[kwlug-disc] Recent observation on finances related to current tech

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Very current observation. Quite long thread on twitter, but every 
> words is non-empty: 
> https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1494444624630403083
>
> I may only add that fund freezing and "financing of bad things" is 
> what Lukashenko has been doing these past year and a half. The 
> civilization recedes there quickly, precisely due to application of 
> this control tool.
>
> I am split. On one hand I am opposed to waste of energy by blockchain 
> as a tool of financing. On another, these tools today help some folks 
> to not die under Lukashenko's regime, literally.
>
> It feels that we must look for non-planet-killing transactions tech, 
> resistant to censorship. 

I am watching Saturday talk show. Russian-speaking, and they remind 
about Putin's use "financing of bad things", "foreign funds" as a 
mechanism to suppress expression of dissent.