Are you a bot? Of course there’s going to be some minority that abuse these things. You don’t have to accelerate the cherry picking.

As for Venezuela, yeah, it’s going about the same as dollarization went, that’s no surprise. It was never meant for gouvernements. (Also, that’s Bitcoin, so no surprise there).

However you feel about crypto, its decentralized nature is counter to capitalism.

Not sure if this will work in your case, but there’s a tool which could be run locally to convert between formats: https://github.com/google-wallet/pass-converter

Also, you should be able to get a pixel much cheaper if it’s 2-3 models behind. Pixel 6 for example can be had used for under $200, sometimes even around $100. That is in the US however - I’m not aware of what the secondary market would be like where you’re at.

Could they not provide a physical pass?