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Article #620247Re: Bitcoin confusion?
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:58
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:58
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Peter Flass wrote: > Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >> On 2018-02-05, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: >>> In article <fdrhe4...@mid.individual.net>, >>> Huge <use...@huge.org.uk> wrote: >>>>> It's not backed by anything. >>>> >>>> Neither are any other currencies, other than the word of the State. Good >>>> luck with that. >>> >>> I'm looking at what I can buy what dollars and what I can buy with >>> bitcoins. I think I know which are more useful in real life. >> >> Quite so, but that isn't what you said. >> >> > > Bitcoins are wonderful for anyone engaged in illegal business, p@rn, arms > trading, drugs, human trafficing, etc. For other stuff I'll stick to $. > But there's no way to cash it in unless one can find someone who is willing to buy the bitcoins for government-backed currency. It's almost like a pyramid scheme. /BAH
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