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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by tofuahdude on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:41AM (#26065964)
Consider for a moment that there's a world outside of your country with governments that are not trustworthy.
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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by pelliphant on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:02AM (#26066258)
That is true.

But people from those countries could use a currency from one of the more trusted governments instead of using bitcoins.

As an example: american dollars was used as currency in a lot of soviet states.

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