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Re:What's the use for Bitcoin? by kpommerenke on Thursday April 02, 2015 @02:04PM (#9312342)
No, it's not necessarily true for a currency backed by a state, since the state can force you to pay taxes in that currency, thus creating demand for the currency and underpinning its value.
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Re:What's the use for Bitcoin? by chias on Thursday April 02, 2015 @02:09PM (#9312371)
Tell that to Zimbabwe, who still doesn't have a national currency because of exactly this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe

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