I stop at OKKO on Bohdan Khmelnytsky 292. I check the GPS – it’s a 20-minute drive to the train station. No, I will not go. It’s 20 minutes there, and back – the number of cars on the road may increase… And the passenger is uncertain where is the guarantee that his plans will not change again. So I say – I’m waiting for you here, if you come – then we’ll go to Kyiv. He could not call a taxi for a long time, so I advised him Uklon. As I later learned, this trip cost him 190 hryvnias. Well – and I left from Gorodotska street – if he decided immediately, it won’t be a problem for me to stop at the train station nearby. That’s it, a small nuance, maybe someone traveling by Blablacar will need it.

• And, so it’s you, – he says on the way, opening my profile on Blablacar, – you listen to French music, you speak Deutsch, that’s what I need to learn, I’m just from there.

And here I recall that I indicated the list of languages ​​in the profile – because I planned to use Blablakar abroad. On that trip, I decided it was time. Because there is never an optimal time – and I was thinking of going to Italy. But already near Lviv, a passenger told me that Italy was closed. I looked up – and really rules changed recently. That’s why – another time, and I didn’t stay in Lviv too long.

Artem is returning from Poland, where he works as a truck driver. First, we just talk about travel, he tells about the cities he visited in Europe.

• I really liked Basel. We walked in Frankfurt, joined the tour. I just didn’t like that near the river – I see two old homodrilles holding hands. When they are young, it can still be funny, but two old faggots – fuuuu, disgusting.

• Yes, they sometimes come here to hold marches, the whole grant industry is around it.

• Let them do what they want there, but they don’t need to impose this shit…, – sums up Artem.

In fact, some, and perhaps even some of my readers, want to be “very progressive”, posting LGBT badges, rainbow avatars, looking for sexism and discrimination in small things, but the vast majority of Ukrainians are conservatives like Artem.

• France is a cool country. Lots of parking, free souls, but the most dangerous country, a lot of Papuans there!

And further, tells the case of how he was almost robbed. At night, most robberies happen at three or four in the morning. He wakes up and hears that something is rustling – he sees, the door is open and someone starts rummaging in the cabin. He said something, and the robber disappeared. He didn’t even have time to steal anything, he just dropped the pants on the street. And in such cases it is better to do nothing. There are usually a lot of robbers, there were cases when driveres were were killed. Why heroism, if the truck and all property are insured?

We talk a lot about travel, different European countries. But trucking is not the same as driving a car. In fact, there is even a phrase that you can drive all over Europe on highways and see nothing. That’s why the list of cities that Artem explored is not so big – because parking is usually is at a distance from the cities, and there is not much free time left.

We are also talking about Ukraine. He goes to Zaporizhzhia because he is from there. He is worried if we arrive before the time of his train, but it’s ok – we make it.

• And do you put this music to foreigners too? – he asks when the track of the band “DahaBrakha” band is playing.

• Yes, of course, this group by the way is very popular abroad. This is exactly what should be put. And what to put them, “Vladimirsky Central”? What do you listen to?

• And why do you think I listen to such shit? – he is a bit offended

And then he finds his music – puts it on. That’s electronic music, in general not bad. But we do not immerse ourselves in it – we just communicate more.

After Rivne and Goshcha, where two more passengers were taken, we communicate less. And I really think about the fact that when you go with someone alone (and it does not matter who it is, man or woman) – the conversation is better than when there are more passengers in the car.

I stop at the WOG gas station, where I take coffee and a sandwich. Artem has already got a hot kettle somewhere – because the glasswasher is frozen and the window is very dirty. He made an effort to fix it, unfortunately, it doesn’t help.

• Oh, Frenchman – go knock on his window, talk to him

And I really see that there is a car at the gas station – and there sleeps a Frenchman in an embroidered shirt. He sleeps with his mouth open. We arrived – he wasn’t there yet, so he arrived when I was ordering coffee. There is no one in the car except him – you can only see that the jacket is hanging on the side. I wonder if he went for two days or how long. For 10 minutes we were standing there – he did not wake up and of course, we did not wake him.

I drop everyone off at the Zhytomyrska metro station in Kyiv. I will drive near the train station, but in such weather – it will be faster on the subway. Returning to Kyiv almost always brings joy, a feeling of euphoria. Even when I was away for a couple of days. Maybe it’s not so important where to go – the main thing is that it’s nice to come back…

Crypto as Investment 

Investors did not see crypto as a viable solution to investment until recently. It is not because the crypto does not have any value but because they cannot influence the crypto market at all. But now, they find a way to resolve this problem.

Future Contract of crypto

The future contract of crypto is a derivative asset to buy and sell the asset futures. Futures are a type of contract buyer will offer certain price in the future date and seller will sell at such price. It is a special way to trade speculative assets like Bitcoin to indirectly influence its price.

Big Tech into Crypto

Big techs are now into crypto and trying to challenge institutional investors again. This time, some big tech companies are buying up blockchain companies and others are directly dipping their tow into the crypto market.

Microsoft is buying blockchain companies for preparing Metaverse’s future. Facebook changed its name to Meta and made its WhatsApp to capable of sending cryptos. Apple does not release their secrete source about crypto but their CEO owns crypto and watches behind the sense. Amazon already using its cloud service to provide Ethereum nodes. Other small tech companies like MicroStrategy just buy up every Bitcoin dip and to creates a Bitcoin reserve.

 Budaya gotong-royong sebagai ciri bangsa Indonesia harus selalu dipertahankan. Hal ini merupakan bentuk nyata solidaritas sosial dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Setiap warga negara yang terlibat di dalamnya memiliki hak untuk dibantu dan juga berkewajiban untuk membantu. Disini terdapat azas timbal balik yang saling menguntungkan.

 Namun apa yang terjadi sejak munculnya arus globalisasi dan modernisasi yang oleh sebagian orang dianggap sebagai peluang yang luar biasa hebatnya. Dampaknya luar biasa, terutama terhadap nilai-nilai kebersamaan dalam kehidupan masyarakat yang semakin individualis dan munculnya konflik sosial. Untuk menghindari terjadinya konflik sosial di tengah-tengah masyarakat, dimasa lalu hampir setiap saat kita selalu diingatkan, diperdengarkan dan diperlihatkan suatu kata-kata yang indah, manis dan menarik, yaitu "Persatuan dan Kesatuan Bangsa". Apapun upaya yang dilakukan, hampir semuanya mengarah pada kepentingan rakyat banyak dan kebersamaan. Itu, hampir disetiap kesempatan selalu didengungkan, baik oleh pimpinan pemerintahan, LSM dan berbagai media massa, baik melalui radio, televisi dan surat kabar nasional.

 Namun sangat disayangkan, hal itu akhir-akhir ini hampir terlupakan atau sengaja dilupakan dan tidak terdengar lagi. Apakah ini pertanda, kita sudah tidak lagi peduli lagi terhadap sesama anak bangsa?

Hal ini dapat dijadikan renungan, mau kemana arah bangsa ini ke depan, bila persatuan dan kesatuan kita mulai goyah atau sengaja dibikin goyah. Gotong-royong akan memudar apabila rasa kebersamaan mulai menurun dan setiap pekerjaan tidak lagi terdapat bantuan sukarela, bahkan telah dinilai dengan materi atau uang.

Kegiatan gotong-royong baik di perdesaan maupun di perkotaan, wajib dijaga bersama dengan menjalankannya dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Ini menjadi strategi dalam pola hidup bersama yang saling meringankan. Munculnya kerjasama semacam itu sebenarnya merupakan suatu bukti adanya keselarasan hidup antar sesama bagi komunitas, terutama yang masih menghormati dan menjalankan nilai-nilai kehidupan, yang biasanya dilakukan oleh komunitas perdesaan atau komunitas tradisional. Tetapi tidak menutup kemungkinan bahwa komunitas masyarakat yang berada di perkotaan juga dalam beberapa hal tertentu memerlukan semangat gotong-royong.

Yang mengakibatkan hilangnya budaya gotong royong antara lain tumbuhnya paham individualis, komersialis di kalangan masyarakat, sehingga muncul sifat individualistik yang acuh tak acuh dengan sesamanya, seakan tutup mata dan telinga terhadap orang lain yang memerlukan pertolongan, hanya mau membantu orang yang dikenal saja, bahkan tak jarang yang memiliki motto hidup, "Tidak ada bantuan jika tidak ada imbalan". Jika itu terus dibiarkan, maka akan tercipta perpecahan diantara anak bangsa.

Namun demikian, dengan hiruk-pikuknya perbedaan dan peruncingan masalah yang muncul ditengah-tengah masyarakat dan bangsa ini, kita patut bersyukur kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Kuasa, bahwasanya Yayasan Damandiri yang dipimpin oleh Prof Dr Haryono Suyono dan Dr Subiakto Tjakrawerdaja telah mencoba melakukan terobosan sangat ampuh guna membangkitkan kembali budaya hidup gotong-royong yang akhir-akhir ini dinilai sudah mulai memudar di tanah air tercinta ini. Terobosan tersebut dibarengi dengan menggandeng berbagai elemen masyarakat, termasuk pemerintah daerah, perguruan tinggi, lembaga swadaya masyarakat, lembaga perbankan dan mitra kerja lainnya yang sama-sama peduli terhadap nasib bangsa dan tidak ingin melihat bangsa ini menjadi bangsa yang terpecah-pecah.

Upaya yang dilakukan adalah membentuk dan pengembangkan pos-pos pemberdayaan keluarga (posdaya) di berbagai tempat di tanah air. Posdaya merupakan wahana, forum silaturahmi dan wadah untuk membangkitkan kembali budaya gotong-royong di masyarakat, baik di perdesaan maupun masyarakat perkotaan. Di dalam posdaya, keluarga-keluarga diajak secara musyawarah, memecahkan berbagai persoalan di lingkungannya, sehingga setiap anggota memiliki kesempatan untuk menyampaikan pendapat dan keinginannya serta segala sesuatu dapat dipecahkan bersama.

Dengan diawalinya musyawarah di tingkat akar rumput, budaya saling mengenal dan bersilaturahmi, maka akan tercipta budaya hidup gotong-royong yang secara nyata dilakukan. Gotong-royong bukan sekedar diomongkan di publik, tetapi benar-benar dilaksanakan melalui posdaya. Karena di dalam posdaya segala permasalahan dapat diselesaikan tanpa harus merasa ada yang dimenangkan maupun ada yang dikalahkan. 

Semua merasa senang dan happy karena di dalam posdaya diciptakan adanya bentuk saling menghargai dan menghormati sesama anak bangsa. Bukan lagi memperuncing permasalahan, tetapi dengan musyawarah untuk mufakat guna menemukan solusi yang diharapkan bersama.

Kuncinya, di dalam posdaya keluarga berazaskan gotong-royong dan kebersamaan. Mereka berbagi kasih dan kebahagian bersama serta semua merasakan manfaat secara bersama. Semoga bangsa Indonesia kembali menjadi bangsa yang besar, tetap menghargai nilai-nilai luhur leluhurnya.

1 Tokenized Stakes (bAssets) One of Anchor’s core primitives is the bAsset (bonded asset) — a tokenized stake on a PoS blockchain. A bAsset is a token that represents ownership of a staked PoS asset. Like the underlying staked asset, a bAsset pays the holder block rewards. Unlike the staked asset, a bAsset is both transferable and fungible. Users can therefore transact with bAssets with the same ease as the underlying PoS asset. In summary, a bAsset allows the holder to earn block rewards while maintaining the liquidity and fungibility that staked assets forego. bAssets are broadly usable – they can be generated on any PoS