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stragu (stragu@mastodon.indie.host)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2018 00:09:42 EST stragu

The #Bitcoin Threat by Harold James - Project Syndicate
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bitcoin-threat-to-political-stability-by-harold-james-2018-02
#ProjectSyndicate #cryptocurrency
(btw, just misspelled "cryptocurrency" as "craptocurrency", pretty funny... also made me think of "creeptocurrency"...)
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  The Bitcoin Threat by Harold James
  
  from Project Syndicate
  
  Unless a currency has been authenticated by a government, it is unlikely to be fully trusted. But that does not mean that it cannot become a plaything for the naïve and gullible, or a weapon of financial mass destruction for political belligerents around the world.
1. stragu (stragu@mastodon.indie.host)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2018 00:34:22 EST stragu
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  .... aaaand the very needed response by Larry White on #Alt-M:
  https://www.alt-m.org/2018/02/22/bitcoin-more-trustworthy-than-some-academic-critics/
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  1. Bitcoin: More Trustworthy than Some Academic Critics
    
    By Larry White from Alt-M
    
    Larry White confronts the misconceptions held by many bitcoin critics, especially those who view it as a 'threat' to financial stability.

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