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Re:Bitcoin Surpasses $4,000, Reaches Another Milestone by Hermel on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:44AM (#15001817)
Volume-wise, the biggest use case is speculation and store of wealth (just like gold in the physical world). By number of transactions it is gambling (eg poker), another one you forgot to list.
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Re:Bitcoin Surpasses $4,000, Reaches Another Milestone by Laforet on Sunday August 13, 2017 @03:27AM (#15001931)
I will admit that I am not very familiar with the bitcoin gambling scene. It's hard to imagine that people will go through the trouble to bet with bitcoin when most places in the world with good infrastructure to support bitcoin also tend to have accessible gambling activities using fiat.
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