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Re:In praise of cash by M_Grey on Friday March 03, 2017 @07:30PM (#13788288)
You can't pay in Bitcoin or gold either, yet both are incredibly popular.
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Re:In praise of cash by vkou on Friday March 03, 2017 @09:31PM (#13788795)
What is the annual volume of gold transactions, compared to the annual number of USD transactions? Hundreds of thousands, versus trillions? Is there anyplace in the country where I can pay my green-grocer with gold?

Describing gold as an incredibly popular currency makes alternative-facts look honest.

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Re:In praise of cash by M_Grey on Friday March 03, 2017 @10:01PM (#13788928)
We're talking about a hypothetical cashless future, and your argument is that right now, this isn't the case.

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Re:In praise of cash by vkou on Monday March 06, 2017 @12:16PM (#13804147)
And you're conflating store of value (Which gold is... An OK one) with currency.

A currency is a store of value, but a store of value is not necessarily a currency. Gold, as a currency, has terrible properties.

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