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Yeah, well.... It would seem "transactions" should be among the things that a currency does well.

• fooker 9y ago
  Not necessarily. Bags of grain or N cows did not do transactions well. Yet they were successful as currencies for millennia.
  • statguy 9y ago
    times have changed since...
    • 20after4 9y ago
      I'm pretty sure bags of grain are still a significant unit of value exchange[1]. [1] yep: http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/wheat.aspx http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/wheat.aspx
    • fooker 9y ago
      They have, and we have bitcoins instead of bags of grain.