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by jboles 3191 days ago
It’s e-gold all over again. Was going to be the dream libertarian non-fiat currency of the future but ended up being used mostly by scams. At least e-gold was (theoretically) redeemable for real gold delivered, whereas crypto currencies are ‘backed’ by a whole lot of sunk costs in the form of big electrical bills.