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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by acdha on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:34PM (#17169219)
That’s just telling us that it’s easier to get away with something before the authorities take it seriously. Once something grows big enough that window closes, which means it’s not much of a selling point for mainstream adoption.
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Re:Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ stress power grids in Centra... by beagle3 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @05:46PM (#17169267)
You can keep moving the goal posts if you enjoy that. Yes, everything becomes harder once the authorities take note.

But if you have managed to acquire bitcoin, e.g. before a government crackdown, or some other way through help from people in other countries, it still provides the "cross border value store" function that gold cannot by virtue of being hard to move.

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