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Bitcoin: peer-to-peer network based anonymous digital currency

5 pointsby 17y agobitcoin.sourceforge.net
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17y agoHN ↗

i'm having trouble wrapping my head around the logistics of this...

17y agoHN ↗

brilliant, this could finally end the recession!

people working and living digital must use digital money and help others via donations instead of mandatory offline taxes.

(offline) citizenship is in the same way fake like the original sin.

17y agoHN ↗

Well this is an exceptionally cute idea, but there is absolutely no way that anyone is going to have any faith in this currency.