Fighting for Freedom in Venezuela: How Crypto Helped Héctor’s Family Buy Food

Fighting for Freedom in Venezuela: How Crypto Helped Héctor’s Family Buy Food
On July 1, 2018, Héctor* received 0.5 nano. The transaction was a first for the Venezuelan, and he received it thanks to a donation from one of his fellow countrymen. To some, the roughly $1.80 sum in USD may be inconsequential. But to Héctor, whose country’s native currency is worth next to nothing, it was a godsend.“0.5 nano is almost one entire monthly salary in my country. It's more than I made last month,” he wrote in a post celebrating his newfound wealth on the r/nanocurrency subreddit.Fast forward a few days to July 5. After a round of direct messages and a post update to list his Nano wallet address, Héctor had amassed 360.68 nano (nearly $950). With these funds, Héctor was able to purchase some 224 lbs. of food for 29 nano, according to an update he shared with the nano community in a new Reddit post.“When I told my family about "las monedas virtuales" I got from a Reddit post, my dad gave me a huge hug because it was a relief for all of us. We are five in our house, four of us are adult and we work in different areas. Every month when we get paid, our salaries weren't enough to buy basic supplies or even food,” Héctor told Bitcoin Magazine in an interview.“We were almost running out of food some days ago; it was common for that to happen every six or seven days after getting paid. With the 3 NANO (around $8 USD) we were able to buy food for the whole week and that's only something to be very ... For Further Information Click on Below Button
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