Re:Why I'm Putting All My Savings into Bitcoin (2011)
by danielbarla on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:42AM
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Surely double spends would trigger a collapse of the currency? Other than intentionally causing such a collapse, why would any party want to do this?
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Re:Why I'm Putting All My Savings into Bitcoin (2011)
by AlexCoventry on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:52AM
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They're a huge nuisance to nation states, which derive great power from the fact that most economic activity under their jurisdictions is denominated in a token they can generate as much of as they wish, and for which they can generate as much demand as they wish through taxation.