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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:13PM (#26651689)
To build a factory to perfectly counterfeit US dollar bills costs a few million dollars. It's certainly within technical abilities of Russia or North Korea. The only thing that stops them building such factory is American nukes.
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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by pydry on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:52PM (#26652218)
Nukes very much did not prevent North Korea from counterfeiting US dollar bills: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/3819345.stm
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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:58PM (#26652309)
The paper dollar still trades on par with electronic dollar, which is the evidence that the breach has not occured.
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