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Re:The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10B of Bitcoin in Bunkers by pavlov on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @10:14AM (#17029974)
The police officers and judges can put you in jail, which is generally worse than having your assets confiscated. I’m not sure how Bitcoin helps.

What I’m trying to understand is how Bitcoin advocates’ promise of it being a store of value independent from governments can be valid when the system depends on extremely sophisticated infrastructure that was built and enabled by governments.

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Re:The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10B of Bitcoin in Bunkers by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @11:30AM (#17030575)
> the system depends on extremely sophisticated infrastructure that was built and enabled by governments.

... and which continued existence and operation requires stable governments keeping most of the planet bound by the rule of law.

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