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Re:Bitcoins Are Digital Collectibles, Not Real Money by Ingaz on Friday April 12, 2013 @04:14PM (#5540725)
Bitcoin was not money but a digital resource analogous to gold or oil by design.

I'm a little surprised that in 2013 somebody do not know this.

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Re:Bitcoins Are Digital Collectibles, Not Real Money by tome on Friday April 12, 2013 @04:19PM (#5540756)
Gold and oil both have uses that are not based on them being scarce goods. Gold is arguably more similar to bitcoin than oil is, but neither is really analogous.
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