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Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by charlesdm on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:25AM (#15609732)
If it's intended to be a store of value, it's an asset, not a currency. Like property.
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Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by npongratz on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:52AM (#15609921)
I think I do not understand. If I possess a certain amount of currency, is it not my property?

And why would it matter what's the "intended" usage of it? Who determines intent? Might every holder of the asset/currency/property (whatever one calls it) have different intentions for it?

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Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by deadmetheny on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:24PM (#15611814)
Things have meanings in legal terms that are different from conversational terms, you know.
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Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by charlesdm on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:54AM (#15609939)
Property, as in real estate. :)
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