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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by udfalkso on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:02PM (#30730184)
You're forgetting a 2nd important use case. Protection against arbitrary, political, variable "money printing". This is important for a store of value.
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Re:Crypto is an unproductive bubble by z3c0 on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:06PM (#30730203)
That's the goal of Bitcoin and other deflationary cryptocurrencies, but not all cryotocurrencies adhere to that tenant.
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