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I don't think this is accurate. The main use case for Bitcoin seems to be remittances and savings for the rich and middle-class in countries with unstable curre
by tboyd47 10y ago
I don't think this is accurate. The main use case for Bitcoin seems to be remittances and savings for the rich and middle-class in countries with unstable currencies, not grocery store payments. Compared to USD, it's cumbersome and expensive, but compared to gold or Western Union, it's clearly better.
- chc 10y agoDo you really believe more Bitcoin is used for this than evading the law?
- tboyd47 10y agoDo you have any data that prove me wrong?
- greenshackle2 10y agoDo you have any data that prove you right?
- true_religion 10y agoI think that believing people are not criminals is the less extra ordinary case, considering how few people are criminals in the first place. There would have be something extraordinary about bitcoin or the way it was represented to society at large that attracted criminals.
- aminorex 10y agoYou don't understand how the law works. You are a criminal. In the u.s., for example, that shining city on a hill, it is estimated that a typical adult commits three felonies on an average day.
- aminorex 10y agoHit another nerve I guess. I am good at bringing out the lynch mobs. But it is true: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp/1594032556 https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp... As Anatole France observed: "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."
- tboyd47 10y agoNo, actually, I don't. I was just expressing an opinion backed up by my own evaluation of Bitcoin's strengths. User chc responded with such incredulity that I thought he might have some information I don't.
- greenshackle2 10y agoOk. Just wondering. I actually have neither opinion nor data on the subject.
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- mgberlin 10y agoAnd compared to Ripple, it's still astoundingly clunky.