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Re:Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream? by ojr on Monday July 03, 2017 @11:26AM (#14688925)
bitcoin is an open source C++ computer program that created a deflationary currency that somehow was able to be seen as intrinsic value to the market, its impressive the emotions it brings out of people like you. I believe from a software standpoint, it functions better than some other software projects I've seen, so it is fun to see where this is going to go in the future
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Re:Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream? by wickawic on Monday July 03, 2017 @11:42AM (#14689065)
> people like you

People with common sense? Governments (the institutions that get to use guns and jails and make laws) will not let their control of currency slide out from under them. Blockchains are cool and fun and applicable, but I can't see crypto-currency-as-money becoming mainstream. Even if it does the governments of the world will not adopt Bitcoin, they would make their own.

Much more likely it will be outlawed or go the way of the beanie baby. Optimistically it could remain as a financial instrument on some sort, but IMO the only reason people value btc at all is because they think it will "go mainstream". When this doesn't happen either by legislation or force the value will disappear, and with that its utility will as well.

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Re:Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream? by xiphias on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:47PM (#14692336)
Bitcoin is already outlawed in some countries, like Venezuela. How do you think law can stop something so important that the governments don't provide?
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Re:Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream? by wickawic on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:34AM (#14695197)
We'll talk when access to Bitcoin is considered a basic human right
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Re:Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream? by tveita on Monday July 03, 2017 @11:45AM (#14689085)
Cryptolocker is "just" a C++ computer program too, it is technically interesting and variants are getting increasingly sophisticated. That doesn't mean I can't see that economically it's a negative sum game wasting massive amounts of value in order to enrich a few.
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