The pandemic did push the world towards a more digital age.

[Mauser]

Yes, exactly. The world are more highly digitalized since the lockdown started in any places and followed by different types of community quarantines that restricted us from going out to avoid the physical contact with each other and to prevent the rapid transmission of covid-19. This strange time had taught us that everything can be done virtually. Though some of us are not used to it,  especially the modern businesses, work and study from home. But despite the struggles,  like the internet signal here in our country which is so slow and unstable sometimes...yet,  we have faith that we can make this things possible and yes, we learned digitalization and getting used to it now.

Comparing 2019 to 2020 already shows how much the world changed due to the corona pandemic. Almost all of my friends work from home these days, doing telcos and video calls from home on a daily basis with their laptops. If you would have told me a normal workday looks like this last year I wouldn't have believed it. Even a good friend of mine who is almost 60 got used to video calls by now.

[proTECH77]

Many countries have been into digital currency before pandemic came to make many have interest in digital currency in the country. People now believe that digital currency is good for investment and very easy to make a good profit out of the investment.
Many investors are use to cryptocurrency before the lockdown started to they affecting country economy. Many experience the hard work of digital during pandemic that make people have interest on cryptocurrency. Many countries are ready to legalized Bitcoin in their country to improve most of their citizens who have interest on digital currency.

[metenjean]

The pandemic did push the world towards a more digital age. There has been a change in consumer behavior and buying pattern. Most physical businesses and public businesses have been hit hard because of the strict government rules and regulations on public gatherings. People have been forced to reduce to the nearest minimum the time they spend in public places like shopping malls, supermarkets and also the amount of money they spend on non Essentials goods and services. People are more aware and now adapting to a new way of living (the digital way) one of which is “E-commerce”.
In a study conducted that I stumbled across; https://unctad.org/news/covid-19-has-changed-online-shopping-forever-survey-shows

It clearly shows that Companies and businesses that put E-commerce at the the forefront of their business are ready for the new digital age that is emerging from this pandemic, while those that operate with cryptocurrency in addition to e-commerce will have the ultimate edge over others. No wonder the already existing companies are incorporating bitcoin (cryptocurrency) related services to their already exiting services, for example PayPal. What a great time to be Bitcoin Enthusiast.

Pandemic give advantage for many people how to be creative looking for money, they have thousand ideas when lost job becuase pandemic effect and getting new way how to earn money with digital payment transaction. Many people get thousand ideas when selling product on digital and get payment by using currency like bitcoin or fiat. I think give creative ideas for many people with pandemic era after resign from their job they have looking many chance how to get money with online way and know how to invest and earn much profit later. before pandemic not all people know with bitcoin but now many people have try to invest and trade with bitcoin and altcoin.

[CarnagexD]

Considering how the pandemic and the general quarantine in many countries affected the national economies, as well as the stock market, we can say with confidence that the current situation did not badly affect the cryptocurrency market, since there are many investors, as well as ordinary people, in order to preserve their savings or their capital, invested their funds in alternative assets, which are primarily Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as other cryptocurrency ratings. According to statistics, it is the period of the pandemic that is the largest period of migration of institutional capital to the cryptocurrency market. This is also a positive fact.

Exactly, and of course, because cryptocurrencies are directly independent from the outside market, this means that no cryptocurrencies are directly affected by the stock decline. Nonetheless, I don't really see any major changes when we come to consider the prices of major coins in the market like bitcoin. Sure, the consumers have indeed switched to digital platforms, but how many of them considered investing in crypto?

[FlightyPouch]

Even without a pandemic, people are already adapting to new technologies. What this pandemic did is just force people to adapt even though they are not ready. It is the main reason why there are a lot of people that are forced to work from their home, attend their  online classes in their houses and the increased of virtual money is also an effect of that.

Actually, those engagements with technology is more likely related to online services and not technology in general. Services and other businesses continued in using online platforms simply because many people have no other options since going outside is prohibited to prevent the widespread of the virus. And that I think is just a small portion of technology. People are just more exposed to the internet lately because of the situation but not to technology at its broadest sense. It won't be valid to conclude that everything will be digital soon just because many people are holding their phones most of the time. If we are not needing drivers, not manually cooking things and such that would be the time everything is virtual, kidding aside.

That is why I am saying that they are forced to adapt because they have no other choice but to do that. I am not actually saying that this pandemic forced the digital age on the people, what I am saying is that the people are adapting to what they can do in this pandemic and for me, we can't actually say that this is that age since there are a lot of people that are still not familiar with some technologies that we are using.

[Searing]

A big deal, in this 'new economy' we will have now after the pandemic with 1) work at home and 2) gig economy jobs now. As an example in California

they were talking about the 'gig' economy law in Proposition 22  being passed to 'allow' Uber drivers and other gig workers to be classified as 'contractors'.

I fully expect that Nursing Assistants/Waiters and Waitresses/Secretaries/Clerks/etc, etc. To 'Suddenly' be 'gifted' with the full spirit of 'entrepreneur/self-employed

as Contractors...with their responsibilities now being their own health care/401k and all the joys of a small business with none of the financial rewards...and

no/few bennies or health care!

What a cluster!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/03/uber-prop22-results-california/

This is gonna be 'great' fun when employers take his concept and their cost savings of requiring you to work at home and then 'joy-joy' letting you

become contractors and competing with wages to the lowest level with your former co-workers. The 'gig' economy will roar along with work at home!

Then, if that was enough, I full expect our  'soon to be benevolent and fair Robot Masters take control' (ahem...remember I 'caved' first as a human minion!)

 ...to arrive'  further tossing a wrench into dubious methods of employment and wealth to the above as they slash labor or should

I say, you newly arrived at 'also' gig' and 'contractor' status...and low status/no growth/low wage jobs...and all the fun it should entail.

I mean even Bill Gates is turning 'liberal' on the 'abuses' in wealth xfer this link:

https://qz.com/911968/bill-gates-the-robot-that-takes-your-job-should-pay-taxes/

Why people are not putting all their coffee/lunch money/ or borrowing against the cat/or something to put aside some Bitcoin 'dust', is beyond me. I mean

even rats eventually yell, 'take the cheese' and not me! Seeing the rigged game for what it is....a slow slide to  'indentured servitude' is my next guess.

Humans: Mess of smelly, hairless, clueless primates, scratching themselves, and tossing poo around! It's a wonder the world is in as good enough shape as it is! Sheesh!

note: I actually did not get a job due to age discrimination, due to the fact I 'blew' up health care costs. The countrywide (USA) firms split into 100s of mini-

corporation of fewer than 100 employees with their own 401k/health care plans/etc all under the 'umbrella' of the parent corporation. In that (under 100) you are a small

business and fewer labor regulations. This was told by the person who

tried to hire me, on pain of silence or they would get fired, I had to keep secret, was that with all the 'under 30 year old' folks, if they hired me I'd raise their health

insurance/benifits to much....even under the mini-corporation (under 100 employees) trick.

Talked to a lawyer, he was honest enough to tell me it was quite common and pretty much impossible to prove.

I sense more of these kinda 'short-cuts' with the gutting of protections and the label 'gig economy' job or 'work at home' do such of the highway job offers.

Brad

[xSkylarx]

I thought of this too. Pandemic was the way for some businesses and companies to shift into the digital age. Office workers now do work on their home, some of the local businesses have cashless way of payment method. Our tollway here now is also cashless, it's payment method is via some sort of RFID. It's just sad to think that this should have happen first before most of us embrace the digital technology.

[slapper]

I can say that this depends on the country you are in right now. It is true though that there are a lot of people adapting to the changes especially as a teacher, education takes a big leap from being used in a classroom teacher traditionally to teaching online and giving modules to students. We can't adapt that quickly, we are trying our best and even though there are those teachers that did adapt quickly, there are still a lot of them that can't do the same.

There are still people who are having a hard time understanding and adapting new technologies, especially those old people. But they are still pushing themselves to use this new technologies, so that they no longer have difficulty keeping up with the trend. Also, the pandemic is the main reason why we make a lot of changes in this world that many people have to work from their home, same as students they need to continue their studies by attending online classes, and the usage of virtual money have increased.

Even without a pandemic, people are already adapting to new technologies. What this pandemic did is just force people to adapt even though they are not ready. It is the main reason why there are a lot of people that are forced to work from their home, attend their  online classes in their houses and the increased of virtual money is also an effect of that.

But the speed of the adaption is not really fast. Everything is kinda stagnant and in my country, before the pandemic, only a few companies allowing their employee to work at home. Right now, most people realize how powerful the digital world is. Adopting new technologies and accepting remote working gives people more ability to earn money and work in a comfortable atmosphere

I do not know where you live but surely my country is under-developed and ironically speaking, thanks to Covid-19, we have achieved an outstanding improvement.

[verita1]

So is! Life in times of pandemic has led us to change our behavior. Crypto enthusiasts are leading the way with these changes because their world is more digital. Now in this new normal, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will play an important role and the opportunities in e-commerce will be on the rise. Despite the disadvantages that we have, not all countries have invested in blockchain, the economy is not running at 100% it is operating at half capacity due to the pandemic. But we have a good perspective on the horizon for which we must seize the moment.

[Peanutswar]

Because of this pandemic, it pushes us to adopt the use of the digital age well the introduction of the digital age are already in before this pandemic but right now they need to fully adopt this kind of change because we are preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

On this adaptation, there is a lot of improvement most of the transactions become faster, reliable, transparent, and less hassle this time they are making a move to adopt even we don't have a pandemic because this is the purpose of the digital age to make changes and innovation to increase the productivity of humanity.

[buwaytress]

A big deal, in this 'new economy' we will have now after the pandemic with 1) work at home and 2) gig economy jobs now.

Been a pain for now four years working in this bleeding new economy and gig industry too. I'm considered by most employers to be no more than a contractor and it's been a real bleeding PITA to get myself legitimately earning in the various jurisdictions I've been working in, so I'm actually looking forward to the laws in the EU slowly changing to recognise people like me more easily. It'll be more to force my employers to recognise me as employee (at least part time) anyway.

It's effed up for a lot more people now is why.

[geyayy]

I agree to the topic you created, digital age has finally come to the world. I mean, almost everyone now knows how to transact on online platforms. A lot of people are scared of going out so they will just click here and there, and voila, the necessities they need are now there. Even older people of our society are now engaging on video calls and or other transactions online.

[jaberwock]

There is no way that these wealthy people who are from another generation could ever stop this type of movement going more legit in the future.

Obviously the world will have a lot more remote workers, it is going to change the whole world and maybe the idea of "freelancer" will become bigger and bigger as well, both remote work for a company as a worker of them and also freelancer who just works for whoever they want will become a lot more legit and these companies managed by older generation will eventually retire them anyway, or they will die, nobody wins the fight against father time and that means a newer generation will become CEO's in those companies that will not mind going more digital with absolutely everything. Hence I believe pandemic speed things up, but it is also inevitable that it will happen.

[gabbie2010]

Even without a pandemic, people are already adapting to new technologies. What this pandemic did is just force people to adapt even though they are not ready. It is the main reason why there are a lot of people that are forced to work from their home, attend their  online classes in their houses and the increased of virtual money is also an effect of that.

Actually, those engagements with technology is more likely related to online services and not technology in general. Services and other businesses continued in using online platforms simply because many people have no other options since going outside is prohibited to prevent the widespread of the virus. And that I think is just a small portion of technology. People are just more exposed to the internet lately because of the situation but not to technology at its broadest sense. It won't be valid to conclude that everything will be digital soon just because many people are holding their phones most of the time. If we are not needing drivers, not manually cooking things and such that would be the time everything is virtual, kidding aside.

That is why I am saying that they are forced to adapt because they have no other choice but to do that. I am not actually saying that this pandemic forced the digital age on the people, what I am saying is that the people are adapting to what they can do in this pandemic and for me, we can't actually say that this is that age since there are a lot of people that are still not familiar with some technologies that we are using.

Covid-19 indeed had changed our adaptation towards technology, student are forcefully allowed to do online studies thus changed their orientation from attending a physical classroom to a virtual one, although it might be tough initially but they will adapt to it.
Smartphone users who might had not been using some of it features for online transactions may be due to its complexity will surely and forcefully learn how to use them based on the fact that the virus can only be curtailed by not having any physical contact.
Once a lasting solution or vaccine is produced and the virus is finally curtailed a lot of people will stick to the virtual life styles they had been utilizing and might take some time before they resorted to the usual physical contact.

[EdenHazard]

Even those people who are hesitant to use the digital technology are giving their effort to learn. This is in order to avoid going outside and mingle with people for something that they can avoid if they will use the digital tech. A lot of delivery systems are now going cashless. A move to avoid the usage of cash, as identified as one possible sources of transfer of virus. Better be safe than sorry. There's nothing wrong in learning new things rather than open yourself to vulnerability.

We are moving towards right direction now , crypto merchants getting more and more available,  businesses post-pandemic are recovering and even ready to bounce back.

The price of bitcoin itself rose to over $15k just now! What else could possibly make things right in this awful year of 2020?
It's a quick acceleration for cryptocurrency, where everything else slow down. The market are so exciting in response of this new era of digital age.
We are in the early stage currently, brace yourself.

[naikturun]

We are all stunned with what this pandemic has brought us. We didn't expect everything and every action of the government affect us all. We are all on our way to digital world but we are not fully equipped for that yet. It is a good thing that these establishments especially those who embrace cyrptocurrency, adapt quickly with this change. E-commerce is also a great help for those who want to stay in their own homes. Everything went difficult but this pandemic will soon be over and all will be back to normal.

this is unprofitable at the expense of many people to achieve a new economy.
we don't know if this virus was deliberately created by the elite as it has been rumored.
but the lockdown is certainly miserable for many people.
worse than fear of the virus itself, because the lockdown has stopped activities in various parts of the world, automatically supply and supply will decrease.
people are in danger of dying from starvation.

[oHnK]

Even those people who are hesitant to use the digital technology are giving their effort to learn. This is in order to avoid going outside and mingle with people for something that they can avoid if they will use the digital tech. A lot of delivery systems are now going cashless. A move to avoid the usage of cash, as identified as one possible sources of transfer of virus. Better be safe than sorry. There's nothing wrong in learning new things rather than open yourself to vulnerability.

We are moving towards right direction now , crypto merchants getting more and more available,  businesses post-pandemic are recovering and even ready to bounce back.

The price of bitcoin itself rose to over $15k just now! What else could possibly make things right in this awful year of 2020?
It's a quick acceleration for cryptocurrency, where everything else slow down. The market are so exciting in response of this new era of digital age.
We are in the early stage currently, brace yourself.

I really feel this, seeing that almost all industries have been affected by covid, only digital-based industries have grown during the pandemic.  Even cryptocurency has become more and more hype since the pandemic appeared, people prefer to try to invest in BTC to secure their assets due to the worldwide economic downturn and loss of value of money, and stocks also affected by the pandemic are less promising investment alternatives.  So that the Btc price can reach its current highest level.  Luckily for us who already know and store assets in the form of Bitcoin.  It looks like a field that is ready to harvest superior seeds.

[Swopon]

I don't think so. World is developing day by day and already being digitalized in many countries. Pandemic can be considered as one more step in this way but not more than that. Because people already using the technology which they used before the pandemic. Nothing changed in this period and just people can't go out for work.

[TimeTeller]

We are all stunned with what this pandemic has brought us. We didn't expect everything and every action of the government affect us all. We are all on our way to digital world but we are not fully equipped for that yet. It is a good thing that these establishments especially those who embrace cyrptocurrency, adapt quickly with this change. E-commerce is also a great help for those who want to stay in their own homes. Everything went difficult but this pandemic will soon be over and all will be back to normal.

this is unprofitable at the expense of many people to achieve a new economy.
we don't know if this virus was deliberately created by the elite as it has been rumored.
but the lockdown is certainly miserable for many people.
worse than fear of the virus itself, because the lockdown has stopped activities in various parts of the world, automatically supply and supply will decrease.
people are in danger of dying from starvation.

I can agree that there are so many people that are miserable in this time period.
But we need to help ourselves to survive in this crisis.
Even in our own little ways, find options to generate income and not rely to our government.
Because if we rely ourselves from someone or from our government, we will really starve to death.
Just few examples on how to earn or save money- sell things online (items you know you are not using anymore but may be valuable to others, gadgets/clothes/shoes/bags), look for freelance jobs via net (that will suit whatever your expertise is), tutorial jobs, tend your own garden (we can even grow tomatoes or onions inside our house if you don't have your own land), bake and sell, and many others.

[Nhebu]

Actually, yes. Online world boosted since pandemic came. There are many jobless people that becomes online seller because of Covid-19. In order to survive, we need to go with the flow in our society. By that, digital age and cashless society may come up. The continuous growing of online industry will become the beginning of new era towards digital currency. Cash is no longer usable when we talk about online because you can now shop and buy products using cryptocurrency.