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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by twblalock on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:06PM (#17168529)
You can still buy things with it. The only thing that has really changed is way more people are speculating on it than before, and that's revealing some serious scalability problems with the blockchain and security/trust problems with the exchanges.
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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by imh on Monday May 28, 2018 @02:45AM (#17170921)
Everything I buy except for maybe my mortgage, I decide to buy it and expect that within moments the payment will go through. I expect it to be cash-like in ease and quickness. For a while bitcoin looked to be headed that way, but no longer.
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