[members-discuss] Annual contribution payment options

W dniu 09.03.2022 o 23:10, Alexey S. Berezhnev pisze:
> Dear colleges,
> 
> I would like to discuss the possibility to pay up RIPE NCC bills (annual 
> contribution, to be more specific)  in other currencies, than EURO.

Adding another currency would complicate book keeping a bit, but 
technically I think it would be possible - however it seems you will 
have similar problems trying to pay in USD too.

Cryptocurrency proposal is, frankly, unrealistic (I hope that word is 
not offensive?). This is "currency" in name only - it is an instrument 
for speculation and covert (and quite random) fund transfers. Cryprto 
"currency" could loss value instantly and all fiscal authorities treat 
it not as money but as financial speculative instrument so it increases 
all tax headaches. In other words - it is about as realistic as paying 
with shares preferred by very adventurous investors plus anonymity that 
will baffle tax authorities (how will you prove to tax authorities who 
paid for the service and from where when cryptos are designed to be 
anonymnous?)

Sorry if your currency is becoming worthless and as convertible as NK 
won, but whose fault is that?

Besides Russia seems to be preparing to disconnect from the Internet (at 
least according to Russian government) so it will become a moot point 
anyway.

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