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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by jnsaff2 on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:28AM (#26063580)
Don't forget that cryptcurrencies are valuable only because people think they are valuable. People might reconsider whats valuable during a war. Like food or something.
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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by darumderum on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:16AM (#26065586)
So is "normal" money
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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by fogihujy on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:54AM (#26064432)
They are also unusable if your country's power grid/Internet access gets taken out by the enemy.
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Re:Protecting your capital during a war by beisner on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:44AM (#26066004)
In theory a smaller economy might be able to run this sort of scheme by hand. Just depends on the crypto scheme used.
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