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Re:Goldman Sachs Report Explores Use of Bitcoin as Currency by Mikeb85 on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @01:20AM (#16156223)
Only 2 things can back currency: hard assets/commodities, and a guarantor (like a government). Right now Bitcoin is more like a security as all its worth is speculative and based on trading, it's not backed by anything tangible.
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Re:Goldman Sachs Report Explores Use of Bitcoin as Currency by dmichulke on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @02:04AM (#16156354)
Who guaranteed gold before 68?

Does or did that make Gold a currency?

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