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Re:Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended by tim333 on Thursday November 09, 2017 @04:59PM (#15666189)
If you look at the graph from Stocks For The Long Run it's been about the most constant thing in value over a 200 year time frame http://www.pacificinvestmentadvisory.com/graphics/stoxGraph....

I daresay constant is not great. Goes up is better.

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Re:Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended by saalweachter on Friday November 10, 2017 @09:59AM (#15670252)
That graph is kind of meaningless since gold was pegged to the dollar pre-1970s. Well, vice versa.
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Re:Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended by tim333 on Friday November 10, 2017 @11:06AM (#15670785)
To some extent though it illustrates that after 200 years the value of $1 of gold was something like $1 in real terms while the value of a paper dollar became 6 cents. Even if that only kicked in after the 1970.
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