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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by plankers on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:32AM (#32081252)
you can bet your bottom dollar there are some nerds in Sri Lanka who are very happy to own bitcoin right now. they'll be able to spend it as soon as the electricity comes back up.
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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by arcticbull on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:45AM (#32084289)
I think we can all agree that they'd be strictly better off with a digital dollar substitute like USDC than with Bitcoin, as of course they'd be down bad with Bitcoin.
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Re:The Lightning Network: Turning Bitcoin into Money by ooaa on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:48AM (#32081374)
Either lose all/most your money to inflation or risk not being able to spend money temporarily.
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