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adamcyesterday at 5:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

Suffers from no government having a stake in it. If it causes them problems, it can easily become illegal.


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RealityVoidyesterday at 5:37 PM

Precisely this makes it attractive. If it can't be _your_ currency let it at least be a currency no other nation controls.

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krupanyesterday at 6:28 PM

Lots of countries outlaw other country's currencies. This is nothing unique to Bitcoin when we are talking about a world currency to replace dollars.

krupanyesterday at 6:33 PM

Several countries do now have a stake in Bitcoin. See: https://bitbo.io/treasuries/countries/