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Re:Bitcoin Reaches All Time High Market Capitalization by adrianbg on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:15PM (#5174709)
They might adopt it if it's more stable than their currency, like how Ecuador uses the US dollar.
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Re:Bitcoin Reaches All Time High Market Capitalization by betterunix on Tuesday February 05, 2013 @10:21PM (#5174727)
Perhaps, but it would have to be adopted side-by-side with a currency that can be used (securely) for offline transactions. Why do that, when you could just adopt one currency that can be used both offline and online (especially since you can deploy a digital cash protocol for any currency, and thus you only really need one that is useful for offline payments)?
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