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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by omarchowdhury on Sunday July 23, 2017 @07:24PM (#14834907)
> And this is not just poor countries, a woman in Saudi Arabia cannot open a bank account without a mans permission. That same woman can create a bitcoin wallet in one minute.

But when she needs to turn it back into fiat, guess what, she's going to need a bank account to receive the funds from the exchange.

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Re:What did Bitcoin Core contributors ever do for us? by flyingfences on Monday July 24, 2017 @12:50PM (#14840075)
> But when she needs to turn it back into fiat

The whole idea is to create a new financial ecosystem that doesn't rely on old fiat currencies.

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