Thanks for the confirmation. And also for sharing your story. You certainly haven't had it easy. But you are evidently a decent human being and mustn't beat yourself up for not being able to do more. We can only do our best with what we have. My biggest battle is time. Even as I write these words I must be somewhere else...
Happy to see you have some Hive in your wallet! This will alleviate some of your fiat concerns at the end of the cycle.
Thanks Sam :)
The HIVE I have is the culmination of 10 years of advocating for cryptos and full-time content creation, plus the efforts of my wife part time, and several models who contributed to our projects. It's everything I have in the crypto world, other than a crumb of BTC, and some Library coins with are rapidly approaching zero. So I truly hope I'm able to take advantage of the coming rise. I currently have no known method of turning my HIVE into something tangible, but pathways are always being built, so who knows what will be available when the time is right?
I would work on getting that method in place now. These things can take time.
What about the usual route via Binance, selling your hive for btc?
Am pretty sure Binance can connect directly with your bank these days.
Personally I use uphold.com for the conversion process but tend to avoid btc as it is expensive to move out of Binance.
Sound advice! I've sort of been trying for years now, really. I'm always on the lookout for options out there which fit my needs. I'm pretty good with computers and the internet in general, but I have no technical/coding abilities. Also, by choice I'm unsmart. I'm also unbanked, so no PayPal or credit cards either. I know it's a tall order. At times I've almost given up, but what am I going to do with 14k HP it took years of full-time effort to accumulate? I put all my crypto holdings into STEEM at the peak (when you sold, I think). As the years have gone by, services and bridges between various platforms and exchanges have been created (and most lost). At this point I feel like I'd better hurry up and get something tangible out of the whole thing, before it's just a bunch of video game gold pieces, a high score in some old gaming system no longer used. I know, crypto is the future... but is it my future? Not sure.
As for Binance specifically, it has been a while since I trying using it. I forget what prevented it from being workable for me. Things change... maybe it's time I try again?
Sounds like you and I are very similar in this respect. I've not had a bank account or credit card since 2013 so was very grateful to discover crypto in 2016. For the crypto/fiat process I have no choice but to use Sabrina's account, as I am blacklisted (and proud of it!). I set up a dedicated account for her with a UK bank called Revolut because they don't ask too many questions. Using uphold.com I am able to convert my crypto savings to spendable Euros in her account in just a few minutes.
I only recommend this route if you trust your partner ;)
Something worth noting however is that in the future we will be taxed on our crypto/fiat conversions. It is therefore preferable to spend it as crypto. Ideally as Monero or one of the other privacy coins!