Quote from: mk4 on Today at 05:08:25 PM

Not sure that I would call it adoption but it surely gave Bitcoin A LOT of publicity in terms of being a currency/asset that requires zero permission. It's just unfortunate that a lot of people had to realize it only when in times like this — like they had to literally see it with their own eyes instead of just realizing it through studying it.

Why not call it adoption? I would call that government adoption. There is literally a government (Ukraine) using bitcoin/ETH/USDT as a currency:

https://twitter.com/Ukraine

Anyone can donate to Ukraine to support their government. How the hell would someone in Brazil, China, Japan, El Salvador, etc would do that if not for cryptocurrency?
The transaction using bitcoin is nearly free and you can get a confirmation within minutes.

That would be impossible without cryptocurrencies. Traditional banking system is allow, expensive and bureaucratic. I am certainly i wouldn't be able to donate to ukraine using my traditional bank in Brazil.

We can now support directly a cause that we are interested in supporting. Bitcoin was designed to be used as currency, just like that.

They received already 34 million dollars in cryptocurrency donations
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-6bcdf50c08dd62a4c5305aa34d045cce