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Re:A second Bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackd... by wmf on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:17PM (#26944298)
If Bitcoin is a total failure then it can't threaten sovereign currencies. If Bitcoin is actually causing the Turkish government to lose control over money then it can't be a failure.
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Re:A second Bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackd... by Shorel on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:57PM (#26951446)
Turkish people want their savings not to lose that much value. So they get USD, gold, BTC, what they can.

This is more about Erdogan destroying democracy and the secular state than anything else.

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Re:A second Bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackd... by bafumio on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:33PM (#26946173)
It's just getting attention now.

Something like this needs time.

Normal government does not monitor btc as closely as people on hn.

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