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A comment on Ask HN: How to give cryptocurrency to people in need.

Re:Ask HN: How to give cryptocurrency to people in need by cimmanom on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @05:25PM (#18070619)
Why do you want to give them cryptocurrency rather than the fiat currency that they’d find much more useful?
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Re:Ask HN: How to give cryptocurrency to people in need by joewaltman on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:49AM (#18113784)
I agree that fiat currency would be more useful if the recipient lives in a place with a functional financial system and/or a competent government. However, in places where money is broken (i.e. venezuela) or government is broken (i.e. refugee camps), it is possible that a crypto-currency might be more useful than fiat.
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