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Re:A beginner’s guide to getting started in the cryptocurren... by avar on Sunday December 10, 2017 @02:19PM (#15892980)
You'll still have 100% of your money instead of 60% in this example, and even if the entire local internet infrastructure was destroyed you could just take a flight out of the country with your bitcoin wallet on a USB stick.
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Re:A beginner’s guide to getting started in the cryptocurren... by nickrivadeneira on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:56PM (#15894844)
How are you paying for that flight?
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Re:A beginner’s guide to getting started in the cryptocurren... by avar on Monday December 11, 2017 @03:35AM (#15895837)
With local currency, literally nobody has significant BTC holdings such that they'd be impacted by a measure only targeting >$100K account balances, and not enough local cash to buy a plane ticket.
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