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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by janandonly on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:00AM (#37900751)
The USA has 207,189 bitcoins, but other countries have some on the books as well.

* China 194,000

* Ukraine 46,351

* El Salvador

* Finland

* Georgia (the country, not the US state)

See: https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/treasuries/#countries

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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by danbruc on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:22AM (#37901097)
El Salvador, completely forgot about that. How did the volcano powered Bitcoin farm work out? Can I still buy a sandwich at the beach with Bitcoin? And do people do so?
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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by matheusmoreira on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:44AM (#37901461)
I've gotten paid for services with Monero. It works perfectly. People just need to start using it.
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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by matheusmoreira on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:30PM (#37902284)
Heh. What's with these downvotes? Do people disagree with my concrete experience? I'm curious.
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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by X6S1x6Okd1st on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:54PM (#37902699)
It's offtopic
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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by garba_dlm on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:53AM (#37901641)
that can't be correct. bitcoin has too much value.
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Re:The U.S. Government Has $5B in Bitcoin by jjk166 on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:29PM (#37903231)
You can spend less than a whole bitcoin, just like you can spend less than a whole dollar.
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