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Re:Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have fallen sharply ove... by praptak on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:27AM (#22565430)
"Bitcoin let’s you store $1T USD of dollars in your head, transport it anywhere in the world, and there’s not a single thing anyone else can do about it."

How much of that 1T dollars would you keep after you try to pump it into bitcoin and then try to pump it out?

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Re:Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have fallen sharply ove... by jack_pp on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:41AM (#22565483)
You would have the same problem with any asset that needs to be sold in a market. Even gold
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