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Decentralization was the whole point of Bitcoin. If people just use centralized exchanges, they might as well be using bank accounts.

• zepto 5y ago
  Bank accounts don’t grow in value at the rate Bitcoin grows.
  • api 5y ago
    ... for now.
  • beervirus 5y ago
    Yes, speculation is great. Until it isn’t. Bank accounts also don’t shrink in value the way Bitcoin does sometimes.
    • zepto 5y ago
      Banks are not immune from failure.