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Topic: Wikipedia's Bitcoin article: "Bitcoin is not a currency." (Read 441 times)

legendary
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I mean, I can understand their claims.  They're just wrong.  They'll have to figure it out on their own.  But the consensus is generally this: yes, I use it as money; in fact, it has no other use (which is an excellent quality, by the way.)
newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
HAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, okay.

A currency is a medium of exchange. Paper money is not backed by anything, and it has no real value outside of the fact that people use it to trade. People could be trading with anything. Paper bills. Gold coins. Bottle caps. Bitcoins. At least the value of Bitcoin lies beyond the fact that people use it. Security, anonymity, and transferability make it quite a bit more valuable than any other form of currency to date.
legendary
Activity: 1078
Merit: 1003
Not a currency?

GUFFAW.
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bitcoin#Bitcoin_Not_a_Currency

I can't edit it. It looks like things are about to go full retard. The editor I was rooting for just quit. Sad
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