War is expensive . It always has been – that ’s why government throughout the eld have had to find so many ways to fund them .

In times gone by , for instance , king would often rely ona handfulofsuper - ample financiersto support their movement . In World Wars I and II , state plow to war bonds to construct up their finances , essentially getting millions of micro - loans from the populace to set ashore up monetary resource .

It ’s a new century now , and while Ukrainehasn’t forgottenwar bond to help it fend off theRussian invasion , they ’ve also embraced some of the more forward-looking finance options uncommitted in 2022 .

Not only has the easterly European countryreportedly receivedmore than $ 50 million incryptocurrency donations , but the politics has announce they will before long be publish NFTs to fund the country ’s armed force out .

“ Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the aggression , ” wrote Mykhailo Fedorov , Ukraine ’s vice - prime minister of religion , in atweetThursday . “ Instead , we will announce NFTs to brook Ukrainian Armed Forces presently . ”

“ We DO NOT HAVE any plans to supply any fungible relic , ” he added .

NFTs , or “ non - fungible token , ” are some of thewildest aspectsof the already bonkerscrypto public . They’reessentiallyreceipts of " possession " of some form of digital item – mostly in relation to artwork , orat least pictures , but in hypothesis , you could have an NFT of anything .

In the same tweet , Fedorov said that previously announced plans to “ airdrop ” cryptocurrency had been strike down . It wasnot clearexactly what this would have fee-tail , though – airdrops are normally where people are give loose crypto tokens in an effort to increase usage .

At the moment , we do n’t know exactly what NFTs the Ukrainian regime is planning to issue either . The tokens aresomewhat notoriousfor their use inscams and larceny , terrible for the surroundings , and neuter at the conceptual level by the existence of the right - mouse click release .

But maybe , just maybe , events in Ukraine will see people forget all that – perhaps this time , victory will look like a bored ape .