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Re:Ending Bitcoin Support by root_axis on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:15PM (#16220032)
There is no intrinsic property that makes it "the real asset", it is a completely arbitrary distinction based on social coordination not on any fundamental property of the ledger.
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Re:Ending Bitcoin Support by milcron on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:19PM (#16225479)
That's true. But regardless of which ledger is "the real asset", there will only be 21 million of that coin.

You can clone the technology, but you can't clone societal acceptance.

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Re:Ending Bitcoin Support by WorldMaker on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @05:07PM (#16226798)
Only supposing there isn't a soft fork accepted by miners upping the maximum limit of coins.
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