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Re:Who Do You Trust? by stephengillie on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:26PM (#9746318)
On the other side of that whole 'nother world is a blockchain waiting to replace all of those relationships.
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Re:Who Do You Trust? by basseq on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:22PM (#9747743)
Not really. The underlying currency—be it bitcoin, USD, yen, rand, or rupees—still requires lenders, payment systems, institutional agreements, and general technical enablement. At that point it's all 1s and 0s anyway.
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