[tho9Ohx1eo]

Exchange bitcoin with real money and ask yourself the same questions.

> And, we don't need a digital currency. We already have a bunch of them [...]

That's a bit enraging to me. I feel it's in the same class of arguments with things like earth is flat -- we don't want a round one, blacks are not humans -- they should be happy we grant them slavery. The status quo is our normality.

> backed by a sovereign entity

Which one? I had savings to buy several apartments but in a few years those savings were worth a lunch. That was a long time ago. But as of now my income depends on US, EU, Syria, Turkey etc crisis and hell knows what other stuff I don't even hear about on the news.

As a guy lacking both bitcoins and real money they both weight as a surprisingly similar amount of crap.