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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by fsckboy on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:35PM (#42927532)
>a failure of the currency itself

this is a really ambiguous phrasing. Is bitcoin a "currency"? is el Salvador adopting bitcoin as a ___?____ a currency?

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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by warkdarrior on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:02AM (#42929040)
El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as one of its national currencies.
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Re:El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed... by fsckboy on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:33PM (#42940000)
like, "not your keys, not your bitcoin", if it's bitcoin, it's not your currency
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