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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by bravoetch on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @11:52AM (#21922417)
Cryptocurrency is freedom from intermediary interference. That's not a big deal in the US, but in some countries people can't even have bank accounts.
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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by nonamenoslogan on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @01:35PM (#21923246)
Hahaha, you keep telling yourself that. Some countries don't even have reliable network/power/etc and don't say "oh you can trade bitcoin with paper," because that's just stupid.
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Re:The old internet died and we watched and did nothing by SturgeonsLaw on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @07:39PM (#21925823)
Sure, but there are enough countries out there that fall into both the "reliable enough connectivity" and "government control of money" parts of the Venn diagram that this is still valid.

And the world is only getting more electrified and connected as the years go on.

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