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Why would it destroy the economy?

• npongratz 7y ago
  Probably similar to how the Spanish conquistador's precious metals haul from the New World decimated the economy of Spain: massive supply/demand imbalance.
  • fasterdom 7y ago
    Except that we are not 400 years ago when money was gold.
  • RaptorJ 7y ago
    A better analogy would be if they towed back an asteroid full of $100 bills.
    • perl4ever 7y ago
      "Now if they find an asteroid that is made out of Bitcoin, that will be economically significant." -Matt Levine
• catern 7y ago
  I assume the grandparent is making a (quite funny) joke about destroying the global economy by virtue of the delivery of the asteroid destroying the Earth.