I think buying is a safer, simpler and lazier option, which can also bring some long-term profit and easily make $40k into $100k over a couple of years. As for mining, it means not only initial investment which you that need to cover by profits (when you buy Bitcoin, you can always pull your money out, and you'll get more out of it than out of selling mining equipment, probably). You also need to cover the electricity bills, which can be huge. Not to mention maintenance, so that your equipment doesn't break. And, possibly, taxes for doing business, maybe some permits to do that etc. So I'd go with buying Bitcoin.

If they're willing to scam people and mislead them into giving money to fake projects, they can also easily scam their writers. But, regardless of whether they pay writers and how much they pay, it's indeed a very unethical thing to do, and I'm glad you said no. I honestly don't understand how people can do stuff like that for money and not feel very bad about it. They are taking part in crimes, making others lose their funds!
I disagree that everyone has a price. I think it really depends on a person and on what's expected of you. Also, it depends on whether you care deeply about the thing you're supposed to do or not.

Russian 'second strongest' army in the world is suffering heavy losses and clearly hasn't reached the goals of the war at all, so I wouldn't say Russia has more strength. It has the numbers, but Ukraine has the quality and enormous morale. Fighting for our freedom is the central message of our national anthem, and historically, we fought against Russia and Russia questioned our right to exist over and over again. The war can be stopped when Russia realizes that it lost and starts looking for a way out. Ukraine will never surrender and will not concede any territories to Russia, no matter the cost. This is how our nation is built and how much it means to us. It's better to die than to be slaves, it's a part of our national identity.
Is it Putin bombing our cities? Is it him keeping villages under blockade and shooting at civilians? Many Russians are directly complicit, committing war crimes right now. Also, the people of Russia are guilty of not being brave enough to overthrow autocracy if they are truly against the war. Not to mention that apparently many (from the polls I've seen, more than a half, it seems) regular Russian citizens do love Putin and support the war.

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Yes, I hope we'll see it happening soon. Ruble lost half of its value, if not more, and while it's good news, there's much more going on in terms of both sanctions and major businesses leaving Russia. The collapse of the Russian economy is imminent. As for Russia itself, I guess it depends a lot on the political will of people within various regions, as now is a good time to say goodbye to Russia and declare their independence.
And, referring to more recent discussions in the thread, thankfully, Putin is not backed by China. China's not stupid enough to support Russia right now because China's economy is also very dependent on collaboration with Western countries, and China has long been more of a fan of economic interdependencies, not military interventions that destabilize the region and the economy.

To find possible answers to why real estate in UAE can seem better than cryptos in a digital wallet, I looked at how UAE has behaved as a state during the ongoing war. Both DW and New York Times have fresh articles on how UAE is a good place for Russians to avoid sanctions now.
The sentence from the DW article sums it up nicely:
A NY Times article mentions another interesting thing:
So it's a pretty good place to hide from sanctions, it's fairly easy to get there and to settle there for rich Russians, it already has a strong Russian community, and a lot of property is already owned by rich Russians there.
So as an idea of a potential relocation as well as a business opportunity, it probably seems very attractive to Russians because it's very unlikely that any of their property in the UAE will ever be seized.
It might also be that these people, these rich crypto owners, aren't really fans of cryptos and only have their money in cryptos now because of what's happening to ruble and restrictions regarding foreign fiat. So they want to move into something more familiar, more 'stable' in their views. And that's real estate. It's very typical for very rich people in the Post-Soviet countries like Russia and, I must admit, Ukraine, to move their wealth into real estate, building or buying either a shit-ton of flats or a few very luxurious mansions.

While big crypto exchanges aren't going to block all Russian accounts because, the way Binance explained it, they're not sure if it's legal to do that (and they're probably right that it's not), they are restricting those accounts that can be linked to government or belonging to people who are under sanctions. But I agree that avoiding these restrictions on a small-scale is possible (if the amounts of money are not big enough to raise concerns and there's a bunch of people involved). Putting large funds into or pulling them out of Bitcoin can prove much harder. Also, there isn't much to sell for Bitcoin when reserved funds are frozen and many assets are frozen as well, not to mention that it seems to me Putin doesn't want to abandon ruble and is thus unlikely to approve transferring what's left of Russia's budget into something like Bitcoin. So it's all good.

Given that there has been a while since the last time a country invaded another country in a way Russia invaded Ukraine, I think it's right to say that the current war is the first major war since BTC creation, and it's also a war where cryptos indeed became very relevant, as both Ukraine gathers crypto donations (the government and the biggest foundation of helping the military effort), and crypto exchanges are also reacting to what's going on and trying to impose their sanctions on Russia and/or fundraise for solving humanitarian issues in Ukraine. Speaking of humanitarian issues, I must say I understand why so many would rather donate to such causes than to the military directly, but it's not doing much under current conditions. Ukraine has food, water and medicine ready to go to places where humanitarian situation is dire, but Russians fire at the corridors, block the convoys and prevent the aid reaching those who need it as much as they can. So helping the armed forces is arguably a more efficient way of helping civilians because transporting humanitarian aid in the key issue, and with fewer Russian military, it can be distributed faster.

I think inflation is not going to be the biggest issue, to be honest. Around 8% is high for the developed world, of course, but I've lived in a country where a 10-15% inflation is quite common (and yet we haven't jumped to hyperinflation), and I can tell you that while yes, you feel the impact, it's not critical by any measurements and not something that is impossible to overcome. But what can be affected a lot is prices for certain products, of course. So I believe it's best to stop Putin ASAP, so that the US and other countries can then re-establish their relationships with the new Russian government. It's in the best interests of the US to help Ukraine now as much as possible, so that the hit on its economy isn't getting higher. Sitting it out is not going to work with Putin, just like it didn't work for the previous two world wars for the US. But not sending their own people to die in the war is still a possibility if Ukraine's given much more military support (weapons) than it's receiving right now thanks to Biden being scared of Putin.
Also, a small note: it's the war of Russia against Ukraine, not the conflict in Ukraine with Russia (the latter downplays the aggressive act of invading a sovereign state which Russia committed).

High fees of Bitcoin ATMs seem to be a common issue, and that's why I've never used a Bitcoin ATM. But asking for KYC for over £500 sounds like a pretty strict but somewhat fair requirement already (similar limitations are set for fiat currency exchanges in some countries, that's why I think it's somewhat fair to impose the same on Bitcoin)... Perhaps it's a temporary measure, to close ATMs, work out the regulations, enforce them and allow reopening those ATMs that comply. As others mentioned, apart from the KYC, there could be a problem of owner evading from paying taxes.

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I second that. Right now, the market isn't showing any clear signs of trends that await us. So Bitcoin, being the top currency, is the safest bet, as during bad times it loses less than other coins, and during good times it can bring some profit. Just look at the top altcoins on the current market, and you'll see that they basically follow BTC movements now, but when Bitcoin is down by 8.8%, Ethereum is down by 9.6%, and Cardano by 12.1%. Of course, some are temporarily doing better or worse and any high-cap coin is alright, but why bother with them when there's Bitcoin?

He already did, actually. Some Starlink modules have already arrived in Kyiv, and some are currently on the road. Yes, satellite Internet from Musk will be of great help, but I have no idea how much surface it can actually cover and how this will technically work. Another thing how connection issues are being addresses is via making a temporarily unified national roaming system for mobile phones. We have 3 major mobile phone connection providers (telecommunication companies), and it's often the case that some have better coverage than others in some areas or under some circumstances. For the time of war, they are all working together, so that people who have a SIM from one of these companies can switch the network to that of other providers.

The only thing I don't understand in the quotes from the op is the part about Ukrainians embracing Bitcoin for everyday purchases due to the central bank cutting traditional payment rails. I'm from Ukraine, and I have tons of friends and relatives who are currently in Ukraine (I've also lived in Ukraine throughout 2019-2021). First, there's no infrastructure in Ukraine to use Bitcoin for everyday things! Some stores and cafés have been accepting Bitcoin for years, sure, but during the war, the 'everyday use' is limited to two things: supermarkets and pharmacies. I've lived in Ukraine for most of my life, and I've never seen an option of paying in Bitcoin in places like that. Then there's the second part about the central bank. What is that about? In Ukraine, the vast majority use banks like Privatbank and Monobank. I'm not 100% sure regarding Monobank, but I can confirm that Privatbank cards work both in Ukraine and abroad right now, and no limitations were officially set on paying by card. Regarding the limitations from the Central bank of Ukraine on foreign currencies and withdrawals, they were lifted.

The level of inflation right now depends heavily on where you are and which fiat you're talking about. If it's very solid fiat like the USD, EUR and similar currencies, the inflation rate is at 6-8% from what I've seen. So it's above the 5% target, but not by much, and it's not a devastating increase by any means. So in that case there's very little sense in turning to Bitcoin to save the wealth because not much of it will be lost due to inflation and because Bitcoin can easily fall lower than this inflation rate. Then we have Russia, with restrictions of having USD and EUR, and ruble lost almost half of its value over a short period of time, and, by the way, Russian bank cards don't work in most countries anymore as well. In that case, Bitcoin might be the best savior from inflation because the risk of Bitcoin fluctuating downward is way lower that the almost certainty of being left with almost nothing if your savings are in ruble (and the majority of Russians keep savings in ruble).

The price is not dropping, IMO, it's just fluctuating. It's $39k right now, while it was $42k yesterday and $39k the day before. It's going up and down, without a clear trend, so there's no need to discuss why it's dropping. I would describe this situation as stable, to be honest, because the price remains around $40k (sometimes more, sometimes less) since the middle of January, and if there are big fluctuations, they probably indicate that there's a lot of movement of the market (panic selling fighting FOMO day and night), but there's no reason to believe that anything bad is going to happen to it.

It's important to organize such events and target groups which are underrepresented in the crypto industry, and Women's Day is a perfect day for such events. While cryptos are digital and there's no direct discrimination due to their digital nature as well as pseudonymity associated with using cryptos, the gender gap doesn't disappear, and women as well as other groups might face additional obstacles when joining the industry or even using cryptos, and the strength of these obstacles depends on the country, social status, rural vs urban area and other factors.

Can you find and print out (or put it on a visible place on your website if it's online) some good infographic material about Bitcoin? So that people can see and read stuff before asking questions like this. If you google 'bitcoin infographic' you can find plenty of options. What I also think can be helpful is an image with names of big companies that accept Bitcoin or famous people who endorse Bitcoin because things like that matter to people when they're not sure. Also, if you want to encourage people to use Bitcoin, perhaps you could make a small discount for those paying in Bitcoin? I'm sorry people are being negative about Bitcoin in your store.

Bitcoin is fluctuating, there's no need to worry over that. It's currently at $42k, 8% up over 24 hours. Overall, I think it's doing well during the current war and I have no reason to believe it's going to change for the worse. Of course, Bitcoin can suffer from some panic and general uncertainty of investors in an unstable geopolitical situation, but this will be compensated by donations pouring into Ukraine in Bitcoin and, possibly, increased usage of cryptos in Russia amidst strict regulation of foreign fiat and a free fall of Russian fiat.

Wow, I had no idea such a law existed, and now I'm wondering if there are other such countries with similar legislation. It's so crazy and unfair, really, because when people are running away from serious problems in their own country, they take all the funds they have with them, and of course they need those funds to sustain themselves. Not giving free food and accommodation is a foreign country's right, but giving it and confiscating everything these people have in return is very unfair. You're right that Bitcoin can help with this. But I think that writing down the words is much better than memorizing them. As my country is now hit by a full-scale war and many Ukrainians are now becoming refugees, I realize that the psychological state of these people doesn't exactly allow for keeping 12 words in the right order in their mind when their first priority is not being hit by a bomb.