TonySly on Nostr: Pretty cool real life story… My in-laws have a family business and they had a local ...
Pretty cool real life story…
My in-laws have a family business and they had a local guy as their web developer for a long time. They’re very non-technical but absolutely needed their website for their livelihood.
Their developer passed away suddenly a few years back and they were stuck - had no idea how to update their website, run their business or anything.
Then they get an email from some other guy on the other side of the world, reaching out to them saying he could help with their website. At first they thought it was a scam. Turns out their local web guy had been subcontracting to another firm in Ukraine that was actually doing the dev work. The new dev is able to prove he’s the one and they’re back in business. Things were smooth sailing for a couple years.
Then Russia invaded Ukraine…
The Ukrainian dev has been slower to respond (understandably) but is still maintaining everything. Recently, paying him has been more difficult. Not sure if he’s being cut off by payment providers or what, but my father in law asked me to help him sort it out. He thought I was joking when I said let’s see if we can pay him with bitcoin. He’s older and thinks bitcoin is a scam, but I know the Ukrainian dev is around my age so I figure there’s a chance.
Turns out, he doesn’t know much about “crypto” but he’s open to it, he just want to get paid.
So today, I’m assisting my father in law pay a his Ukrainian web dev in bitcoin. Possibly a double orange pill moment.
🤙🏻
My in-laws have a family business and they had a local guy as their web developer for a long time. They’re very non-technical but absolutely needed their website for their livelihood.
Their developer passed away suddenly a few years back and they were stuck - had no idea how to update their website, run their business or anything.
Then they get an email from some other guy on the other side of the world, reaching out to them saying he could help with their website. At first they thought it was a scam. Turns out their local web guy had been subcontracting to another firm in Ukraine that was actually doing the dev work. The new dev is able to prove he’s the one and they’re back in business. Things were smooth sailing for a couple years.
Then Russia invaded Ukraine…
The Ukrainian dev has been slower to respond (understandably) but is still maintaining everything. Recently, paying him has been more difficult. Not sure if he’s being cut off by payment providers or what, but my father in law asked me to help him sort it out. He thought I was joking when I said let’s see if we can pay him with bitcoin. He’s older and thinks bitcoin is a scam, but I know the Ukrainian dev is around my age so I figure there’s a chance.
Turns out, he doesn’t know much about “crypto” but he’s open to it, he just want to get paid.
So today, I’m assisting my father in law pay a his Ukrainian web dev in bitcoin. Possibly a double orange pill moment.
🤙🏻