<prompt> Human: Greetings from Venezuela, the land of one of the most chaotic economies in the world.Ive managed to keep my family afloat by doing freelance jobs on the internet paid in dollars, and Ive come to the point where I can actually start saving some money, mainly because I want to create a fund to eventually leave the country with my family.Heres the deal... how should I save that money?. Im paid using online wallet systems mainly Paypal and Skrill, and Ive used bitcoin mainly to convert what I earn to the local currency bolivar, VEF by going paypalskrill - bitcoin - VEF, but never actually kept it there.Creating an account in dollars isnt easy at all, theres a strict foreign currency control in Venezuela, so they put waaay to many bureaucratic blocks on creating one, and with a yearly inflation of over 1000 with everything pointing to it getting worse as time goes by, saving in VEF would be like throwing the money away.So basically that leaves me with using paypal and skrill to keep the money, or bitcoin which I dont have any real experience with, but I know theyre generally frowned upon against a real bank account. My general idea was to keep a little money on each just in case some in paypal, some in skrill, some in bitcoin and so on, but Id really like some advice at what could I do.  <response>: some in paypal, some in skrill, some in bitcoinIn your situation, that is probably the right strategy. Dollars held in Paypal and Skrill do not have as much exchange rate risk as Bitcoin. However, your Paypal and Skrill accounts are not fundamentally different from bank accounts. They could be restricted or even frozen if the VE government decides to clamp down on international transfer methods. On the other hand, Bitcoin that you hold in your own wallet cannot be frozen, because you are in complete control of it. When you eventually leave the country, your Bitcoin easily goes with you without requiring permission from any financial company. So both dollars and bitcoins have pros and cons in your situation. Holding some of each diversifies your risk. 