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Re:Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stigli... by cwkoss on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:39PM (#15812690)
Bitcoin is still useful for settlement. It's not so useful for pricing things.
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Re:Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stigli... by jnordwick on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @10:19PM (#15813197)
No its not. Of BTC is constantly in flux you would never want to write or buy bonds in it. You wouldn't know what you are getting paid back in. Strongly related, if you settle in btc the currency risk (that the fx rate would change) is too great.
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