... they expect Bitcoin not to lose value or to gain value...
Talk about unreasonable expectations
Wake up brah, shit's been all downhill for over a year.For a year but it's uphill from any other point in time.
Bitcoin has 5 (five) years' worth of history, three of which were spent in obscurity--with price bouncing from single to double digits. Pretending that one year is an insignificant timespan is silly.
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The Russian can also mine bitcoin to convert Ruble to into bitcoin. I think the electricity price there is very cheap.
It could be a good deal with a stable or decreasing difficulty lately.
The Russians are not going to convert rubles into $$$ to buy mining gear to mine a depreciating asset. There's a good chance that Russia will criminalize Bitcoin.
Russians are sane, educated people, who won't fall for half-baked intwebs schemes just to save you from being stuck with worthless coin.
Hope this clears things.
So you don't like Bitcoin. You don't understand the advantages of using Bitcoin : how can I move around with millions in my pocket or my mind without third party risk and without using Bitcoin?