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Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by criddell on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:20AM (#16204959)
Do you have the same complaint about gold? To me, they seem very similar from a gambling perspective.
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Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by j0rd on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:50PM (#16206313)
Gold has been used as a store of value for countries which do not trust their fiat.

It's also used to speculate.

It's also used in industry.

It's actually pretty easy to turn gold into fiat and vice versa outside of north America. It's also fairly easy to do it in North America as well. The spread between buy/sell is also quite low.

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Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by madeofpalk on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:27AM (#16205021)
Is gold used as an investment/speculation vehicle? My impression was that generally was quite ill advised to 'invest' into gold.
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Re:Bitcoin.org removes “fast” and “low fees” from Bitcoin de... by yohann305 on Monday January 22, 2018 @10:24AM (#16204996)
yes, i'd rather buy a farm and no gold (someday i'll buy a urban farm)
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