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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by lottin on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:11PM (#28446465)
> Crypto is a real industry.

Not really. An industry produces goods and services. What does crypto produce?

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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by yyyk on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:12PM (#28447236)
Ransomware and money laundering.
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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by doomroot on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:17PM (#28446541)
Financial sovereignty
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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by ajkdhcb2 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:49PM (#28446963)
What does the banking industry produce?
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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by solaxun on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:14PM (#28446503)
Jobs.
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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:14PM (#28446500)
> What does crypto produce?

Money. Jobs. Aficionados. “Real” as in it has political heft.

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Re:El Salvador adopts Bitcoin as official currency, first co... by pharmakom on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @12:33PM (#28446751)
Mining is an industry that processes transactions and prevents double spend

Exchanges are industry that allows people to trade assets

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