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Beejeepa

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  1. comment
    Comment #15887544

    Stores-of-value aren't "actually used" nor "medium of exchange". Bitcoin Cash fixes Bitcoin, restoring its utility and will cannibalize Bitcoin's market share.

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    Comment #15887531

    The IRS is wrong.

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    Comment #15887530

    It's 0.001% over-inflated? So it reaches the 2020 halving earlier, and wins then too.

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    Comment #15887517

    The market doesn't function when people can't transact freely. Price signals get distorted. When the blockchain is frozen, we don't know the actual supply and demand of Bitcoin. Bi…

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    Comment #15887492

    It's not only vaporware, it's uneconomical. That demo doesn't withdraw Bitcoin - it locks it up. Two transactions for every channel. Lightning Network is just another bank, a third…

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    Comment #15873930

    Bank runs are bad when there isn't a full reserve. Coinbase says it has 100% reserves. Bank runs are how fraudulent exchanges are caught: Bitcoin is self-auditing, and either you h…

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    Comment #15873906

    Bank runs are bad when there isn't a full reserve. Coinbase should carry a full reserve. Fractional reserve banking is a prisoner's dilemma, we all marginally benefit from the stat…

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    Comment #15845283

    This drives consumerism.

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    Comment #15845278

    Why buy an iPhone X now, when next year you could buy two? Because even in deflation, some trades are worth it.

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    Comment #15667863

    Coinbase is going to only support Bitcoin Cash.

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    Comment #15644147

    You still own coins on both forks, but add a step to split them to another address you control on the second fork.

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    Comment #15644081

    I agree. PoW is critical for minting a currency. I hope (and bet) that Bitoin Cash is Bitcoin.

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    Comment #15636384

    Sure, it will burst. The Internet Bubble burst. And here we all are.

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    Comment #15465650

    There are fundamental flaws to paper money, and the global reserve currency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma This is why Bitcoin is winning.

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    Comment #15465641

    What can you use Bitcoin for? What year are you from, 2012?

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    Comment #15465608

    So bet $20. Bitcoin can be upgraded to N-bits of resolution in the future - a single satoshi could provide all the liquidity needed in a universe-sized economy.

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    Comment #15465588

    It's Machiavellian astroturfing by banks, nations, economists and sociologists. Fight back and get your skin in the game.

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    Comment #15465566

    There is no such thing as a free lunch. FDIC insurance can and will fail in the largest bank run ever. Banking is a Prisoner's Dilemma, because the first ones to escape get their c…

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    Comment #15465541

    This is correct.

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    Comment #15465532

    The Bitcoin price will asymptotically approach its maximum - and the last people onboard will see the least amount of deflation. It's certainly better money, and will have a lower …

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    Comment #15465489

    Because it hasn't fallen yet. It will. The Federal Reserve is insolvent. As the dollar falls from global usage, it can't buy all the real assets necessary to stabilize the dollar u…

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    Comment #15463237

    The US Dollar lost half its value in my short lifetime. Most other currencies have done worse. At a time when the US Dollar is falling in significance as a global reserve currency,…

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    Comment #15463094

    Is the price increasing, or are their fiat currencies worth less? Hyperinflation is real, bank runs are real, and Bitcoin never fails an audit.

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    Comment #15463070

    Yeah, nothing new about a permissionless digital-signature-secured decentralized currency being rapidly monetized in an age of global stagnation and quantitative easing / printing …

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    Comment #15463059

    You know Bitcoin is worth it when so much cash is being dumped in Russia, India, and Eglin AFB to faction the community. The legacy powers are being turned over.