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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by dwild on Monday November 26, 2018 @02:54PM (#18536247)
I can't use Venmo, thus I can't exchange anything between you and me.

Cryptocurrencies is this neutral third party that won't care about borders. Venmo could be your exchange, while mine would be something else. That's the beauty of it.

We are lucky, we have ways to handle money transfer relatively easily between US and Canada (my country) so that's not so much an issue, but that issue exist.

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Re:Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin by UncleMeat on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:57PM (#18536734)
Okay. So a bank. I bank with foo and can happily send money to you if you bank with bar.

How does this function differently?

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