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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by ddtaylor on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:09AM (#26065476)
I don't think everyone who wants to check and balance the monetary power of the government is anti-tax. I think most of us would just rather they have to do it through legitimate means. Cryptocurrencies cannot be bargained with or taken over. If governments want to print and debase their fiat currencies, they are free to do so, but there will always be an elephant in the room that never does that because it's incapable of doing it.
Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by ameister14 on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:18AM (#26066477)
Cryptocurrencies cannot be bargained with or taken over

Sure they can. They are artificially inflated all the time - look at tether.

Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by ddtaylor on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:34AM (#26066701)
Manipulating speculation on any asset isn't what I'm referencing there. I'm specifically talking about manipulating the supply.
Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by ameister14 on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:44PM (#26067648)
The supply can be manipulated as well, just like how the supply of diamonds is manipulated.
Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by lottin on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:07PM (#26067921)
Have you ever heard of fractional reserve banking?
Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by ddtaylor on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:31PM (#26068226)
"Not your keys, not your coin"