<html>I would vote for accepting cryptocurrencies and considering it a very important proposal. They represent a robust instrument that can help to maintain the Internet neutrality and are very aligned with RIPE's views and ideology. Regardless of their environmental impact, avoiding them will not make any difference at the global scale. For instance, it was proven that banks consume 520% more energy, releasing almost 6 times more CO2 than Bitcoin. On Wednesday, March 09, 2022 22:10 UTC, "Alexey S. Berezhnev" <alex@mac3.ru> wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="22ed7ade-76f7-44bd-ffa8-03fff52996b2@mac3.ru">Dear colleges, I would like to discuss the possibility to pay up RIPE NCC bills (annual contribution, to be more specific) in other currencies, than EURO. I can assume, as per the latest actions of the currency regulator - Central Bank of Russia, there is a chance that outgoing payments in EURO will be either impossible, or will be performed with double conversion with high commission at each step for Russian LIR holders. This will double the expense, of Russian LIRs. Not to mention, that payments made by sponsoring LIR significantly exceed regular contribution for an obvious reason. Therefore, I suggest the following measures to be discussed. 1. Break payments into quarters for Russian LIRs, and yet perhaps, we will overcome the limits set by central bank until Sept 9, 2021 2. Make it possible for the annual contribution to be made USD, etc. by prevailing cross-rate. 3. Evaluate the possibility to accept cryptocurrency (ETH, BTC, and etc). This post is totally about financial problems to be discussed, and therefore I kindly ask other members to avoid any political statements in this thread. -- ------ Alexey S. Berezhnev Office: +7 495 973 21 25 _______________________________________________ members-discuss mailing list members-discuss@ripe.net https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss Unsubscribe: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/options/members-discuss/lir%40zrm.services</blockquote> </html>