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Re:Global Demand for Bitcoin Shifts Wildly in Response to Re... by goseeastarwar on Thursday October 12, 2017 @11:45PM (#15463130)
This sounds rational until you realize this is the only reason the price continues to rise.
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Re:Global Demand for Bitcoin Shifts Wildly in Response to Re... by Beejeepa on Friday October 13, 2017 @09:54AM (#15465650)
There are fundamental flaws to paper money, and the global reserve currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma

This is why Bitcoin is winning.

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Re:Global Demand for Bitcoin Shifts Wildly in Response to Re... by goseeastarwar on Friday October 13, 2017 @02:29PM (#15468145)
Winning what precisely? Making early speculators wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, causing extreme FOMO, while in no way effecting world policy? I’ll pass on that train wreck.
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