Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin

Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by LoSboccacc on Monday November 26, 2018 @06:21AM (#18532537)

> what problem decentralised currency is supposed to solve.

for example the central european bank deciding to devalue the euro, making us all 20% poorer in a few short months of 2016

not that bitcoin solves the fluctuation issue, but it's one of the issues that having a central bank gives us the people in our microeconomics when the politicians go all in on macroeconomics

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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by ricardoreis on Monday November 26, 2018 @06:26AM (#18532553)

So the question was: "What problem does X solve?"

And your answer is: "Well, problem Y. Except it doesn't solve it."

Or am I missing something?

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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by LoSboccacc on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:28AM (#18532816)

Decentralized might solve problem Y. Bitcoin which is a subset of decentralized currency doesn't solve Y. Other currencies might, depending on how their value is anchored.

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