searching for other jobs again. The focus in the crypto world also to help solve the problem there.

You are fortunate unlike other people like OP who had shared his situation during this pandemic. But I want to advise you just because you have invested to cryptocurrency, you'll encourage them to invest here too especially if they are also in the same situation as misfortune as others.

Maybe they'll think of it as a gateway that will relieve their financial problem. But sorry to say that they might take a false hope with that if you haven't explained that the risk that we're taking here isn't easy as they might think.

Just wondering why need to not active here even when you have regular job?you did not use crypto market or better say not active in this community recently because you have a Job and now
 since you have lost it coming back here to make money?sorry i don't understand what does it mean,
would you enlighten me mate?
i am affected also since our company close for couple of months and just got babk recently last month.
but i never leave this community coz i know that i can still earn here and monitor my investments.

I quit my job 4 years ago after getting involved with cryptocurrencies. I can earn more than my one month salary with bitcoins.
I do trade mostly. Nowadays, people are concentrating on online earning more than their regular job.

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There's no time limit of my work; the more I work more I earn.
I want to say thanks to bitcoins for making my life easier.

at the start of this year's pandemic I almost lost my job due to the long lockdown and had worked at home with half paid. I realized this was something unexpected. luckily I still have a few crypto deposits, and that's enough to help me get through the crisis earlier in the year.
and At least the government in my country gives a lot of help to us as a workers who are impacted by the pandemic economic crisis
If this crisis does not end in this year, I believe my life will be worse.

This pandemic did affected us all, majority of businesses are closing down and everyone losses their jobs respectively that made it so alarming because of this corona virus we are still battling for couple of months now. We are still longing for the vaccine which is the only way we can win this long battle and free ourselves to get back our normal life we are used to enjoy before this pandemic, get our job back and help the economy recover from all the losses.

Almost 7 months ago since my country are implementing lockdown or quarantine and during that day many people are temporary lost their jobs because it is what is the best to do so the covid19 will not spread to the others and now slowly it will back to normal but here in the crypto community is still possible to earn a money and Im happy because Im the one who earning during this pandemic that is really help to my needs and also my family.

A pandemic occurred causing cash flow to be stopped and not circulating in the market, leading to cuts in industries, especially in the service and supply sectors.
I realize that the pandemic is harming the entire economy. The cash flow cannot rest and they have been flowing into the gold and stock markets but they will soon be withdrawn.
Only when the pandemic ends and people around the world are healthy will the economy have a chance to thrive. Factories, factories, supply companies, and service industries will then create jobs again.
To prevent a pandemic we need to be patient and watch governments handle a pandemic. Most important is our own awareness and compliance with pandemic prevention commands.

That is really good and I don't want to demotivate you or anything but trading can be disastrous if you jump into crypto trading without a proper knowledge or at least trade with a demo account or something because loss on top of losing job can be critical and might break any hopes you have.

Trading is a great aspect in the cryptocurrency field but that does not mean at all that it is easy. It sounds simple that you just buy at cheap price and sell at a higher price. Let me give you an example, we all know how simple it is to walk a few KMs daily and remain in shape but are we all in shape? No! That's because not everything that is simple will be easy to execute.

All the best with your new journey though and may you have great success.

I think that's the problem so far, even though the government has implemented to comply with health protocols, but what happened even the government itself still sometimes violates the rules. If the government alone is not aware of adhering to health protocols then what about the people and things like this will certainly get worse and also, some tourism sectors are allowed to operate again and also most workplaces such as factories and others. I am not sure that this corona virus pandemic will be resolved quickly, I am just worried that more and more people will lose their jobs due to workplace closures which might happen again if this pandemic is not resolved quickly.

In my own experienced I have not lost my job since I it was stabled and I served the company for 23 years already. In my crypto experienced since the pandemic some of the airdrops have value maybe the team behind that airdrops wanted to help people in this time. I have joined crypto since 2015 and during those times airdrops are very profitable because almost all have values but since a lot of people knew about crypto many projects are scam that is why I have stopped joining. Since last August I have noticed some airdrops gave good value and until now that is why I am joining back again hoping that it will have good value then.

Good for you but not all does have the same situation as yours on where you do able to maintain or retain into your job unlike any other employees out there who do lost their job specially on some industries.
Lets just be thankful for that where are still lucky that this pandemic hadnt affected the current situation we are in but for others then i cant just imagine on how hard to sustain living if you dont have a day job.
Hopefully this pandemic situation would be over so that majority will really able to get their jobs back or able to apply again when everything goes back to normal.About on crypto then it isnt a life saver
but if you do have some sort or mix of luck then you might have a chance but in most cases we do still need to put some effort from task for us to earn.If you can then its good and you do had the chance
to save up yourself into this problem but if not then just dont rely yourself.

Fear of losing your job is a psychology... In fact, people should not have this! All this is artificially imposed on us by modern society... Since childhood, teachers and parents told us about work... And as a result we become hostages of our work!
Lost your job, do not whine and look for another! Then many things in life will seem much easier than you think about them!

It is normal to feel scared of losing something. We are scared to lose our job because we just want to be successful in life. But I know that we should not let our fear consumed us, by the time that you feel that fear is taking over your decisions in life, you must take an action for that. We should get out of our comfort zones and look for jobs that we really want so we wont feel drained because we love what we work for. Fear is part of life, being submissive to what society dictates us to do  for the meantime is okay but too much obedience to the standards of society will not bring you any good.

Losing job do not only occur during this pandemic situation, when there is an economic crisis many people will lose their jobs.
So I think there's no need to stress thinking about it, because losing a job is not the end. If we have skills there's no need to fear,
because you will definitely find a new job soon. Those who do not have skills also need not worry, because making money doesn't
have to work for other people. We can start our own business, there are many ways to make money. The most important thing is
not to give up easily, because every problem has a solution.

The government wants the situation under its control and they use their power to ensure their interests are guaranteed. In the ongoing US nationwide election, we will see the truths that they violated medical principles such as not wearing masks, gathering large numbers of people.
Mistakes not only belong to the government but also from the people.
I hope the US election will end quickly and without many more people infected with the Virus.

I think you are right. Optmism is a very helpful thing to survive in whatever situation hits the world. The pandemic made many people lose their jobs and made them lose their income. But I think the situation has started to improve and people can start again because the quarantine average is no longer enforced. Only maintain health protocol that the government continues to strive to implement in all daily activities. People can go back to work and make money.

In as much there is a change in the economy of a country due to a public pandemic, same should also apply to the citizens living to adapt to the change. The system isn't fair to anybody and so if you know how to adapt to it then you are liable to survive. Some businesses failed thereby crashing down people's plans economically, making people considering small scale business as a means of income.

As regarding to OP about considering in bitcoin and other Cryptos as a means of earning since you lost your job, its a thing of carefulness, its not only in bitcoin you could earn from, how about stock market, investment in gold and others. Aren't they good to consider them too?

IMO he is not to blame for the effect of the pandemic on his Job and we all know that all Jobs cant be done online. He does look not to rely on cryptocurrency alone, even some who made huge money in cryptocurrency panic at the beginning of the crisis. When you got your money and couldnt buy what you want, that could be a degree of failure of Fiat. With money at hand, some could not purchase their daily necessities ( tissue paper) and protective equipment for the disease.

I guess also, but many people in my country are stressful thinking about how to manipulate their business due to some waste products because many people are lack of money.

This is the attitude I have met some people that lost their job during the pandemic and for the most part many had a very negative attitude towards it, basically instead of moving forward and try to find another job immediately they were depressed about the fact they were fired, and quite honestly I do not get it, they were not fired because of their own performance it was just because of the pandemic, just accept it and move on and yet many were unable to do so.

So to all the people reading this thread if you have lost your job just accept it, there is nothing you can do except to move forward and try to improve your economic situation in any way that you can.

So many people have lost their job and the family members are in trouble due to the jobless dads. Losing the job and looking for the new one are two different problems especially during the global lockdown. Pandemic and caused lockdown are the main reasons why many people can't feed their family, the situation is worse than expected in small developing countries. The logistics business and airline companies have limited the schedules trips due to the frequently changing rules in many countries. Hope you and everyone around us will be able to recover from this loss and we will be back to a new normal life.

A lot of economic problems happened during this pandemic, I feel sorry to those who lost their jobs this time, in my case I have not lost my job since our company is an essential company this pandemic, I work in the electric cooperative and I am happy for not losing the job that I have but the difference for now is that we are not expecting for a high cash gift this coming December, 2020 because our income of this year is very low compare to last year.

So many people lose thier job, businesses closed because no customer this is the effect of the worlwide pandemic. And if youre the only hope of your family you cant sit and just waiting for relief goods,  try other business that even in this pandemic it is in demand.

Its better to have less rather than have nothing at all.I do also consider myself lucky when it comes to this current situation where lots have lost their jobs due to this pandemic and i do really feel sorry for them'and should strive to move on and go forward as long as we lived there would be always opportunity that comes in.

We just need to sustain and endure on the current challenges that we are facing because we dont have any options but to deal with the reality.There are other options that you can take though
via selling out online on something essential.

We can find ways as long we can make profits or even on giving out some services basing on our skills.

Yes but it does not mean they will stop to work because they lost thier job. Thier family will suffer,  go and find another job just to provide the needs of thier family. 

You are not alone in losing job on this pandemic many business has been closed due to it and many people has lost their job.
I am one of the people who also lost their jobs because of covid-19 we couldn't blame anyone because of it we just need to move on for our family and look for a new job to support them or even start our own small business.

People can still lose their jobs even without Covid. Economic crises and some other economic circumstances can also cause people to lose their job. But I don't think people will depend on just one job without seeing other equally productive job. The internet is not what it used to be, which was only used to find out many thing in the learning process. But now everyone can make money from the internet in various ways without having to leave the house. Wasn't that helpful enough until you landed a new job ?

It's never too late to start again. It's just a job, some people are losing their lives.


I'm still doing fine with my job so I can't really relate to OP but I know many people who lost a lot and never gave up. Life is full of surprises you never know what's in line for you. Many people became rich in their 60s after struggling for many years.

Actually you can just do tasks in the crypto space like if you have a good strong catch over a particular skill like programming then you can easily get hired by a project and you have to learn a few basics about the blockchain technology. Apart from that there are numerous other ways as you might want to visit the services section here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0) and post a thread with your skills.

A vaccine might cure the virus but it cannot cure the destruction caused by the pandemic already and the only way this gets healed is time and positive efforts from the local government of each country.

I have seen my close friends losing their job and I have felt how it hurts when someone loses his/her job because it is more like an accident, everything is going smooth and you suddenly have an accident.

Well i believe that many people re losing thier job because of the pandemic, but there are still so many ways to earn in a simple way one example of it is tge online selling, online selling is now really the alternative way to earn a profit. We only need to be more faithful and time may come that this virus will end and we will be back to normal. Everyone is affected so we dont need to fell frustration because all of us is now suffering.

Totally agree with the previous comment.
The situation is very complicated for many people, myself included. I live in New Caledonia and I lost my job. You have to know how to bounce back and take advantage of this opportunity to question yourself, to see opportunities that I would have missed by keeping my job. There are a lot of things to do on the internet, you have to be curious and not be afraid to learn again...

Mo business and no jobs but still rich people are making money when no one have that, another wakeup call for the humans to wakeup from the slavery in the name if employee.

Unemployment hit the new peak in most corners of the world amd governments also trying to do something from their side but this is not going to solve in any time soon so we need to be prepared.

This is the tough time but one who all survive this with their best efforts and ready to make changes in the either their business if so needed or in the skill of an individual this is going to help in coming time and will be paid accordingly. So just focus more on learning or how to improve and get ready for a bright future which is waiting once this is over.

Luckily there are more people starting thier own little business after they lose thier job .hopefully those people that started their own journey continue doing that things even we came back to normal life as we have . its a wake up call for every one to do not rely only in work /job   everything can be lost and finished so you need to start learning how to invest while you have still job and earning.

I'm still a student. Varsity is also closed  for covid-19. So I'm currently  spending boring time sitting at home. I Spend time doing some bounties. In such a situation, i can't chat with friends outside. Everyone’s financial condition is also bad. In fact, i am having a bad time.

I agree to that! I've known someone after losing a job starts to find small business where he can still earned decent and well enough to feed his family not that much but full enough to survive.

You are correct, it's a wakeup call to everyone not to relied with one source of income, people needs to learn to find additional sources of funds and keep it coming not just to stay flat but instead to grow it from time to time.

Well. It is really so sad thing to loss job during pandemic. Because it is very hard to find a new job nowadays. Like due to the pandemic, most companies do not look for new employees and tries to reduce the costs...

Are you really bored at home? Don't you have hobbies? A girlfriend maybe?
I always had so much to do that I could spend months at home and not run out of things to do (as long as I had some money coming in of course).
I'm still unaffected by this whole shutdown. Yesterday I had some friends come over for a drink. Smart people don't care about the pandemic and continue to live their lives. Worst thing you can do is give up.

Ill think you are not alone losing jobs due the pandemic situation and many of us in here that would be the crypto currency will be the option for what we lose. But dont focus in crypto not all the time we earn big must better to use your talent you have just try a freelancer maybe this will be a way for you to recover and actually some world in freelance are crypto currency as a payment so you can use it for investment for other trusted project.

This pandemic teach us that change is inevitable. Either you are in government institutions or you have a decent job, you should always think of other possible income. We should not stake to one kind of earnings but we must try to get passive income. Most of people failed to invest or save for the future because they think they are secured already. Well, right now I know most of us learned already that we have to save for crisis and try to divide our time and money to other business and income.

Indeed, as much as possible dont rely only in crypto and look for other opportunity to have an additional earnings. Nowadays its hard to earn, so having a 2 or more sources of income is much better. Since we are not certain how long this virus will last or until the vaccine is release then we need to be more resourceful to overcome difficulties specially when it comes to financial problem.

People would just realized when its too late or already on the actual situation that they should have invest into something or having side income for them to survive in case
if there are situations like this or in emergencies.

For now those people who have lost their jobs then theres no other option left but to find another way of sustaining themselves.Its a pity but that's how reality works.

Its just sad that there are lots whom do suffer on this pandemic not only just on health condition but also on the way of living itself.

Because of corona pandemic i also lost my job and two tuition. My income is zero now. For this reason i started trading. Also doing some bounties for getting money. I did some campaign and get some money. By this money i simply spend days. Hope that this bad day will end fast.

Many people are affected because of covid 19 pandemic and I am also one of them but I still continue working now here in crypto space. Crypto is my alternative source of income that's why my family survived despite of this pandemic.

First of all, I am sorry for your loss. I hope that the economy in your country recovers quickly and that you find a good job again. May I ask which country you come from and in which industry you work(ed)? Fortunately, the crisis has hardly affected me as far as my job is concerned, nor my family and friends. I hope it will stay that way, but it seems to be very region-/country-dependent.

Actually it was happening all over the world ,due to covid-19 response.This economy crisis was make the people mad.It's hard to sustain for the basic needs .Now we can able to view many covid-19 based business was trend for now.Mask with different flavour was introduced all over the world.You can choose any of that to get some money.

In the last century, if you lost your job, then you need to look for a new one, otherwise you will not have money to live on. Now is the time that you don't really need a job, because there is a lot of work on the Internet, you just need to search and find what suits you best, and then just study and develop in this direction and gain experience. On this forum you can find a large number of opportunities to make a decent amount of money.

Most of the people will return to job if there is an opportunity because they are not really interested in taking the risks, they are doing it because they have ni other choices but one who did this when they have jobs become the elite class people in this 21st century.

I agree that the pandemic and the limitations associated with it bring a lot of difficulties into our life. Logistics, production, sales - literally all technological stages of production and sales of products - now work very differently than before the pandemic. A large number of jobs are being cut due to the fact that enterprises are closed or are forced to send their specialists on forced leave. These are really difficult times for each of us.

I am very blessed that up until now I do still have my job even at the presence of this pandemic that we all do know many have been negatively affected due to lockdown and quarantine which brought people to stay indoors and temporarily to permanently not be able to get to work making many people jobless which is really a big difficulty on where they will be getting their money for expenses because they cannot be entirely be dependent on the government's assistance because they do still have lots of expenses that the assistance fund cannot fully cover. But let us just all hope that sooner before this year ends or early next year, vaccine will be discovered that can totally fix the problem so that all can get back to their works or seeking for another job opportunities.

This is the worst time to start a new business. It is almost impossible to get loans from banks without heavy collaterals and even if you somehow manage to get everything in order, there is no guarantee that the returns will be great. The best thing to do now would be to wait, until the economy recovers from the negative impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. You can make the preliminary moves now, such as buying commercial space and hiring employees. But the start of the actual business needs to be delayed.

It's really hard to lose your job at a time like this. I hope that at least some compensation was paid to you.

And about the "battle of centralized and decentralized assets" - I don't think that's the case.
This is not a battle to the death or even a competition, and it will not be competition until cryptocurrencies reach the level of "classic" investment tools and Fiat. This is more of an Achilles and Turtle race where Fiat is not Achilles at all.

It is great to know that blockchain and cryptocurrencies have provided an alternative for you to survive in this period of pandemic which has caused the economic meltdown of several countries but like many have said before me, this is not the case of a centralized and decentralized assets in the middle of a crisis, it is simply a case of pandemic ravaging the world and businesses crumbling under the weight of it.
Just like you resorted to crypto, several people would have resorted to other things that can fetch them money and help them also survive the pandemic, it is only a matter of doing something to survive the pandemic.

Its part of human instinct to find up ways for you to survive and by means neither on crypto or traditional way, it doesn't matter as long you would able to earn and able to survive into this
pandemic situation.

Lots had lost their jobs and its just normal for you to find another one or source of income if you don't like ending up on starvation. Cryptocurrency as a last resort? Yes you can but this isn't
something that will really just save you up into the situation without doing anything.

Of course you do need neither investment or even on doing jobs basing off into your skill which can potentially able you to earn.Its just a matter on how you do deal with things up
and how much time and effort you had put in.

I lost my job also last month the sad is until now i don't have a new job. Everyday i go out i went different agencies to give resume but until now no call.
This pandemic give us a lot of problem. But i thank also my friend because she always update me if there's are bounty that able to join Full member. A little income but its a big help to me.

I temporarily quit my job because the sales proceeds did not qualify for a profit. I let go and now I haven't worked for a while. I decided to learn about internet marketing with the hope of earning an income there. It may take a long time, but when this pandemic ends I will return to continue my previous work.
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The battle between Decentralized and Centralized still benefits Centralized, where I really understand the meaning of leadership. For now, quality leaders can bring their circle to be better than a democratic system. Even though there is an imbalance of contribution, what happens is that centralized is still a good choice.

During the pandemic our forum has been helping a lot to our members. Some of our members shared their earnings and provided little earning to the members in need. Some did charity in their local region collecting donations and consumables. This time more people lost their jobs and businesses, but none lost hope.

Quite sad that the rewards from bounties are not as big as before, also it was easier before to apply for campaigns in order to get rewards. This has been discussed many times in this forum regarding the new set of rules. There is now a merit requirement and many users are not able to join campaigns because they are not earning merit, which on the other hand could help them during this times of need. This forum could be really a great help to people who lost their job but I do still appreciate projects which are still accepting and starting projects nowadays.

I have lost my long term job as well. I did my best to pursue my passion yet I didn't win the battle during this pandemic crisis. However, I'm still optimistic that there will still be lots of better opportunities for me even here in crypto world. I believe that everything happens for a reason and we'll all pass through it. For now, I'm still looking for more opportunities that could help me sustain all my daily needs. I know that things will get better soon.

Its really sad, but we are all dealing now with so much loses including our jobs when the whole world suddenly stop because of this pandemic. However, we must realized that its not the end of the world yet. Instead of feeling so lost and depressed, we must try to seek for another platform that will make us earn and be profitable. In this time of crisis, there are still a lot of ways to earn if we are creative, smart, productive and courageous enough to try something new in some digital platforms. So, I believe that we will never be hungry as long as we will work hard and do our best.

If you lost your job, then you should not regret it. You can choose bitcoin to make money online.
I do believe that bitcoin can make money more than your monthly salary.
I am the boss of my own work, and thanks to bitcoin, to generate money by sitting at home.

Many people lost their jobs during the epidemic and suffered financially but investing in crypto has helped a lot in overcoming this crisis. It is true that nothing can be done without hard work but even if everything is off fiat currency is damaged but crypto is not damaged. Decentralized exchange sites have helped a lot in the fight against people-centered resources bitcoin's long-term investment has overcome the financial crisis including market demand.

As a citizen of a third world country, I could say that pandemic affected more lives that we could ever imagine, businesses lost their profits and their employees as well. Mostly, those who only could do work from home are the ones who remain employed while those people who's just daily wage earners lost their job, and the ending saddens their whole family starving and making their food enough everyday.

I belong to those privileged people, I mean we're in the middle. We're not poor but we're not that rich. Working here in the forum helps me a lot since I don't want to be an employee and having cryptocurrency than fiat is so much reassuring. I'd prefer it over fiat because I can now use bitcoin or could simply convert it in fiat to buy stuff online that I need every single day.

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, losing job is absolutely predictable. Especially the service industry will be badly damaged. No one is acceptable to travel abroad or travel by plane, aviation will fall, they don't have money to pay their employees. Not only hotels don't have enough customers to pay plan but also boutiques, food shops, etc will have the same situation. Many people are jobless. Therefore, try to put aside, comply with what the government request to do, pandemic will soon pass away because we have vaccines now.

as non-employees, I and you are among the lucky ones because we can still get Bitcoin from campaigns on this forum.  in the real world, I also try hard not to be an employee, I open a small business and employ 4 people..  even though Bitcoin cannot be spent like fiat money in general, Bitcoin can still be converted to fiat to meet daily needs..

Currently, the certainty about vaccines is still unclear because the differences of opinion between WHO and countries that are producing vaccines have not reached an agreement..

Let me ask you - have you made a lot of money on your own at Bitcoin? Even more than the average monthly salary! :D And in what ways do you manage to earn so much?
Probably, you successfully trade on the exchange and earn a steady income?

many are experiencing problems during this pandemic, from individuals even to countries experiencing economic recession. many small entrepreneurs went bankrupt as well as large entrepreneurs. the most noticeable impact is traders in crowded places such as convenience stores, school canteens, tourist entertainment. so that it has a big influence on the production sector. in my opinion, this is not a battle between decentralization and centralization, as long as both of them still have public trust, they can go hand in hand. it is more about mutual assistance, government policies and individual awareness.

Also the government needs to life up their local entrepreneurs by helping them with easy loans and maybe even no interest collateral based loans for an year or two which can help them stabilize. I mean there are so many ways the government can help their people in such times and the only way we can recover our economy is by starting to work again and earn money because when you earn money you contribute to the economy positively.

I feel for people who lost their jobs but really rather than getting demotivated and feeling frustrated you must take this as a lesson and make a passive income source in future also make sure you don't rely on a single job/business solely because every job and business goes through ups and downs and you must have a passive income source that keeps you going in times when the main business is down or suffering from a rough patch.

I have lost my job because of Covid-19, and unfortunately, the government only provides me with 130 dollars as unemployment benefits. There was already an economic crisis in the country where I live, and this has increased even more after the pandemic. I am looking for a new job every day but I haven't been successful so far. Despite this, I still keep my hope that these days will pass.

To be candid the effect of this pandemic has devastated and crumbled a lot of businesses, job losses, recessions and causes poverty especially in developing countries.
Its very sad reading comments how people lost their jobs, personally I worked as a private school teacher shortly after covid-19 infections was becoming widespread all schools in my country was closed  down indefinitely the implication of the closure means no payment of salaries to us, everyone has to hustle legitimately to earn some bucks and care of our families.

losing a job is something very hard, especially if it's been a job we've been doing for years. There is a need for further skill upgrades to prepare ourselves for a new destiny. if you decide to join crypto, then there is no must be  lose. I prefer crypto because of the block chain technology, I like fiat because I am used to it and don't rely on internet connections (it feels more real).

I have lost my job as a result of the current pandemic which is not over yet. Imagine I've been working for 10 years, and now have
to stop working because my company is having financial difficulties. So there must be a reduction in staff, and I am one of the victims
who have lost my job due to this pandemic. The beginning of despair, because it is not easy to find a new job in a pandemic situation
like now. But cryptocurrency saved me, because by trading crypto I can get income for my living expenses. Moreover, the current
cryptocurrency price is very volatile and its performance is getting better. So in my opinion this year it will be easier to make profit from
crypto trading compared to 2019.

I am curious where you live? these government benefits are provided according your previous wage?
Actually there are some job that are in a very disaster situation...meanwhile in Italy there are some riots in different cities due these job lost
https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/24/protests-in-italy-as-coronavirus-curfews-come-into-force and the last government restrictions ...

I live in Turkey, and yes, the employment benefit I received is calculated based on my previous salary but the highest state benefit is 250 dollars per month. In the country where I live, independently of the pandemic, there has been a great economic crisis, especially for the last 4 years.

hey you are not alone there, most of the whole country is feeling the impact of this damn covid, i also experienced it this is very difficult, i never thought this would happen before, the economy was destroyed many factories and companies were closed, some of them survived  by firing its employees

I agree but we have to also remember that long before Covid came we were already experiencing some heavy results in economy in many countries. Unemployment was rising already and inflation was climbing even in my area before this year.

I think we all are worried about our job security and Bitcoin is one of our hopes but I would also hope we do not look for shortcuts.

Improve ourselves continuously and keep working hard.

I had some dreams of doing my own business but savings is very slow to accumulate so I am spending all my free time learning learning learning. I do not know if it brings results but it is surely better than doing nothing and hoping for the best!

I am glad I'm tied with crypto because it allows me not to pay attention to my "real" work that much.
Happily, I haven't been fired (yet), but it doesn't bother me as much as it could.

Millions of people around the world losts their jobs, just like you. Its the sad situation now as this pandemic continuously spreading around us. And due to job loss, a lot of people are starving. But, despite all this hardships that we are facing, we can still find some alternative ways to earn. Digital platforms in any tech companies was highly established and being introduced to those people who are much willing to work at the comfort of their homes. If we just set our minds into positive things, we can still earn despite this crisis. Whether fiat or crypto currencies, we can absolutely earn if we will just work hard and have a positive outlook

People loss their jobs in many industries. Its wise if people could invest more in their skills and passions so as to maintain their jobs although that shouldn't be their major source of income. Loosing a job shouldn't affect any one living in this era because an average man is expected to have diverse source of income.

To me skill driven opportunities should be more preferred and living up to ones dream should guide men in making career choices.

Get other source of income and dont depend on just one

We are lucky that would not fired yet because it is important that we have a job even do in this situation that could not easily go back to our main job. And we are glad that have crypto can help us get more extra income for our daily needs even if some of company that where we work in are close for now cause of pandemic we need to find a way on how we survive and the only thing we knows can help much are this doing crypto by trading or participating some bounties in here.

it is too be honest really difficult to earn money during this pandemic, even my family is really struggling to even pay the monthly bill cuz of they reduced the paycheck and we did not get as much as we did outside of the pandemic, that is why i am running this cryptocurrency because i want to help them earn money, i think this good for us

There are various ways on how to sustain yourself and crypto is one of it but the thing here is that make it sure that you do know on what you are doing
so that you would able to utilize that effort which would really result into making profits.Yes, we can make money out of trading but that one do need some capital
and effort for you to do so and also with bounties and other freelance jobs that do give out crypto as a payment which is also a viable option for you to take.
There are lots of sorts, its up to someone on how he gonna choose up and deal with it because if you dont do something into this amidst of pandemic then
you would really be having a hard time on surviving on.

This is what I'm afraid to happen also. Add to that is the pressure from the people around you which makes it more difficult to handle that stress. I'm just glad I still have now my job even if it's just a small salary.
If I lose this, my only chance to help my family is with my crypto holdings from last year to pump next year.

The economy in my country already open and even the domestic and local flights are now operating again. The good thing is our economy is now bouncing back amd also our local stock market finally in trending movement. Majority of the business are now starting to operate again like before but still there are some businesses that are not yet allowed to operate. It is really hard to accept that this is the new normal where the unemployment rate rise, but still in every economic crash there are some opportunities that we should grab.

May I know what your job is? I hope it is something vital in the society or at leadt you are permanent in thet one if not. While in my case, I'm very grateful because I finally had a job (as if the rest cares on my update, sorry my bad lol). I'm on the verge of losing hope but thank God he already given me my dream work :). Though I'm still depending on my crypto savings until now due to delayed salary, I still feel relieved.

Hang on, mate! We can survive this pandemic.

Yup! For example, since children are only having online classes which are a more difficult set up than the usual, you can apply as a tuitor. Online selling also became a trend recently as well. You just need to open your eyes and seek what's in demand today.

When this pandemic is not only you who lose your job, I and my friends are also affected, this is the risk,
we never know the fate we will face, don't give up, you can survive by doing work in the internet world,
especially in crypto currency. , airdrop, bounty or trade.

In April and May 2020, I worked hard.  My boss said that our salary would be reduced by 20 percent.  My income has decreased.  However, my expenses have also decreased.  In 2019, my girlfriend and I were drinking coffee and eating cakes in a cozy cafe.  The cafe was closed in 2020.  My girlfriend and I got sick with coronavirus (COVID-19).  We coughed for almost two months.  The girl said - you need to restore the lungs!  We walked a lot.  30-40 kilometers a day.  5-8 hours a day.  My legs are now muscular like a football player.  ☺ In June 2020, I traded on the Binance and Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchanges.  Cryptocurrensy versus fiat money ... I bet on cryptocurrency (bitcoin).

I'm sorry for you! In which industry and in which country did you lose your job, if that's what you want to say? I'm just curious because it varies a lot from country to country. In some countries many lose their jobs and in others very few.

In my country, many people have lost their jobs due to covid-19 pandemic. It was caused by decreased product sales. I was a clothing business owner who has to lay off my employees because I can no longer afford to pay their salaries because my income has decreased considerably since the coronavirus. I hope this pandemic will end soon.

While you still have your job better to make some adjustment, make sure that your employer will be more satisfied with
how you deal with your work, it's really a competition ahead so better to excel.

There are people who kept their job even with pandemic, maybe it's best for them to start saving and try to find more
venues to invest and earn extras.

I think many of us are also suffering from economic depression because of this pandemic. Many have lost their jobs in the actual world.
During an economic crisis like this, it is very difficult to build a small-scale business because people’s purchasing power is currently very low.

Maybe one way to focus on online professionals, whether it’s selling online or focusing on crypto as a hunter. If you have trading skills, you can start.
Everyone has their own choice. It all depends on your skills.
I focus more on online professionals, apart from this forum, I searched for Giveaway on twitter and look for referrals for various websites
where I got bonuses for the job.

The unemployment rise and poverty rate in many countries rise because of the current pandemic, we cannot blame anyone on what happened and we should just focus on how we will regain the things that we lost because of the pandemic. This pandemic is not just about negative things, I also lost my job but for me it is became advantage and not as a disaster because I can now focus on my personal growth.

The personal growth that I am talking about is my financial intelligence also physical health development. When the lockdown happen, I read a lot of personal development books and trading books. Those trading books really help me to regain all of my losses in cryptocurrency market and my current portfolio is now up with 76%. For those who lose their jobs, do not blame the government or the virus because there are a lot of opportunities out there. What you need to do is just to train your mind in order to see those opportunities.

That's totally true. With the things going on around us, I actually realized that having one job isn't enough if you want to earn more especially when the job you have doesn't pay that much too.

Though I consider myself lucky cause I have a job, my first job actually, despite the pandemic. Even me and my parents are working (we're all teachers), I find my salary enough for our daily needs but I still feel the need to have different source of income because the expenses nowadays are no joke. That's why even though I have tons of work, I do my best to still participate on the sig campaign I'm currently in and earn the BTCs I can.

I feel bad for those who lost their jobs of course. I have relatives who experienced that as well. That's why I'm hoping and praying that next year will be better. Not just for me or for my family but for everyone around the world.

Investing is more suitable for those people who have free money, which will not be needed in a difficult situation, for example, as a loss of job...
If you invest in bitcoin or altcoins, and you need money urgently, and the market at that time began to correct... Then you will just lose money...
You need to clearly define a segment for investment and have patience and strategy... Not to use that money! Otherwise, you will just lose it!

Invest only what you can afford to lose. Investment always go along with a risk and it is directly proportional. Higher profit means higher risk. Investment can't replace you having a stable job, its better to invest when you know that you have a passive income that keeps coming on you. A good investment usually takes a longer pwriody of time, so if you think youll profit in some few days through your investment, you have to change you mentality. There is no easy money, it take capital, time and hardwork to have financial success.

Yes, it is a must to have a job. Investment is for people who have excess funds meeting the daily life needs. Investment generates better profit than saving, and it needs long time period for the profiting.

During this pandemic lot has lost their jobs, and now the only choice is to develop our skills and find a job at the earliest than depending on investment with the money left for life. This is seriously risky, because cryptocurrency investment assures profit and we don't know when it happens. If lucky it happens overnight.

It’s really hard to lose a job during this pandemic. If it’s hard to get by for those who have a stable job (which working days were reduced) how much more for those who became unemployed? These people no longer have a work to sustain their needs like paying bills, paying rent, and food budget.

This pandemic really burdened most especially the average and lower class of the society. Majority of them in our country were depending on the local government units’ food tranche and supplementary amelioration programs just to survive the daily basis. This is really disheartening. However, we can always find some opportunities amidst the unfortunate circumstances happening right now. If you have a savings, you can get some and invest it to something you trust that could generate you an income. For example, taking a risk in investing on Bitcoin, having some kind of small business like food stall just in front of your house, etc. This could help you get by and eventually can help you in the long run, if you know how to manage it wisely.

There are many unfortunate events as I’m writing this at the moment, but we should always try to look for the silver linings and take the situation on our advantage. We may not have the same resources and opportunities, but we can always make the best out of what we currently have.

no i didnt loose my job. but since the economic condition of my country, my salary became crap. usd is 2 times more expensive here since 2 years ago. and eveything became so expensive.

Thanks, a few more details as you provided makes the situation more understandable. I hope for you and all the others which are affected strongly by this pandemia that it will end soon. But I am not very optimistic that it will change much before 2022. There are still so many uncertainties regarding vaccinations which are the only hope. Hoping that the virus is appearing from one day to another is an illusion.

Obviously doubts remain. They are rushing through the trials and therefore some of the researchers and analysts are skeptical about the efficiency and the possibility of side-effects. The pharma companies are claiming that their vaccines are effective, and the trials prove it. Now we need to choose which version we should believe. At this point, there is hardly any option, other than to wear masks and maintain social distancing.

Nobody can be trusted if it's still in testing I'm not really sure whether this is effective for mass production and use throughout? I am afraid that there will be side effects when it has been injected because I have seen some after vaccinating with trials but still nothing has been completely successful.

Never mind, I better wear a mask like you and won't creep out of the house because the pandemic is now getting more and more lockdown.

Yeah, there's nothing safe right now, there are plenty of vaccines that have done trial but still a failure. It's pretty sure that they will use people that have been affected by COVID-19 as their lab rats and if failed, they will say they died from the virus.

I don't know what's more dangerous right now if they have implemented mass vaccination throughout the country, it will be chaos.

It is certain that the failure must have occurred because there is no certainty from which company the vaccine was produced, whether China made it again?

Even in my country more vaccines will be bought and distributed to all the people. Will this be a controversy?
People do not necessarily want to do the vaccine, they are afraid of failure and there will be a big risk when they taste it.

Oh well, I will still refuse the vaccine, but I will take care of myself and wear a mask wherever I go.

I think you did not read the OP's post properly. They clearly stated that he is getting 130 dollars from government as unemployment benefits.

Are you getting $130 dollars per week or per month? In some other countries, the governments are not even giving anything. There is nothing like unemployment benefits and in United States I heard govt paying $400 to $600 weekly to those who lost their jobs in Covid crises.

There lots of people lost her job during the lockdown and some of them are still surviving. So, It's common they're facing a financial crunch. Most countries economical condition very poor comparing as before. Now we have to accept this bad situation without griping. You can cry and grumble or you can battle and transcend this. The decision is yours.

unfortunately the current economic crisis occurs due to the influence of the spread of the corona virus, this has left many countries paralyzed, I realize this and various countries are collapsing economies, more state debt, many people are being laid off because some may be infected by several people, currently in my country when there are job vacancies, more and more people are registering and they don't care about health protocols anymore, they are fighting over each other to get a place, even though like that there are some companies that already understand and they hold deployments using an online system.

so in my opinion there are no words to give up, we have to work to survive.

Yes I lost my job because of this pandemic my boss told me he is sorry because he need to close the shop cuz his business are losing is losing money. first I don't know what to do so I ask my friend if they know any shop who need helpers but instead of that they tell about in bitcoin. At first I was still hesitant but it's not bad to try, I'm not goin to lose me and I tried. What I thought was a scam, that's what will help me with the money.

If you need fiat money try some online freelance sites where you can earn some money for living, as for me I've learned trading crypto and doing ok so far, not worry too much about the job.

The thing is, a lot of people who lost their jobs during the pandemia are looking for jobs online now and a lot of them joined services like upwork or clickworker, what caused a crash in the hourly rates. I use upwork to give some work away from time to time and I noticed that since March the hourly rates are decreasing steadily and competition is increasing. For example, before the crisis I had to pay up to $20/hr (normally between $13-15) for some programming tasks. Two weeks ago, when I offered my last job, someone very experienced offered the work for $9.15. Never before I noticed such low rates.

Major changes in the economy of every country had change and most of these changes drags the economy down and these are cause by the pandemic. There are plenty restriction and rules that are being implemented to ensure everyone safety scarcity of resources are everywhere and almost everything cost double. Every life have changed and everyone are striving to survive.
As of now cryptocurrencies may once again raise to the top the demand for fiat money have been decrease due to an increased demand for digital currency because most of the transaction today are done online.

I am so sad to hear that bro, keep go ahead and looking many opportunity you still have another chance to get great and better job, I never take it lightly with many my friend still working at the company although my self never working any more or have real job after know with bitcoin and altcoin. How come if all people work with bitcoin and who will be farmer, seller and many other job will be empty position. I pray pandemic will ended soon and you can back to your work and get good position again to give your family happiness, never give up and looking for any chance to get back your work bro.

Right, everyone will not do the same job in one place because every individual and also every region at least has differences in many things. When I or anyone else lives in an area that still has the opportunity to generate income from a job that can be utilized, then the job may not be good in other areas. So, I believe that each region can still be used with the skills that each individual has, so we only need to find out what opportunities can still be used properly in the area and also in this kind of situation.

Its true where as mentioned that there's a specific need and whats not on a that certain region and as mentioned where you do need to find out on what it is.

We are all heavily been affected with this pandemic and lots had lost their jobs where we do really end up on making some alternatives for us to earn for able for us to survive.

If you wont find other way they would really be having a big problem.There are actually lots of ways depending on how you do really seek of it.

We have our own skills to utilize on and its up to someones dedication and hardwork on finding these opportunities.

Crypto gained good spot as form of payment transactions due to this pandemic virus. Many people lost their jobs and really affects the economy of each side of the world where virus are continue to spread out. If you still have something better to try keeping it and not
to lose it as life really changed a lot during this pandemic, Keep trying to survive and find ways to continue to live.

The economy now in other places are sloy opening. This means that there are opportunities already to earn. Here in our place the the tourism is now open and are already accepting local for them to slowly recover by opening the establishment despite the virus. It seems that they are now underestimating thr covid19 but yes the government had no choice but to open the economy because the government could not support anymore the financial or the basic needs for the community.

I think the key is to remain a positive person and have a clear mind in taking many things to be able to deal with it. If one is missing, then another will pop up too, well it always does in general. Opportunities are still wide open, especially for those of us who already know the world of crypto and the internet more deeply, this can still be one important thing that is indeed one of the lighting in the financial side of the current situation.

not only you that effected due this pandemic , in several countries many manifacture company prefer to lay of their employees or atleast decrease working hours to survive . working order from customer decrease sharply due economic condition that being worse caused covid 19 virus. and lucky for us that joined in crypto market , its provide many opportunity to earn money from home without spending money as capital.

Freelance platforms are for those people who have a good portfolio but if you don't have any credentials or experiences, it's hard to earn in freelance. There are plenty of online jobs, just check if they're legit and find assurance that will pay. Trading is pretty hard for those starters, it's not guaranteed to earn a profit on it if you don't have knowledge on it. One mistake can make depress you, all of the money you've invested can become zero if you didn't play it well. So I'm not recommending trading as one of jobs, it's very difficult for starters.

Most of us losses our job because of the pandemic. Beerhouse are still closing, only few are open in restaurant, disco mobile still not profiting through renting the sound system, casino and more business sectors are still not open or function. This is the reason for the increase of unemployment but we had to accept that it is because of pandemic and it is beyond our control.

I lost my job too. but not because of the pandemic. because of the toxic company i worked for. I resigned then, the lockdown came because of pandemic.
I do not know where I will get my income because I do not have a job. and I thought back to the world of crypto and hope to have an income here again.

Recently lost my job too but because of too much workload taking a toll on my mental health. The coronavirus pandemic is a bit of an indirect factor to it as the company I worked for downsized its employees so the people left there to work are given more tasks than usual. That's when I got back to cryptocurrency and I must say, though it does not pay as much as my old job does, it offers me the peace of mind which I wouldn't be able to trade for something else.

Indeed, the situation regarding freelancing is not at all clear. Job search on aggregator sites does not necessarily lead to a positive result, because this is the market of the buyer, not the performer, which is a large number and the potential customer will focus on experienced performers, not on a green novice. It is still worth trying, but you should immediately accustom yourself to the idea that the result will not be quick and you will need to be patient.

I believe that it is not only you were being affected by this pandemic and lost a job. It even include the small businesses that until now are still not operating due to the mandate or the minim health protocol implemented which they can't get qualified to it. Besides here in our place, the small investors had been experiencing short in their profits that can make losses in the process due to the government mandate of no price increase or the price control executive order by the President.

I myself live in the countryside and away from the city crowd, to be honest where I live is not so affected by the impact of this pandemic, I can still work as usual (I am the owner of a small restaurant).  Another thing about crypto, because I have faith in the shift from fiat currency to digital currency, so I started studying and wanted to be a part of that change.

I never had a real life job before the pandemic begins, I used to work online every day and I wasn't that affected by the pandemic either, I was able to buy myself enough food that lasted me for months, just worried about getting infected but I'm glad that never happened, thanks to online jobs like affiliate marketing and crypto things was easier on me

I am a jobless person. But I understand that those who haven't a job at this time are too much terrible to live their life. Many people depend on their daily income. I think about those of people. I Hope Allmighty will rescue the world from this pandemic. This pandemic changes the whole structure of people's economic life and its effects all over the system of living.

I feel you OP, I lost my job too. At first I was making pity on myself for not doing well in my life. I was confused and about commit crime just to make life easier after it. But it does not able to feed on my conscience and tha I chose to start making scarifices and to survive. There are things I learn and that to continue life. Life must go on as what they say and I am glad that I am still alive.

I'm one of the people who lost a job because our company decided to let go some of employees including me in order for them to cut expenses to save the company. I understand what happen because it is really unpredictable where we just been updated that there is pandemic where a lot of economies collapsed. Luckily I have savings and also investments that give me passive income and it is the reason why we are able to survive in these past months. I now became a full time trader and I do not have any plan to return in my old job even though the virus will be exterminated already. I think I'm now became obsessed in trading so it is the reason why I cannot let go it right now.

Many lost their jobs due to the epidemic but you are right that many have overcome this crisis very easily through small business and investment. The demand for Bitcoin from Fiat currency has increased significantly. Jobs Everyone is leaning towards investing in Bitcoin to increase their capital as the price of Bitcoin is rising. in rural areas they have no idea about bitcoin but they have been able to deal with the situation very easily through small businesses. Gradually everything will change.

There's a lot of people out there lost their jobs because of this pandemic, but i'm not one of them because i'm just a plain housewife who always staying at home to take care of my kids. Even before the pandemic comes i'm just joining bounty campaign to gain more knowledge about how crypto works and also trying to get some funds to able to invest in bitcoin or other cryptos. We just have to look everything positively because nothing is permanent and i'm sure this tragic will also come to an end.

What small business you are talking about when everything was forced to shutdown  ???. All the small business as well as any business be it small or big were forced to shut down without any rehabilitation plans on when to resume and anyone who made money during this period is online merchants and it is impossible for everyone to take advantage of this process if you are not having internet connection or not having the knowledge of online merchants.

Not all countries have implemented a lockdown.  In my country, there is no lockdown, so there are still many small businesses that continue to sell so that they can continue their lives.  However, I still admit that the number of unemployed people has increased because many companies have suffered losses.  And only small local businesses can survive.

Here in India, lockdown was in place for almost two months, before the government removed it in several phases. But now the cases are increasing once again (partly due to the onset of winter season) and there are rumors that the government may consider implementing it once again. The businesses are slowly recovering from the earlier lockdown. Another such measure may result in their bankruptcy.

Glad to hear that no lockdown implemented in your country, meaning more are still employed and can provide food to their families. In our country, the lockdown was implemented and many are jobless and waiting for government aid. We are lucky to have one in this pandemic but on an alternate schedule and some were retrenched for cost-cutting.In these trying times, we aim just to survive this 2020 pandemic and nothing more. Keep safe everyone.

Which is right only business that are related online are the one who survive during this pandemic especially those days when quarantine was implemented strictly, no one can go out aside from people who was given the privileges.

Many loses their job and the only way to survive is to try things that you are not really use to do, no other options most relied with government supports while those who are still fortunate are able to help and donate their spare foods and money.

During this trying time, where many people lost their jobs due to the crisis brought about by the pandemic, it is necessary for us to get out of our comfort zones in order to survive. If you won't, then the virus might not affect you but starving could.

This pandemic might be hard but it allowed us to become resourceful and discover skills that we didn't know we have. Not all are fortunate to have a job or to keep their previous one, but there are many things online that can become one's source of income. With some vaccines in progress and is currently at 90+% effective, let's hope that we could go slowly back to what we used to have.

Many people did lose their jobs and many people can't find jobs at this time because of the pandemic. Anyway, there are still some jobs that are still up and running and you have to apply first and wait if they accept you or not.

Hopefully, the lockdown policy in India will not be implemented again because it is really burdensome for the country's economy. Not only died because of Covid, but deaths due to hunger will also increase. Like the news I heard, the first lockdown by the Indian government was very chaotic. I don't know what the details are, but many people violate this government policy so that the government has to implement a policy of hitting its citizens to obey.


In fact, my country has not implemented a lockdown, not because of a few cases of infection but because the state is unable to cover the basic needs of its people. Thus, the government seems to let the economy run and only socializes maintaining health protocols. Until now, cases of infection continue to increase and don't know how long it will end.

Yeah, small businesses have no way but to shut down. Operating comsumed owners thousand of dollar which they can not afford. Without profit, no one can survived such situation.

However, as you say, if you know how to use online technologies in your business, you can somehow change the circumstance. Many smart investors even start-up successfully during the high time of the pandemic. What an extraodinary characteristic. But most of people lose the money which impact the economy significantly

We need patiently waiting on when the started to go back in our job and we cannot easily find a job right now because of this pandemic. Maybe if we have a job right now Ill think there is a way to get some money through online just like editing or selling some goods through online and it depends of what skills that we have.

The pandemic has shown how fragile human infrastructure can be. She showed the value of the network we created - the Internet.
Therefore, everyone must make an unequivocal conclusion that in the event of a more severe global epidemiological situation, all work will take place via the Internet.
So it's time to master the Internet for those who have not yet started doing it.

I don't think there are people who couldn't master the Internet, and if there are, it certainly can't help them...
Also with the help of the Internet it is impossible to do a lot of different work that requires physical presence...
A lot of people have faced this when everyone started working remotely from home...

It is such a shame for those that worked really hard in order to establish a good reputation in those websites and now they have to charge even less than half of what they used to charge, but that is simply the way the economy works, if they do not want to be subject to this then they need to find their own clients away from the platform, that way even if a newcomer tries to steal your client it is going to be way more difficult as it is going to be impossible for them to tell if this newcomer is any good unlike what happens in these platforms which display the experience and all the jobs that they took in the past.

During the pandemic many people lost their job, many schools closed, many organization closed and even food items increase because farmers find it difficult to go to the farm to grow their crops in the country, just because of corona virus that was killing people all over the country.
Many investors who are use to fiat money testify how their currency devalue during the pandemic, where bitcoin was rising that was causing many investors to make a good profit from their Investment.

Business went bad and mostly in bankruptcy, that's why you guys losing jobs.

I had 3 different business to run with at least 10 employees each , i was travelling overseas  looking for networking opportunity to get my business expanded since january and get locked down in foreign country for a couple weeks which causing my business completely abandoned back in February to April.
Things went really bad when I'm back home ,nothing i can save but a running debt!
I bet a lot of small business like me having similar situation, depressed to the death as can't afford to pay those running debts everywhere.
That's my short story though. My life really fucked up now.

Due to pandemic so many business are forced to shutdown so their employees lost their job.
Luckily some of us who have a regular job has been granted to work from home and we on crypto could earn extra for our expenses.

The people you mentioned who take advantage of such situations are mostly business owners and employers because they know how easy is it to hire the same skilled employee for cheaper for which they had to pay higher. earlier The revenue for the company is unchanged or maybe declined slightly but the way they are treating their employees is horrible, not just cutting their salary but delaying them and asking them to work extra hours without any overtime bonus.

One thing everyone must learn from these tough times is that times will change maybe in another year but the way your company/employer treated you in your bad time must never be forgotten and never work for such a company who doesn't respect your time, efforts and skills when you need them the most.

This lockdown killed a lot of us, much more than virus. Sometimes economic problems are much worse than medical

There is a lot of people who lost their jobs because of pandemic but the online world is not affected because the transaction is still continue and most of the business online grow because people from traditional move to the online.

Im still earn money through the online with the help of cryptocurreny and Im really sure most of us here are thankful because we have crypto that here to save us that we use to our needs from the money that we earn in different ways in crypto.

pandemic + flood.. aaahhhh broke as fuck..

It is going everything well here with me .But there are lots of crisis around me .I have seen a lots of my collegue lost their job .It is getting tough day by day .
Still i don't think it is so much different but i always like decentralized platform and it is going to be more popular day by day .

Crypto, especially Bitcoin, is in great demand during this pandemic. Especially when several stock prices dropped dramatically because of the pandemic crisis,
interest in crypto is soaring. Not only has the share price dropped dramatically, but this covid 19 has also made currency exchange rates around the world falter.
In addition, the pandemic also disrupted global financial market conditions. Many companies forcibly lay off employees.
You’re not the only one who’s lost your job in the actual world. A lot of us lost our jobs, too. In fact, I also returned to this forum, just like you OP.
Because we are all convinced of the advantages of bitcoin that is getting stronger in this pandemic.
And we have all done the right thing by returning to this forum and supporting the continued existence of cryptocurrencies.

Yes, that actually exists in countries not even affected by pandemic much! Anxiety and poor government regulation have revealed how many private businesses have lost money and had to sell their homes in recent months. There are even more people committing suicide, and the number of people dying from suicide is more than the number of people dying from the covid virus - 19. :)
This is a true story and it takes place in Japan. The pressure of not having a stable job and not being able to pay for living expenses has caused many people to commit suicide.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/28/asia/japan-suicide-women-covid-dst-intl-hnk/index.html

Millions of people lost their jobs and economic hardship during the pandemic and the step we have to face is to accept sincerely for losing a job so as not to feel stressed and burdensome to maintain immunity.
try to communicate with friends to get information that can make money, and my reason is, don't rely on crypto as a source of your income even though it's promising because when a pandemic occurs we have to be creative and smart so we can get money to make ends meet, without having to reduce income while still working and if mamapu must be more.

Yes Lockdown has completely paralyzed the human economy, business and human life. In almost all countries, it has become very difficult to go back to the way it was.  Due to low import-export, employees are not able to pay their salaries properly and there are many more companies that have closed down due to this lockdown. Again, many people in the world have lost their jobs due to this lockdown. We hope to get rid of this epidemic coronavirus very soon.  Lift the lockdown from all countries and make our economy, business and human employment as fast as ever.

We can say that such crisis periods create a positive effect on the stock markets. At this time, people are seeking to make new investments and earn income by improving themselves and this stimulates the market.

I am actually perplexed. If the lockdowns had such a negative impact on the economy, how the stock markets are doing better than the pre-pandemic levels? In my country the stock index is currently at 15% higher than than the level we had in 2020 March. Ideally, the stock market should reflect the economic situation, right? Also, many of the experts were predicting a major stock market crash 6-7 months ago.

I do not entirely agree with you. The reason the markets are rising so much is because a lot of money is being printed. All the world's central banks flood the markets with money to prop up the economy in the pandemic. This is the reason why all assets such as stocks, real estate, gold and also crypto are rising sharply. Just like all kind of art and other investment assets. The stock markets also predict that there will be higher inflation soon, so this is already being priced in.

It's difficult if we make cryptos as a source of income because of the volatility but it would be better if you join a campaign that pays bitcoin, at least this will help you to survive this crisis. Not only you who struggling to survive this crisis but the whole world, people losing their jobs because of this stupid virus. Well lucky that I have a small business here which I can survive this crises at least. Just a little more patience my friend the world will be back to normal, the vaccines were already created.

Unfortunately, the pandemic affected all of us negatively, we have come to the level of losing our jobs. some of us were laid off. we have to try to make money from our seat at this time, but how?

Sorry to hear about that. Like you, I'm among the millions of people who have lost their regular jobs as well and habe been forced to make ends meet in other ways. It is a great relief that some of us have a backup plan, yet still, my heart goes out for those people who were left penniless by this pandemic. I have heard a great saying regarding planting trees that we can also apply to investing. "The best time to plant a tree (Invest) is 20 years ago. The second best time is now". So keep on trying and of coming up of ways to earn you money. Be it in investment, business, or others, as long as it is legal.

^ you can make money from your seat if you have skills like writing, making a video, and coding then you have nothing to worry about. we have to be independent because if we only depend on a job it will not be able to guarantee our future. invest in your skills and knowledge.

If you are laid off from your work, then you have two options:

1. Spend a few months in improving your skill set, so that you may be able to land a decent job after that
2. Do freelancing, which may provide you financial support until you are able to get a full-time job.

I would definitely prefer the first option, because unless you have very good coding or programming skills, freelancing jobs can be difficult to get and can be low paying. The only catch is that you need to dip in to your savings, to survive.   

That's still a job, because your skills will make you qualify for the job. What some people don't understand is on how to invest on business, we can invest and do our job at the same time if we are wise, so if one source of income will be lost there's the other one that we can expect to generate income.

I'm saying this because once in my life I have also lost my job, and I really struggle, but now I'm wiser because I learn from my experience and it makes me more mature to make a decision to minimize the risk of struggling financially in the future.

There are actually many ways one can earn money now, if you really think about it. With this digital age, we can reach a wider audience and clients if we have like the skills you've said. We can cater people not only in our country but even those on other parts of the world. It just takes bit of an effort if one really wants to have a source of income.

The lockdown has hurt the human economy a lot but in many countries the lockdown has been lifted. Every country is trying to improve their economy. With the lifting of the lockdown, trade, imports and exports have increased, and many companies have laid off their employees but are returning to work. Due to which every human being is creating employment opportunities by increasing the expansion of trade and commerce including human race.

Pandemic has accelerated the move to the digital age, cultivated land and natural resources on Planet Earth are becoming more and more limiting factors at this population rate,

so businesses who are able to create value and equity without needing constrained physical resources are increasingly in greater demand.

Yes, this is why the OP too need to adapt and to apply in those areas or jobs online to adapt the current situation which is the new normal.

However, we know too that it is difficult to look for a job right now. I am suggesting just like to what others did starting on small business like online selling home made products. Others are learning it from youtube and doing some marketing strategy like if selling done door to door basis then others are dancing or playing instrument to satisfy the consumers and to keep ordering back whenever they wanted.

well, not everyone suits for online stocks and investments, they would rather to seek another job during this pandemic which is normal in my opinion and you can put a blame on it. but for those who seeks for side income with the investments and good for them because they are opening much more opportunities to earn money

@OP, same is the story with many of us (including me) and I'm actually a freelancer, but my workload went down gradually since this pandemic took place. My industry has been hit badly due to this and I believe it's not just me, but even if we talk about some dancers, singers, side dancers, side actors, etc. they are facing the worst days of their life and are needy of any help they could get to even manage their food these days.

I've just finished a contractual job during the rush of covid-19 a few months ago. And I'm very much grateful to have it as it's hard to look for a job by that time. Well, the contract's done and I have to find another job again.
Correct. Those day to day basis job prospects were the ones that badly affected by the companies that cut jobs due to the limited operations or temporary closure. Even in airlines, we all thought that it's one of the best industries in the world yet they also suffered.

People should really be having this kind of mindset rather than they do look down too much or do have that self-pity because they dont have or lost their jobs amidst of this pandemic.Yes,it wont really be that simple but
people shouldnt really stop on finding ways or else you would really be suffering from starvation and to think that there are lots of ways for you to monetize something into these days.It might not be
equalled compared into your previous job but make yourself to be sustainable somehow because if you dont do something then you will surely face up hardship.
Good thing or advantageous for those who have learn crypto yet they do really have that edge when it comes to income.

This is really great for you as you have contractual job because I personally lost job 7 months ago and until now fail to have any in near future its not looking good around us as Covid-19 is spreading very badly which is causing some more lock down which are now going to be more trouble for many families those have not good enough support or those are living without jobs in these days Vaccine is ready but its going to take some long time until we will have some good benefit of this all.

I just wanna share my condition which is same in some aspects with yours. My small familly business that is selling arabian food like kebab and fast food like burger is forced to be closed because this pandemi. But i don't have any issues with supplies stock, our main problem is demand of the product which is dropping during pandemi. Not only seller who get a crisis economy condition but also the customer, as the seller's perspective we should know that for sure.

Food home delivery services have seen an astounding growth ever since the pandemic forced governments to implement lockdown measures. So why don't you partner with some of these services, to deliver your products directly to the customers? Dine-in business will be in bad shape for the next few months. So you need to adjust with the changed circumstances. If you maintain good quality, then you may be able to expand your customer base and rake in good profits.

I agree.

Rather than making yourself sad because you just lost a job, searching for another one is much worthy of your time. Online selling is the one who is trendy right now since we can't go all outside being afraid of the COVID-19, so it's not that bad to start your own product that you'll sell online to start a new business to earn money. Having a business could give you more money than having a job to be honest.

But I cannot blame those people who got sad after they just lost their job. Not all of us has the ability to do something like others do to earn money. We have our own limit when it comes to the ability to earn money in the amidst pandemic. My only point is that we don't have to feel sad for a long period of time, because that's pointless.

It is true that food delivery services can increase their sales, but if the problem is that buyers are also experiencing economic difficulties and cannot afford the food they are selling, a food delivery strategy will not help much of their business.  But still, food delivery services are worth a try but they also have to be patient a lot if things don't go well as expected.

In this pandemic situation, many people have lost their jobs. For our better future, we should maintain plan B and C so that we can depend on it. Only our main job is not sufficient to lead our life.

Just like anybody were are all struggling in our job. Many companies cut their employees. Me to lost my job. And still struggling to look for another job.

In this case it is only partially true. He is mostly dealing with kebabs and burgers, which are affordable to the vast majority of the population. In fact, I would say that as a result of the financial crunch, people may avoid more expensive full-service restaurants and rely more on cheaper fast food joints. What he needs to do is to combine both the dine-in and delivery options.

Millions of people around the world have lost their jobs and are living idle lives due to the coronavirus epidemic. In addition, many are making a living by changing jobs. I am unlikely not to lose my job as a cryptocurrency trader and Bounty Hunter, but the effects of the coronavirus epidemic have been somewhat noticeable. If you were involved in online work in addition to your daily job, you would not have to be unemployed now because coronavirus has such an effect on online work.

It quite sad reading touching stories of how badly hurt this pandemic had caused the humanity, majorly lost of lives quite unfortunate and loss of income, the damages is very devastating however if their is life there is hope, almost 90% of post here are well affected directly or indirectly by covid-19, personally I am also affected during lockdown as a high school tutor my salary was stopped I have to find other alternative means to feed and fend for my family, it was actually very tough  time and very unbearable seeing my family on hungry, be as it may I am happy that a vaccine had been found hopefully things return normal as soon as possible.

It's really hard to make decision when you can get crushed eitherway. Not locking down means more dead peolpe due to pandemic and locking down bringing economic disaster. If the government is competent enough to do something when we are being locked down then it might ease our burden but most of the government are somewhat incompetent anyway which also brings us to another silly disaster which is pandemic spreading so fast despite the lockdown and economy collapsing.

It is not the fiat that actually failed you. If you make use of digital currencies, your orders will still get delayed and business will still be sluggish. It is the effect of the pandemic that cause all this thing not the currencies. However, your nature of job also has a role to play in this. If you are employed on a technical job related field, it is not too likely you lose your job except the company cannot afford to continue. Job such as software development, Design and programming and other related jobs are still highly source after even during the lockdown. This is because such job require little or no direct relation or contact with people. I have learn a lot of lesson during the lockdown that skills are very important and one way source of living is not that good. You should have alternative source of income so in case scenario such as pandemic occur, you will have something else to depend on.

Its not that governments are incompetent, its just every single one of us including people in higher positions struggles because of the pandemic but if your country is somehow already experiencing economic problems even before the pandemic that's when you think about your government because it can kill poor people and put them in a very big disadvantage but we always need to keep in mind that sacrifices are made, decisions are made during this pandemic and whatever the decision is we will always have problems because its a pandemic, we are fighting virus here so it will be a really rough road.

It is true this virus is all over the world except North Korea because they will kill who has corana virus if they found out, To be honest it is really hard to find job because of the lock down , i also lost my job because they need to close their food chain where i work because of lack of customer and ofcourse, but i found out some alternative where i can show off my skill there's a freelance where you can actually look for a job that's suit you with your fashion , and they paying me 5$ every hour and that's good for me just for support my self and family for our financial expenses everyday and food ofcourse.

This is one of the worst effect of  pandemic by forcing you to resign because your company will have to stop operation which is stable for years and in just a vey short period of time when lockdown implemented all of your income will be gone, no savings no money, its always very important to have an extra profit nowadays to become ready for any unexpected events like this good news that most of all here who are into crypto have always find ways to earn even at home by by using crypto. 

cryptocurrency has indeed helped many people to survive the Covid19 pandemic crisis. this is because now crypto seems not affected by this. so I think you're right in crypto right now

Fiat didn't fail you the truth must be told, poor strategy failed you because fiat prices were not affected by the pendemic. the pandemic hit us very hard there were so many job lost, broken marriages, broken ties, broken businesses but crypto currency saved most of us because we were making some profits from trading and other crypto source.

Many people lost their job not only you and me but despite of that unfortunate event, we need to do something to overcome these difficulties and make our lives brighter. Always think positive and let the covid pandemic disappear but we will not. There is always a day after a night that's why even I lost my job, I still have a work in cryptocurrency to help my family survive.

I have a lot of friends who have a plan a, b and c but unfortunately they are dependent on the economy of my country, they lose everything because of the pandemic, nobody thought that in times of pandemic only those working online and those who are working in the government that delivers basic needs can survive, their business are catering, party hosting and transportation but all are shutout because of the pandemic.

My neigbhor here that once so rich earning huge monthly from their business does not saving any money knowing that they had at advantage in which their area is a tourist spot and that they do not think that time to happen like this where they don't get any source of income now from the tourist visit in their place. They had invested only on material things, cars the things for comfort and for fun. Most of the time they had always been drinking, always celebrating that means always spending their money they earn. It was an easy money earn thought but it was completely wasted.

Now they are selling little by little the things they own and that include their cars. Sad, but if only they invested it right then they will not going to go back again where they need do for a living and to survive.

Work Paused for Months and and Half of my co employee Needs to be sacrificed for the company to survive.

For those months that Have no work,Forum become my outlet ,Reading and trying to Invest small amounts for crypto that i believe will Go up now and yes Im lucky to at least Gain added to our expenses .

What made me Busy is learning how gambling can be a profiting place though i Win in some games yet very risky so i go back to invest again and i chose XRP and boom the coin Reached $0.75 as i bought at $0.30 ,i thought this Holiday season we will have no foods in table but because of the Bull we will have a Merry and Happy Christmas and new year.

LoL. I guess you have a mini-Venezuela in your neighborhood. I don't expect the tourism sector to recover at least for the next 12 months. And this will have a cascading effect. Other sectors which are dependent on tourism, such as hospitality, cab providers, airlines.etc will also get negatively affected. I don't have any sympathy for these people. They should have prepared for hard times when they were getting good revenue.

I didn’t lose my job because I have no job to begin with. During the early days of pandemic, I was planning to apply for a job. Unfortunately, this crisis made it so hard to land on a decent paying job that isn’t affected that much by the pandemic. Because as we know, majority suffered bankruptcy and were forced to close, rendering a lot of people jobless. Here I am, still surviving even without a job. Maybe this year isn’t really for me.

Covid-19 virus indeed brought so much chaotic chain reaction events in the picture. It was a challenging year for majority of us. I just hope for a better next year. I really do wish for 2021 to be prosperous and full of blessings, exactly opposite of what this year has offered.

Firstly I am sorry for those who lost their jobs due to the impact of the covid-19 virus. There are a lot of negative impacts, especially the economy in the current season. But hopefully this pandemic will pass quickly and the economy will improve quickly.
When you ask which one will win between fiat and cryptocurrency for this pandemic period.
For me personally, cryptocurrencies are the winners because in this pandemic season I can earn income through cryptocurrencies.

This situation is quite a long run to go. There are millions of people who are now nowhere their lifestyle their daily routine and every inch of life are now changed. Many people are here to there and city people who belong to their childhood they are move to One city to another. The whole cycle is totally changed today. Economic condition is really poor but day by day it recovers. On the other hand, cryptocurrency is really in a good moment. In this epidemic who are Involve in this platform, they are now in a good position. I Think Crypto Currency will be the next generation of money.

Hope for the next year to be better is not a mistake, it's everyone's right. But being realistic would be better. 2020 is a very dark year for the country's economy, almost all countries affected by Covid-19 have used economic rescue steps by registering new state debts or printing new money. This can be good if it is managed well, but if not, the country will enter the brink of a sustainable economic recession for the following years. Right now what we can do is prepare the best version of ourselves, looking for alternative ways to survive. If there is no work, then make your own work. And stay alive for a more beautiful tomorrow.

Yes,but job is not important in this pandemic situation.All is important is our life and our family.Job is just a physical appearance for society We have many jobs in the field of online technology.We have many opportunity in this field.And very sad to people who had lost job,home, in this situation. Its very hard to live in this situation.

My country during this pandemic witness a lot of lay-off because some companies could not pay the workers there salary. This got many people to open eye to many golden opportunity that that will fetch them extra income and that is the reason why I am back here on this forum after a long while. Fiat or cryptocurrency if there is pandemic both will suffer just that the former will experience more

This year is indeed a not prosperous year. There are lots of crises and disasters happened in our country and that makes our economy fall, especially this pandemic, there are lots of people who lost their job just like my father because the company is decreasing their employee. Many families are affected, that is why we should really do something since money can be acquired when you have dedication and eagerness to earn it. Just study and understand what you want to do before doing it.

I lost my job couple of days ago :|
It's pointless to look for a job before Chrismas...

It sucks but this allows me to retake an in-depth look at crypto as I wasn't very interested or involved after the 2018 crash. And I find DeFi trends for really intriguing.

Exceptionally pitiful to listen you misplaced your work. Tragically, Amid this widespread numerous individuals misplaced their work and have no salary any more for their living. Here the leading recommendation for these individuals can be to undertake apply for a work that permits them to work from domestic just like the farther work for the companies. In any case, on the off chance that you check the podcasts from fruitful businessmen, they more often than not suggest people to run their claim commerce rather than working for other individuals. Amid this widespread it's the leading chance for you to begin a few inquire about almost a beneficial trade thought.

Commonly of one reasons that many companies cut off their number of employers is decreasing demand of product, so it may be the reason your father loss his job. even in china reported from a my local news website, about million people lost employment due to pendemi corona some back months. Reff (https://www.suarakarya.id/detail/109611/Jutaan-Warga-Cina-Kehilangan-Lapangan-Kerja-Akibat-Pandemi-Corona)

Don't take it as a rule, I got hired in such period long time ago.
I wish you all to be hired asap!

This isnt only particularly talk on a certain country and this is a global problem on a global scale on which economy of most countries are declining because of this pandemic.

Businesses that arent included in the essential bracket will really be struggling when it comes to profitability which would really be resulting into laying off with some of its employees.

Even if they dont like on such situation or doing that those owners wont really be having any other choice but to do such step or else that would really be resulting into total closure of the business.
Its part of the reality thats why if you do have lost your job then be sure to find another one, it might not  be an easy thing but we should do that in order for us to survive.

I'm still thankful that I had my work still(I'm working at hospital as a nurse) but I'm still continuing to venture in the bitcoin industry hoping that I can earn here aside from my work. My salary already suffice my monthly expenses but I need to save and earn more money and this is one of the way I can do that.

Crypto won't safe everyone mate and fiat isn't to be blame for the pandemic either, I always work online since 2017 so I don't feel any hardship from the pandemic, online jobs are better and costless compared to offline jobs, there are many qualified fields online where anyone can make some money

I am someone who used to do a lot of freelancing with sites such as Digitalpoint and Postloop. But recently, the competition has increased tremendously and therefore the pay rates have declined. Now it is no longer worth the time and effort to work on these sites. And when this happens, we need to move away from them and look for other avenues. And this is how I found Bitcointalk in 2017.

That's right, I really agree with what you are saying, because about job loss is something that has been felt by everyone in this world, despite the covid pandemic this year which caused some people in the world to lose their jobs, and one thing again that by the end of this year everyone in crypto has already felt the Bullrun of Bitcoin so that everyone can benefit from it.

Unfortunately, this must be accepted as an accomplished event that you cannot influence ... And as a result of this - for yourself to determine new directions for study and development. Sitting and waiting for everything to be corrected is pointless and even very harmful. Now is a difficult time, and "giving up" will only worsen the situation. Therefore, I recommend - do not waste time, do not dwell on the problem, look around, learn something new, develop new competencies, gain new experience! The main thing is not to stand still! Good luck in all your endeavors, let them turn into real high-quality solutions!

I can confirm this. I have been buying services on such platforms for several years. And since March 2020 I have been observing that the prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. For simple programming jobs, I was paying $ 8-10 an hour last December. I am currently seeing offers from freelancers with very good ratings of $ 4-5/hr. The fall in prices is even more severe for other services.

Find ways and choose to live a life and survive, this pademic situations should gave you more lesson to learn, things are very possible even you are not really minding it.

No one expected that this would be the worse effect of this virus, placing more people losing their jobs bringing them in a hopeless situation.

But, in time like this, choosing to continue and put things on your perspectives is really important, live it and learn how to survive don't stick with hopeless views but instead look for a possible inspirations and keep moving forward.

Yes I got made redundant earlier in the year.

Now I  lost my health too.

I hate 2020

Without getting into too much detail I've been lucky enough to work in an industry that has boomed this year, while my heart goes out for people who lost their jobs, there are also many people in my country who got paid to stay at home without working this year - they seem to have been luckiest of all. Let's hope that 2021 brings much better things, the first few months might be rough while governments work on getting the whole population vaccinated, but into summer time and it might feel somewhat like normal again.

We do all hope for things to get normal yet we arent used to live like this where people do lost their jobs plus on not to have that casual or normal days of living.Its really hard to adjust into this new normal but we dont have any choice but to deal with it and move on.

Lots had lost their job and instead of complaining and crying then its better to find up new ways to make ourselves to sustain this hardship and challenged that we've facing.Yeah its hard but its a bareable and can be handled.Just dont lost hope and persevere to make some income
into other kind of sources.

We do need the cure asap but it will take for sometime to test it out to be effective.

I'm sorry for whatever happened to you but is fiat responsible for all this? I think you got that wrong, Fiat isn't the reason why the virus went viral, it's just that many businesses and companies are running offline and to limit the virus spread jobs have to be put on halt, the only option left is online jobs and thank God we have crypto cos if crypto never existed many life won't be changed by now

That's good, dude. We're quite the same but we have different work. I'm a teacher at a university here in our place. Like you, my monthly salary is just enough in order for me to live and to survive but I'm not just thinking for the short term. I'm focusing on the long term goals and to do that, I find it necessary to have another source of income which, in my case, is in the form of bitcoin.

Anyway, keep safe dude. You're the modern day heroes during this crisis. Kudos to you!

Looking on the long term is very important for all of us. Having a goal and working towards is key in my opinion. That is probably a common interest of most people here on the forum. Working and investing with crypto currencies can make a big difference in times of need. I am glad I could already build a small crypto portfolio and hope to be able to grow it with more alt coins in 2021.

We all do, glad that we are still alive, 2020 is a learning experience for all of us here that we need to save for rainy days and we need to take care of our health, life is full of uncertainty now, we never thought that a virus as serious as this can cause many to lose their love ones and their job, but we'll soon going to get up from this.

Really sorry about losing your job, it's been a rough time everywhere around the world since the pandemic kicked in, businesses all over the affected countries has been halted or closed till further notice this has made alot of people jobless at the moment, but there's not much we can do right now, also cryptocurrency alone can not guarantee you payment every single month, I believe the best thing you can do right now is to learn a skill so you can be able to perform online jobs on platforms like fiverr and get paid handsomely.

Today's pandemic has brought drastic and dramatic changes particular to many business companies. Same situation in our country, some workers became unemployed from private companies and decided to look for job opportunity via online. I am one of those workers who have lost their jobs due to the negative impact of COVID and I got so lucky because in the midst of, me, being unemployed, I have been able to continue working through here.

Thank you so much for opening up about this issue because I am certain, many people also experience losing their jobs because of COVID crisis, the same way we do.

However, despite unemployment from walk-in companies and agencies, we are still lucky and blessed because we have various job opportunities via online that await for us to try and explore.  ;)

If the rates have fallen by this much in such a short time, then it is definitely as a result of the pandemic. But programming jobs used to be quite expensive 10-15 years ago. But then a lot of freelancers from the developing nations such as India and the Philippines entered the market and this caused a reduction in the rates. At the same time, freelancers from the EU/US are no longer active, as the payrates are too low for them.

When there are losses for sure there will also come towards us to fill all that losses. We may have lost our jobs during these hard times but eventually we will regain that after we can have a vaccine next year. Time will surely heal all these struggles and we will get our lives back. We must be strong and courageous.

This is the wrong attitude. If you have lost your job, then that means that you don't have necessary skills to survive in an economic recession. The best way to move forward is to gain new skills. And this is the optimum time, as you have plenty of spare time. If you wait for vaccination to get completed, then you may sit idle for one or two years. And even after the situation returns to the pre-COVID levels, the job market may remain in a depressed state for some more time.

some people luck some not,that's what describes the current situation.
but of course new jobs will be opened because the pandemic is taking a very long time, the government will definitely provide solutions to reduce unemployment due to this outbreak.

I think the pandemic has only accentuated the problems that already existed.  the world of employers has been in crisis for years, the cuts to the welfare system have always been numerous and in strategic sectors (for which we are paying the consequences) ie Health and Education, while Research is done only by companies, with the sole purpose of  of profit.

Prices don't go up on their own. It requires solid reasons. We all know why the Bitcoin prices moved up during the last 2-3 months. There was a strong reason for the bull run. And that is why the Bitcoin dominance rose from 57% to 71%. But now coming to the altcoins, they don't have any good news to show for the last few years. Their prices have gone up, because of the secondary/indirect effect from Bitcoin.

It is hard for me to admit such a thing and it is sad to say but I am 1 of the many people who has lost my job as a result of the pandemic.

My country provides money to help the citizens get by without having to lose everything we have and had to work so hard for.  Without this help I would be in trouble.   

I feel real bad hearing about some people like Americans who the government doesnt want to pay you enough money to survive.   

Yes and not the dream I had I mind for my family either.

I had a good job and I am used to providing for them.

Just another part of the huimiliation.

But my dad gave me a kick  up the ass when I complained.

He said "Yeah, you and every aircraft pilot, cabin crew, hospitality worker etc. etc."

So don't feel too special, its everyone who is screwed.

A doctor in my country said that vaccines will not eliminate this pandemic because vaccines only function to slow the spread, so a health protocol is still needed to really minimize the spread to a minimum.  Since the pandemic emerged until the arrival of a vaccine in my country, the case of covid in this country is still increasing.  So cooperation between the government and the community is urgently needed to solve this pandemic.

The Covid 19 pandemic has devastated all sectors of life, especially the economic sector. Many workers other than civil servants were fired and their salaries were reduced, including me. My salary was reduced by 50% and then sent off until the company improved. One way to survive is to be active in crypto again, and for the past two months I have been making money from trading, especially in November and December, which has exceeded my monthly salary many times over, so that at least I can save for the next few months. while waiting for this pandemic to end.

Not to be bitter but i guess we would really be taking an another run for some lockdowns considering of the new existence of the new strain of corona virus.
This is indeed a bad news because this will create an another big problem that will surely pile up.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/30/health/colorado-uk-coronavirus-variant/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/30/coronavirus-variant-colorado-unlikely-first-case-us/4085694001/
This will surely make this situation gets longer.

Safety protocol should always be practice with or without this available vaccines, you never know what this virus is capable with,

even doctors continued to suggest not to put your guards down, there are many cases that due to uncareful act this virus spread out

and kill a lot of people.

Partly agree with you. The problems we now face were already there before the pandemic. Now the crisis brings them to the surface. And I think that this is just the beginning. The virus will be defeated one day but the economic aftermaths will stay for longer. All instruments to get out of a financial crisis have already been used in the last financial crises back in 2008/2009. This is what worry me more than the virus itself.

What other choice they have other than printing more money? That's their only option. Otherwise the whole system will go down and nobody wants that. Tbh, the system needs to go down because it is unhealthy like this. That's why "the great reset" stuff are being discussed a lot lately probably.

But how is that going to happen without hurting lots of people? Impossible. The system is going down whether they print or not. This is the end.

but I heard that the vaccine will cure the disease if it's given to the effected person. so we really need a vaccine. and without that the life cannot be normal again. this lockdown and all the business closure making a lot of people trouble. how long do you think we can stay at home and quarantine ourselves?

I think OP know this forum very well. he's not a newbie that you are giving him such advises. he's just sharing his real life experience with us.

Accept my sympathy for the loss of your job. Due to this pandemic, everything is now done online and this also gave me more time to be available on this forum to be able to find another source where money will be generated

I am afraid I am a bit late for this reply. Cryptocurrency already has won! Crypto will keep winning in future too. Simple fact is that you can use it from the comfort of your home, while Fiat includes banks, restrictions and cash handling. Nowadays the Cash is the most dangerous and infected thing in the world as many people handle it. The highest chance of covid-19 to be present on something is the cash/notes. Consider it as a piece of cloth that has wiped hands of at least 10 people before it reaches your hands!

Same as me my current job as a service crew in a local restaurant. I have terminated from my work because of this pandemic many businesses went closed and now I'm focusing on finding a way to have money for living to help my family despite this situation. When lockdown starts I came back on crypto trading or find another way on crypto to have money. Let's hope this year will bring us success and wishing us luck.

Many people have been really affected by the pandemic and it became even harder for people who have lost their jobs due to the health crisis. Good thing, we can turn to crypto and have a way to earn. Another positive side of that is we get to stay at home and be safe.

Let's claim that 2021 will be good for all of us. This year is the year of our redemption from all our losses. Let's just keep going and keep the faith.

I have suggestion to start and looking for many job on internet marketing, open your mobile phone and make key word to looking for job based on your skill, I think many job will show in internet world right now if you have skill with writing you can begin from become publisher in google adsense, so don't worry when you loss your job and here you can discussing too with cryptocurrency work but always not instant to get payment from internet job.

Sad to say me too is very affected in this pandemic , i lost my job too and i standby here in province that internet connection is very low. But the only good to do is to find another way to earn extra money that can help us this time. This time we need to be positive even they are affected in this pandemic , like me i have no good but ill try to find another options to earn like cryptocurrencies and also the help of my fellow friends here in cryptoworld.

So sad to hear this as I know what you feeling right now as I've been there not so long time ago but I fought back and now I'm good again to provide for my family as this is what matters most after a certain age.

I will strongly suggest to get into Bitcoin campaigns and even try a side job on weekends if you can and you have time. Also , it's never late to start learn some software programming or networking. Per example in my country there are a lot of people who already lost their jobs or they have reduce their salaries and this will continue as long as the pandemic will stay.

Stay strong and don't forget, whenever you have money to spare , invest them.

I also lost my job, but I was able to survive and still make money for my family, from trading online.
We just pray that this pandemic will end soon, and we can do our activities like we used to.

I'm still mourning for my lost literally  ;D >:(
To be sincere, it's difficult to move on even when expert told you to let go of the past loss. Well, this year is 2021 and things are already getting back to normal and I hope things fall into place and continue how it has been and I hope we all recover globally from the pandemic brouhaha.

If I have a CM job, I will accept it as it will be every small to manage with my other daily activities.

I used to work as a surveyor which required me to always meet people. But when the pandemic started to hit my country last March, I was stopped from work. and until now, one of the things that can keep me going and getting back up is learning cryptocurrency again.

I absolutely rely upon bitcoins and digital currencies, and it's my regular work.
For what reason would you go outside for the cash when you can undoubtedly procure them by sitting home.
Occupations are hazardous nobody realizes when you will get terminated, and you lose everything.
During the pandemic, I remained at home and made online trades with digital forms of money.
The majority of my family members lost their jobs, so I request that they work with me and make shrewd pay.
I would like to say thanks to bitcoin, which supports my relatives and me.

That's sad that you lost your job. Many actually have lost their jobs and source of income as well. But it's good that you know crypto and you're back on learning it again. It's not new to us that many people still don't know crypto and has nothing to turn their interest to whenever things go sideways. So we must consider ourselves lucky that we get to be a part of this community which can help us financially especially during this trying time.

there are news about the vaccine. govt saying that the Vaccine is ready and already being given to the patients. hopefully the this covid will finsh one day and everything will be normal again as you said. but one thing is good that you are still able to support your family with online trading. btw is that crypto trading or any other trading like stock etc?

good to know that crypto currency is giving you a backup. that's the beauty of crypto. it has space for everyone.

I guess digital jobs are a thing right now due to the pandemic as physical contact is restricted which why the majority of companies had to let go of most of their employees. It's also the reason why most countries economy crashes due to majority of people have lost their jobs and/or required to work from home.
Being involve on bitcoin and cryptocurrency is one the best thing that happen to me especially right now that we are on an virus outbreak.

While economically true, this doesn't have much sense for the humanity. Digital jobs (trading, design, programming, etc) cannot produce food, petroleum or medicines.
This infinitely unfair that people who do not produce anything (e.g traders) are getting way more profits than people who can actually cure the disease or feed the planet.

I was also one of those who lost their jobs during the pandemic and it was honestly tragic. I have spent my funds that were supposed to be used as my holdings because I had no choice. Because of that, I was too eager to focus on trading. It was hard at first but I'm glad to say that trading has saved me from the pandemic's chaos. There are still lots of crypto opportunities but we also have to help ourselves.

Yes, due to the pandemic, the situation remains tense. Many businesses are closed, companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. But the cryptocurrency is still popular all over the world, I will be glad if the cryptocurrency brings you money.