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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by briefcomment on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:24PM (#25983674)
I think we should consider the possibility that Bitcoin greatly incentivizes saving and disincentivizes consumption, at least while prices are increasing as quickly as they are.
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Re:Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Sa... by imtringued on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:23PM (#25994153)
If people are unemployed or underemployed and you save regardless that waste of productive work doesn't reappear through magic in the future. It's just gone.
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