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Re:Bitcoin is a disaster by rualca on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:09AM (#25602427)
> oh what is this very specific definition of what money is does the non-random guy on internet have?

Each and every single random guy on the internet who wants to buy stuff with money cares about money, and the properties that allow something to work as money.

Specifically, properties like being stable in its value within the market, and reliable both as a means of deferred payments and meet debts.

Bitcoin, or any cryptocurrency, is nothing of the sort. Far from it.

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Re:Bitcoin is a disaster by sunshinerag on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:55AM (#25604560)
>> Bitcoin, or any cryptocurrency, is nothing of the sort. Far from it.

For some random guys on the internet. yes. Some other guys are using it without waiting for it to be everything the previous system had. (deferred payments etc.).

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