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Re:Bitcoin and Ethereum tumble after renewed fears of regula... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:52AM (#16167841)
There's literally a section further down in the article you're citing that says:

> In economics, a local currency is a currency not backed by a national government, and intended to trade only in a small area.

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Re:Bitcoin and Ethereum tumble after renewed fears of regula... by branchless on Thursday January 18, 2018 @08:24AM (#16176856)
Yes, which is a specific thing that by the way doesn't occur in practice and has a word prefixed to it: "local".

It's not a currency.

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