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Re:Dogecoin spikes 300% in a week, stoking fears of a crypto... by 1996 on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:10PM (#26840773)
> BTC's price went up and it still can't be used as cash

No coiners as usual seem to ignore that Yens or Euros (or even gold bars!) can't be used as cash in the US.

To all the people complaining they can't use BTC as cash to buy food or clothes: give me just 1/10 of a bitcoin (or 5000 Euros or ...) and I will give you food (a good meal!) and clothes (I'll even throw in free shoes!)

The same offer applies for a gold bar!

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Re:Dogecoin spikes 300% in a week, stoking fears of a crypto... by dragonwriter on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:13PM (#26840786)
> No coiners as usual seem to ignore that Yens or Euros (or even gold bars!) can't be used as cash in the US.

Yen and Euros can be used as cash in Japan and the Eurozone, though.

And, yeah, gold bars mostly aren’t money, either (there was a time when that may have been different, but...)

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