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Re:Major crypto lender Celsius freezes withdrawals as market... by rootusrootus on Monday June 13, 2022 @10:51AM (#31726416)
Generically, perhaps. But specific money like the USD has value backed up at the point of a gun.
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Re:Major crypto lender Celsius freezes withdrawals as market... by hacknat on Monday June 13, 2022 @06:02PM (#31732345)
That is not the only thing that has backed the value of money in the history of humanity. It (violence) is arguably the most inferior social mechanism for enforcing value that has been tried.
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