just terrible what's going on in Venezuela. thank you for this great "in the trenches" view of it all. I wish you the best of luck surviving it, and wish more people in my country would wake up to the devastating consequences of socialism. Glad you found STEEMIT, as it puts you way ahead of the game. Hopefully you can get more to join as well.

As I wrote in one of my recent posts:

I mean, if you really think about it, imagine living in India, Venezuela, Greece, or any other number of countries where actual dollars are practically impossible to get after their respective governments hyper-inflate, block bank withdrawals, or outright cancel everyone's currency. Well, except for government officials and their well-connected "friends", of course.

However, for those computer-savvy and enlightened enough to know about SBD [Steem Dollars], those dollars could be worth 10x what they are to us living in (for now at least) more stable countries. And if they explain to their local grocer that they can "secretly" send them a form of hard-to-steal crypto USD trading at a premium, they may just be able to weather the storm and comfortably feed their family 'til the crisis subsides.

Link: Seizing Trading Opportunities through Market Panics and Capitulation