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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by Firadeoclus on Monday November 26, 2018 @07:16AM (#18532754)
> The problem is when you're wrong (and there are always these events in economic history where the "system" fails) then you're really wrong.

And that is not a problem cryptocurrencies solve. These systems can also fail.

Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by michaelscott on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:30AM (#18534483)
Well cryptocurrencies do solve those specific issues, i.e. the ones inherent to centralised, government-backed financial systems. Of course, as you say, they introduce a raft of their own issues to deal with, but this would be a separate set that I imagine (in a reasonable economic system) would be hedged against by using our pre-existing financial system, and vice versa.