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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by alexasmyths on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:19PM (#15980688)
"It’s an absolute threat to national sovereignty"

It's not a threat to anything but speculators bank accounts.

Nobody is using BTC as a currency.

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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by chipgap98 on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:29PM (#15980789)
I feel like this is akin to saying amazon wasn't a threat to retailers when it first launched because no one was doing all of their shopping on Amazon at the time. There is certainly a ton of speculation going on in this space at the moment, but it seems foolish to write off the entire concept simply because some people are speculating
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Re:Bitcoin Will Probably Never Be Embraced by the U.S. Gover... by paloaltokid on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:24PM (#15982447)
Have you read Snow Crash?
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