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by ctulek 2108 days ago
I won’t call Bitcoin a success as long as its value is measured in dollars.
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sanjams 2108 days ago
So is the euro not a success either? Or any other currency in the world for that matter?
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_heimdall 2108 days ago
That's completely unrelated. The Euro wasn't designed as an alternative to make USD obsolete. The Euro did do exactly what it was designed for, to unify much of Europe under one currency and economic system.
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garmaine 2107 days ago
The value of a euro isn’t how many dollars you can buy with it. It is what goods and services you can buy with it, directly. That’s the point.
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MrXOR 2108 days ago
The greater success is blockchain, It will swallow dollars.
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_heimdall 2108 days ago
Blockchain would swallow databases not dollars. Currency is just one use for a blockchain, git is a great use for it and much older than bitcoin.
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