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Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by zadler on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:45AM (#21279804)
USD bills can’t be easily transferred over the Internet.
Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by paulmd on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:41AM (#21280053)
look at this scrub who's never heard of venmo

yes, there are a lot of fungible ways to transfer hard currency over the internet... once you acquire it.

again: acquiring it is the hard part, because nobody wants to trade a zimbabwe dollar for a USD.

Bitcoin does nothing to help your zimbabwe dollars be less worthless than they are in USD, therefore they don't help the currency conversion process at all.

Re:Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by feanaro on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:02AM (#21281088)
Venmo, the service exclusively available in the United States? https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/235225428-Signing-U...