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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by Seriomino on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:19AM (#31583130)
They are not collapsing just for fun without a reason.

The normal people of that country are btw not able to just buy crypto. After all someone still needs to take their money to exchange it and they need hardware and knowledge.

You sound like crypto would just solve those issues just because it's there.

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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by jcbrand on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:47AM (#31583597)
> need hardware

You mean a cellphone? Which pretty much everyone in the world has?

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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by Seriomino on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @12:06PM (#31583964)
Zimbabwe apparently has 50% smartphones.

Btw. You should read up more on how well Bitcoin works in El Salvador.

And of course all the other points I brought up are still valid as well.

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