Ah, money without borders.
This is a great personal story sourced by Joe Withrow of InternationalMan.com of a Venezuelan man who saved his mother's life by using Bitcoin to purchase medicine when sellers would not accept the Venezuelan currency (Bolivars.) Demand has soared as hyperinflation has gripped the small nation:
Image Source: Zero Hedge
Says Eli:
Treating my mother’s cancer would have been very difficult without using bitcoins because my business is going bankrupt and I have a lot of debts, so bitcoins enabled me to stay afloat while our currency is collapsing.
Two links to read (the first gives a bit more detail on the Venezuelan crisis, the second is the story):
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-23/bitcoin-saved-my-life
http://www.internationalman.com//articles/bitcoin-saved-my-life
Highly recommended reads!
