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Re:Bitcoin becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador by el-salvador on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:01AM (#27445780)
This is a new unit of measure! Now I need to know my monthly salary in eurocent volume of gold.
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Re:Bitcoin becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador by ben_w on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @06:14AM (#27446230)
€0.01 coins have a volume of ~0.346ml, gold has a density of 19.3g/ml and a current price of 60.89 USD/g, so a eurocent-sized gold coin would be worth 407.02 USD :)
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Re:Bitcoin becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador by el-salvador on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:42PM (#27450050)
Thank you :) I'll look at those coins differently now.
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