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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by svantana on Thursday January 11, 2018 @08:02AM (#16123428)
A global downturn, yes definitely, but BTC will probably not be affected by a crash (or hyper-inflation) of a small-ish economy.
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Re:Bitcoin has little shot at ever being a major global curr... by dullgiulio on Thursday January 11, 2018 @08:52AM (#16123797)
But what's the advantage over directly buying Dollars or Euros?

A very good use-case for cryptocurrencies is taking money out of countries with strict capital control, like China. But obviously, such governments are also quite authoritarian and will not have problems blocking a cryptocurrency if they see fit.

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