Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies

Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by tptacek on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:25PM (#18644747)

Try this: being a store of value is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for Bitcoin's viability.

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Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by jf- on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:40PM (#18644801)

Try this: why?

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Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by tptacek on Sunday December 09, 2018 @10:18PM (#18644911)

Because otherwise your claim for Bitcoin's ability to store value is circular. Bitcoin has value because it's supposedly a viable tool for commerce. But it's not currently useful as a medium of exchange, and it competes with systems that are far better than it.

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Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by hueving on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:56PM (#18644838)

Because lots of things were stores of value that aren't anymore.

Can I interest you in a share of Bear Stearns?

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Re:Coinbase is exploring the addition of new currencies by jf- on Sunday December 09, 2018 @10:09PM (#18644881)

And lots of other things that were stores of value still are.

Anyway I’m done with this, I don’t even have a horse in this race.

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