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Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin by josu on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:17PM (#7307910)
Pure gold

> As of December 2013, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows 1.3% inflation, while a recent media report indicated Bitcoin CPI has 98% deflation. In other words, spending Bitcoin now will cost you many orders of wealth in the future. This flaw makes Bitcoin’s value to the U.S. economy suspect, if not outright detrimental.

Re:Sen. Manchin demands complete US ban on Bitcoin by wyager on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:27PM (#7307988)
"If we don't ban deflationary assets, people won't be forced to use our shitty inflationary assets!"