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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by lalaland1125 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:26AM (#28782408)
Keep in mind that this purely the onchain transaction fee.

You are also going to paying exchange fees each way and those fees are likely to be quite large in authoritarian countries (as any illegal activity is generally more expensive).

Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by sildur on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:19AM (#28782840)
Also, in countries with fake exchange values (like Argentina or Venezuela) you get 1/3 of the currency for your dollars, while with bitcoin you get the full value.