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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by piva00 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:04AM (#28785692)
> People like Bitcoin's provable global ledger and this is where the value lies.

What real world value has this brought?

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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by krigath on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:51PM (#28791875)
The ability for the Chinese rich to get money out of their country. For one.
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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by Gh0stRAT on Friday October 08, 2021 @12:06PM (#28800820)
And for another, it allows ransomware gangs to much more easily extract payments from their victims as well.
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