Topic: Why is the Russian Federation so interested in Bitcoin - page 2. (Read 5316 times)
"In Soviet Russia, bitcoin mines you!"
The Russians experienced hyperinflation during the last days of the soviet union. They know what it feels like to have your life savings stolen by the elites through inflation, so they don't have the irrational fear of deflation that Bernanke's worshipers have.
I do love your logic.
So lets take the US population, divide by the number of people who "would most likely discover bitcoin" and you have a ratio far higher than russian google trends. You did however prove that russia can both use google and search for bitcoin at a specific rate. That is all.
So lets take the US population, divide by the number of people who "would most likely discover bitcoin" and you have a ratio far higher than russian google trends. You did however prove that russia can both use google and search for bitcoin at a specific rate. That is all.
i know of some people in Belarus that are very interested after their recent inflation woes
because the national sports of russia are politics, and chess.
You forgot drinking.
because the national sports of russia are politics, and chess.
Russians are extremely interested:
1) Ease way to move money. Even high corruption level did not help with avoiding high taxes and fees in that field anymore. At list for regular citizens.
2) Way to save money. Instability of Ruble is known, and regular citizen have no even a bit of trust in government regulation of it. 1998 year was harsh, and will not be forgotten for next 30-50 years (next 1 or 2 generations).
2a) Russian citizens cant trust the dollar, for their savings - that paranoia is in our genome. Looks like it good practise (my own paranoia
).
2b) We see, that for unknown reason Russian government trust dollar to much, and that makes us more suspicious to our government and dollar both. ( Russian mentality always counts government like somebody who wants to cheat you. And, of course, you should answer with cheating government when possible, but this is another story).
2c) We cant trust in euro, because it is wired to tight with IMF (and they wired to $).
2d) We cant trust in oil prices, because oil prices are instable.
2e) We hardly can use gold, diamonds and precious metals, - they are overtaxed (Prisons here are not so comfortable).
3) Opportunity for FREE (relatively) money. Price of electricity is steel low, relatively to European country's.
4) We just like to try something new (well, you should not be surprised - 1917, 1991 as fresh examples).
5) We are ambitious and lazy together. I am doubt that you will find any Russian immigrant working in some dumb house cleaning business more than 5 years after arriving in new country.
Well, there is always something else. Maybe i am mistaken somewhere. Feel free to discuss.
1) Ease way to move money. Even high corruption level did not help with avoiding high taxes and fees in that field anymore. At list for regular citizens.
2) Way to save money. Instability of Ruble is known, and regular citizen have no even a bit of trust in government regulation of it. 1998 year was harsh, and will not be forgotten for next 30-50 years (next 1 or 2 generations).
2a) Russian citizens cant trust the dollar, for their savings - that paranoia is in our genome. Looks like it good practise (my own paranoia
).2b) We see, that for unknown reason Russian government trust dollar to much, and that makes us more suspicious to our government and dollar both. ( Russian mentality always counts government like somebody who wants to cheat you. And, of course, you should answer with cheating government when possible, but this is another story).
2c) We cant trust in euro, because it is wired to tight with IMF (and they wired to $).
2d) We cant trust in oil prices, because oil prices are instable.
2e) We hardly can use gold, diamonds and precious metals, - they are overtaxed (Prisons here are not so comfortable).
3) Opportunity for FREE (relatively) money. Price of electricity is steel low, relatively to European country's.
4) We just like to try something new (well, you should not be surprised - 1917, 1991 as fresh examples).
5) We are ambitious and lazy together. I am doubt that you will find any Russian immigrant working in some dumb house cleaning business more than 5 years after arriving in new country.
Well, there is always something else. Maybe i am mistaken somewhere. Feel free to discuss.
I'd say these points are right on! Yes, after 1992 it was USD under the pillow, then Euro, now a USB stick full of bitcoins, encrypted with truecrypt....Russian ppl sleeping much better at night now thanks to bitcoin!
Russians are extremely interested:
1) Ease way to move money. Even high corruption level did not help with avoiding high taxes and fees in that field anymore. At list for regular citizens.
2) Way to save money. Instability of Ruble is known, and regular citizen have no even a bit of trust in government regulation of it. 1998 year was harsh, and will not be forgotten for next 30-50 years (next 1 or 2 generations).
2a) Russian citizens cant trust the dollar, for their savings - that paranoia is in our genome. Looks like it good practise (my own paranoia).
2b) We see, that for unknown reason Russian government trust dollar to much, and that makes us more suspicious to our government and dollar both. ( Russian mentality always counts government like somebody who wants to cheat you. And, of course, you should answer with cheating government when possible, but this is another story).
2c) We cant trust in euro, because it is wired to tight with IMF (and they wired to $).
2d) We cant trust in oil prices, because oil prices are instable.
2e) We hardly can use gold, diamonds and precious metals, - they are overtaxed (Prisons here are not so comfortable).
3) Opportunity for FREE (relatively) money. Price of electricity is steel low, relatively to European country's.
4) We just like to try something new (well, you should not be surprised - 1917, 1991 as fresh examples).
5) We are ambitious and lazy together. I am doubt that you will find any Russian immigrant working in some dumb house cleaning business more than 5 years after arriving in new country.
Well, there is always something else. Maybe i am mistaken somewhere. Feel free to discuss.
1) Ease way to move money. Even high corruption level did not help with avoiding high taxes and fees in that field anymore. At list for regular citizens.
2) Way to save money. Instability of Ruble is known, and regular citizen have no even a bit of trust in government regulation of it. 1998 year was harsh, and will not be forgotten for next 30-50 years (next 1 or 2 generations).
2a) Russian citizens cant trust the dollar, for their savings - that paranoia is in our genome. Looks like it good practise (my own paranoia
).2b) We see, that for unknown reason Russian government trust dollar to much, and that makes us more suspicious to our government and dollar both. ( Russian mentality always counts government like somebody who wants to cheat you. And, of course, you should answer with cheating government when possible, but this is another story).
2c) We cant trust in euro, because it is wired to tight with IMF (and they wired to $).
2d) We cant trust in oil prices, because oil prices are instable.
2e) We hardly can use gold, diamonds and precious metals, - they are overtaxed (Prisons here are not so comfortable).
3) Opportunity for FREE (relatively) money. Price of electricity is steel low, relatively to European country's.
4) We just like to try something new (well, you should not be surprised - 1917, 1991 as fresh examples).
5) We are ambitious and lazy together. I am doubt that you will find any Russian immigrant working in some dumb house cleaning business more than 5 years after arriving in new country.
Well, there is always something else. Maybe i am mistaken somewhere. Feel free to discuss.
I'd say it's because there are plenty of people from Russia living in the USA who still have strong ties to home and Bitcoin makes it easier for us them to send money back home. It's also nice to take large sums of bitcoin with you on a USB stick and not have to declare the "cash" when going for a visit between USA/Russia.
...and maybe Russian Mafia likes it
CoinMan
...and maybe Russian Mafia likes it
CoinMan
Places with high oppression seem to have high interest (Russia, China). Bitcoin allows them to do things out from under big brother's eye.
Yes, it probably has more to do with ordinary people being desperate to escape oppressive governments than anything else
Places with high oppression seem to have high interest (Russia, China). Bitcoin allows them to do things out from under big brother's eye.
It could be a great way to launder money from country to country untraceable.
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I have noticed on Google Trend The Russian Federation has a very large number of searches. Could elements of the Russian Mob be ready to invest in Bitcoin? It could be a great way to launder money from country to country untraceable. Or Russian hackers are notorious for cracking system to make money.This is the Google Trend link http://www.google.com/trends?q=bitcoin&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
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