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could something like machankura be a viable option #40804?
also, how are things going with inflation at the moment and what are most average people using as hedges?
Machankura-style solutions are interesting, but in practice they’re not really viable here.
Most people don’t use USSD for anything beyond basic mobile operations, and Bitcoin over USSD is still too niche and unfamiliar. During internet shutdowns, people mostly fall back to cash because nothing else reliably works.
Inflation is still a constant background pressure. Everyone feels it, even when the official numbers look calmer.
The most common hedges for regular people are physical USD, gold coins, and in some cases small amounts of Bitcoin for those who are comfortable with self-custody. Real estate is a hedge too, but it’s far beyond what the average person can access anymore.
Do you think this unfortunate event will teach people about the need for sovereign infrastructure, self hosting, high speed meshnets such as FIPS, Yggdrasil and CJDNS and p2p in general?
Or is the common sentiment “oh no there’s nothing we can do in case this happens again!”?
From my own experience, when international internet access was effectively cut off in Iran, there was very little anyone could do online.
To give you a sense of it: I couldn’t reliably watch YouTube, and even sending a message on Telegram or WhatsApp was often impossible. So if basic internet use was barely working, using bitcoin — or acquiring sats — was even harder in practice.
Once connectivity is gone, wallets can’t communicate properly, exchanges are unreachable, and most people are simply stuck.