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Re:The Bit Short: Inside Crypto’s Doomsday Machine by atemerev on Friday January 15, 2021 @05:59AM (#25789389)
“depending on who you ask, rebellion of the state itself” — as if it was a bad thing!
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Re:The Bit Short: Inside Crypto’s Doomsday Machine by mrDmrTmrJ on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:29PM (#25795156)
Environmental protection - check Public education - check Research spending - check Social security - check NASA - check

There’s a lot I like about the state! Yes, I admit it has many problems and frustrations.

But given we moved *away from the gold-standard, what is different now that makes it wise to accept a fixed money supply?

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