Comment by tazjin

Comment by tazjin 16 hours ago

2 replies

It's useful for evading illegal US sanctions, and sometimes also works just as a payment method. I paid a hosting provider with it earlier this year, and that actually worked well.

sgt 15 hours ago

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Most of us don't live in Russia, but if we did, I am totally sure that may HN-ers would come up with ways to evade sanctions. It's either that or leave the country, which I am sure many aren't willing to do.

  • tazjin 5 hours ago

    It's not like anything critical is affected by this. For ordinary people it's things like buying Western games, but those all have workarounds (e.g. through crypto).