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Re:Ask HN: When will cryptocurrencies be currency? by glumpyfish on Sunday July 02, 2017 @01:49PM (#14683521)
Which do you trust more? The decisions of a government, or the laws of mathematics?
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Re:Ask HN: When will cryptocurrencies be currency? by Armisael16 on Sunday July 02, 2017 @04:44PM (#14684244)
It isn't about trust in mathematics; its trust that in the future someone will still be willing to buy your bitcoin (with whatever, be that dollars or loaves of bread).
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Re:Ask HN: When will cryptocurrencies be currency? by quickthrower on Sunday July 02, 2017 @05:56PM (#14684558)
Is there a law of mathematics that you can't break the cryptography used by Bitcoin?
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