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3 years ago
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I'll keep commentary to a minimum since I'm simply raising awareness of information compiled by others. The current conflict in Ukraine has adversely affected a variety of innocent people within the community, particularly any illustrators who made their living through PayPal and/or Patreon. Those services are no longer available in places such as Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus due to either the international sanctions, boycotts, or the local infrastructure being destroyed or disabled.
butterfly-dragon created the following journal with alternatives to PayPal among other online payment processors and banking methods. Extremely useful information I'd rather not repeat too much here.
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10151629
There's a similar guide written in Russian being maintained and updated by someone else.
https://digitalbroccoli.com/2022/03/02/what-to-do-crisis-2022/
Some have suggested using cryptocurrency too. This is a potential option, but I'd advise against it since crypto has a bad reputation for a reason. It's extremely volatile, and I could see some opportunists with zero morals trying to take advantage of the situation to scam any desperate Russians trying to learn how it all works for the first time. So exercise caution if you look into it. Despite that, this is more or less why crypto even exists, so it might be a legitimate choice for some people if things deteriorate enough.
With that in mind, you have two options. You can either create a wallet with online guides like this one or you can use a centralized exchange. Ideally you use both for processing transactions, but it's the difference between keeping your money in your wallet or a bank regarding personal security with the linked guide going into more detail. At the risk of some people thinking less of me, I have some experience doing speculative trades with cryptocurrency, so I can personally recommend the Kraken exchange over a popular one such as Coinbase since they have lower fees and are less likely to screw over their Russian customers, albeit it's also an American exchange at the end of the day in case the US government tries to do something about it.
A reputable exchange in your own nation would be preferable, however. Although the American ones probably won't do a blanket ban on Russia since it goes against the core values of the crypto community, some such as Coinbase are already investigating and banning sanctioned Russian individuals.
Edit: butterfly-dragon linked a primer on crypto in his own journal that goes into more detail on the technicals. It might have rendered my own little spiel on it pointless, but be sure to read that journal too if you're looking into it.
On a final note, I'd also like to remind people that this nightmare is the fault of the Russian government rather than the Russian people. Don't hate innocent Russians for this. I do try to keep my political commentary and opinions to a minimum on FA since this is a NSFW furry account if we're being real here, so it's not necessarily the best place to express my views, but it's all been making me sick to my stomach watching things unravel. People I know are currently trying to leave their countries since things are getting really bad and it might get even worse if the conflict escalates...
We live in interesting times to say the least. Feel free to give feedback or suggestions if you have more information that could be useful to anyone reading this.
butterfly-dragon created the following journal with alternatives to PayPal among other online payment processors and banking methods. Extremely useful information I'd rather not repeat too much here.https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10151629
There's a similar guide written in Russian being maintained and updated by someone else.
https://digitalbroccoli.com/2022/03/02/what-to-do-crisis-2022/
Some have suggested using cryptocurrency too. This is a potential option, but I'd advise against it since crypto has a bad reputation for a reason. It's extremely volatile, and I could see some opportunists with zero morals trying to take advantage of the situation to scam any desperate Russians trying to learn how it all works for the first time. So exercise caution if you look into it. Despite that, this is more or less why crypto even exists, so it might be a legitimate choice for some people if things deteriorate enough.
With that in mind, you have two options. You can either create a wallet with online guides like this one or you can use a centralized exchange. Ideally you use both for processing transactions, but it's the difference between keeping your money in your wallet or a bank regarding personal security with the linked guide going into more detail. At the risk of some people thinking less of me, I have some experience doing speculative trades with cryptocurrency, so I can personally recommend the Kraken exchange over a popular one such as Coinbase since they have lower fees and are less likely to screw over their Russian customers, albeit it's also an American exchange at the end of the day in case the US government tries to do something about it.
A reputable exchange in your own nation would be preferable, however. Although the American ones probably won't do a blanket ban on Russia since it goes against the core values of the crypto community, some such as Coinbase are already investigating and banning sanctioned Russian individuals.
Edit: butterfly-dragon linked a primer on crypto in his own journal that goes into more detail on the technicals. It might have rendered my own little spiel on it pointless, but be sure to read that journal too if you're looking into it.
On a final note, I'd also like to remind people that this nightmare is the fault of the Russian government rather than the Russian people. Don't hate innocent Russians for this. I do try to keep my political commentary and opinions to a minimum on FA since this is a NSFW furry account if we're being real here, so it's not necessarily the best place to express my views, but it's all been making me sick to my stomach watching things unravel. People I know are currently trying to leave their countries since things are getting really bad and it might get even worse if the conflict escalates...
We live in interesting times to say the least. Feel free to give feedback or suggestions if you have more information that could be useful to anyone reading this.
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Thanks, I will see if anything with this works for Venezuela too, because we been blocked for more than a decade. There is payment apps like https://reserve.org/es/ that I have been told that help people here and a friend gets paid at her work using it, but I don't have experience with it yet because people only want to pay in paypal.
