i just woke up, in tears, absolutely floored at all the love on here. thank you for the birthday wishes :,) it means more than you know. its already the best birthday i’ve ever had. thank you.

Oh yeah we are, and I would join you on your journey if I could, but have to much responsibilities atm

Keep inspiring, one mile every block

You my friend are awesome

Nostr. It's done! Will post video soon.

Sadly, yes. Some places worse than others.

Anytime inflation happens, it not only hurts savers, but puts the burden on all wage-earners to try to recoup some of their ongoing lost wage purchasing power. It also makes it hard to do long-term fixed business contracts and stuff, which makes commerce less efficient.

Flying to Cairo tomorrow to visit friends and family, where I will be until shortly before Pacific Bitcoin.

I have a small wad of cash from last time which I will be bringing with me, that is now worth a lot less than last time I was there.

At the start of 2022, the exchange rate to the US dollar was 15 to 1. When I was there, the exchange rate was in the 20s, since the Egyptian central bank was in the process of devaluing it (at the behest of the IMF). Now it’s over 30 to 1, so these are all seven dollar bills basically.

My friends and family, whose wages are denominated in pounds, all got wage increases since the start of 2022, but they certainly didn’t get 100% wage increases, and so all of them earn fewer dollar-equivalents per hour thanks to this devaluation (which among other reasons is why the IMF wanted Egypt to do it).

Borders remind me of cattle stock gaps.

We are of this earth and there is no good reason that we cannot move freely across it.

Relieved to hear you are through.

Heart feels so much for those fleeing their homes

I wonder, what is your experience with people you meet and social media? I bet that many are really good at different platforms & could do paid work if set up, micropayments directly in crypto…

This does happen for sure with grey marked businesses, as part of relaunching myself I have been digging into it a bit :-)

A fair exchange or matching market that has an escrow system that is automated could do well…