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by Finnucane 2413 days ago
Can you pay your electric bills in bitcoin? Even though dollars are not 'backed' by gold, you can still exchange dollars for gold. Just not from the government at a government-fixed price.
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nathantotten 2413 days ago
Well, that is a completely different thing. That’s just a market exchange of goods/services.
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Finnucane 2411 days ago
Sure, one way is government price control, the other isn’t.
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