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Re:Bitcoin and almost every other cryptocurrency crashed har... by chii on Monday December 25, 2017 @12:52AM (#16002885)
Bitcoins' value is the inherent mathematical properties that makes it hard to forge. things that are hard to forge can be used as tokens for other, easier to forge (but valuable) objects.

hard to forge tokens can be used to denote things that are otherwise used to denote (such as ownership, and chain of custody).

being electronic, this makes Bitcoin quite useful.

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Re:Bitcoin and almost every other cryptocurrency crashed har... by wheelie_boy on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:20AM (#16052772)
Yeah, being hard to forge is necessary, but not sufficient.

There are a ton of electronic currencies that are difficult to forge, for example Flooz, Beenz, and the gems in clash of clans.

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