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Re:Binance says banking partner will stop processing SWIFT t... by rchaud on Saturday January 21, 2023 @10:57PM (#34474089)
Bitcoin maximalism has immediate parallels to religious doctrine that regular currencies do not.

1) Divine creator whose existence is impossible to prove

2) A holy book: (whitepaper) that's taken as absolute truth and therefore doesn't require any revisions or updates. Proposed changes to core beliefs create split factions (BTC v BCH, Old v New Testament, or the Shia-Sunni split in Islam).

3) Monotheism: Belief in the primacy of Bitcoin blockchain over all other competing chains, and warning of divine punishment for apostates (NGMI).

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Re:Binance says banking partner will stop processing SWIFT t... by datadata on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:35PM (#34474333)
Well before bitcoin, I never felt comfortable with dollar bills stating "In God We Trust" on the back.
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Re:Binance says banking partner will stop processing SWIFT t... by jakelazaroff on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:53PM (#34474431)
They were actually introduced to dollar bills (and mandated on all money) relatively recently: in the 1950s, as a symbolic effort to oppose communism.
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