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by mch82 2437 days ago
World of Warcraft Gold & similar in-game currencies are toys.

Bitcoin is not a toy, but follows in the footsteps of those toys (in addition to traditional currencies).

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Bitcoin started off as a toy, with 10,000 being exchanged for a pizza once. Ethereum smart contracts, even ones dealing with cryto-asset-exchange, are often treated as toys