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Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi... by nwah1 on Thursday May 25, 2017 @03:15PM (#14419395)
Let's not forget the enormous in-built demand for fiat currencies via taxation.
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Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi... by colefichter on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:00AM (#14424510)
> Let's not forget the enormous in-built demand for fiat currencies via taxation.

I understand that the whole libertarian-hipster-goldbug thing is in vogue right now, but what does this even mean?

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Re:Kik Messenger App Debuts Own Digital Currency Amid Bitcoi... by andirk on Saturday May 27, 2017 @06:29AM (#14429603)
>> Let's not forget the enormous in-built demand for fiat currencies via taxation. > I understand that the whole libertarian-hipster-goldbug thing is in vogue right now, but what does this even mean?

If an in-built currency for fiat taxation is on the cover of Vogue (psst, it's Bloomberg), then what does this even mean?

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