country to convert their rapidly depreciation all of our into crypto currencies software engineer john mcguire the large recently bought medicine and even booked a holiday using bitcoin. and a travel agency they told me i won't say which travel agency it is because i don't want to get them into trouble but they told me it's either dollars or dollars i said look i'm a venezuelan like any other i can't be more homegrown going white from around here i don't have foreign bank accounts nothing like what i do have to pay for this ticket today or is because. they accepted it. but bitcoin is not the crypto currency of choice for embattled venezuelan president nicolas maduro earlier this month he announced the launch of an alternative digital currency the petro he says will be backed by the country's oil reserves. but venezuelans don't appear to view the prospects of the petro too favorably those who have set their sights on cryptic currencies tend to favor big coin itself of course notoriously volatile and for now you'll still need hard cash to buy food on the street. irish budget airline ryanair says