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Re:Bitcoin slumps below key $20k threshold by vageli on Saturday June 18, 2022 @09:55AM (#31789850)
> I can pay my real estate tax with cash. I can go to the store and buy food with cash.

People in El Salvador can do the same with bitcoin, no?

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Re:Bitcoin slumps below key $20k threshold by el-salvador on Friday June 24, 2022 @07:32PM (#31870841)
> I can pay my real estate tax with cash. I can go to the store and buy food with cash.

There is no real estate tax in El Salvador :)

But paying in bitcoin, even in government institutions, is a hit or miss.

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Re:Bitcoin slumps below key $20k threshold by alphabettsy on Saturday June 18, 2022 @01:29PM (#31791923)
Maybe, but in the time it takes to click the button the value may have changed 5%. Doesn’t seem ideal.
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