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Re:Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000 by crdoconnor on Sunday November 26, 2017 @04:21PM (#15783056)
The backing of the USD is the most powerful military the world has ever seen and the richest economy the world has ever seen.

Why would the world suddenly not want in on that?

When Zimbabwe destroyed its currency the real killer wasn't leaving the printing presses on (it was too late by that point) it was the systematic destruction of its agricultural industry.

Re:Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000 by ganeshkrishnan on Sunday November 26, 2017 @04:58PM (#15783261)
Zibabwe was destroyed by arming the militias during the Rhodesia conflict. Mugabe inherited the debt and the mess and it worsened after that