If I’m reading it correctly, then Russia is on 7th place by crypto transactions(?) in GDP by PPP per capita over all, but most of it is not used for buying stuff from some big entity. I can guess it is used mostly to get money from(or to) the country.

just after the fall of the USSR

Over ten days there was about 10% in the difference from start to finish.

Makes sense. It was a wild period.

There was lecture by Cory Doctrow about it.

Crypto is popular enough in Russia

Why haven’t I heard of that before?

EDIT: right, it is one of few ways to move money from Russia. Other way is to be Putin’s oligarch.

EU is cooking something with EU Directive on Liability for Defective Products. I’ve read only part of it, but basically companies are liable for bugs in software unless they opensource it.

Roll out the Fallout

They want to hang for sure. Maybe him.

Not novel. I think there was a train somewhere in Africa, that transported some ore from mountain to port. On the way down with ore it charged and uphill it used charge.