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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by xiphias2 on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:49PM (#25983386)
Quite the opposite.

Bitcoin was the first fair currency, where everybody who had a computer could get it.

There wasn't any currency created a more fair way.

Even now everybody can look at it and evaluate how well its design resonates with his or her philosophy.

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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by quesera on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:10PM (#25983547)
> Bitcoin was the first fair currency, where everybody who had a computer could get it.

Even if it was correct, that would be an extraordinarily bizarre definition of "fair".

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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by brianobush on Sunday January 31, 2021 @11:49PM (#25985656)
Why? You could easily mine the currency on an average computer with no special hardware. Just because you didn't notice, doesn't mean it wasn't fair.
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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by xiphias2 on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:21PM (#25983652)
Sure, you're right, but the other option is to be a banker...there are much more people with computers than with banking license.
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