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global disaster mean this is happened to almost all of the countries in the world and i think yes possibly it will decrease the value of cryptocurrency because when global disaster happened most of people only concern how to save their own life without care for their wealth and if it is so then bitcoin will being worthless and lack of interest also the damage effect is there's no internet connections which being the main thing to use bitcoin


In a global disaster, people flee risk to safer assets. There isn't much riskier than crypto, since it's price is comprised of pure speculation. Compare crypto assets to the stock market. Shares of a company have an inherent value, in that shares of a company represent proportional ownership, and if the company were to be liquidated, the shares would be worth a proportional share of all the assets they represent ownership in. Further, shares generally trade above this value because they represent future profit the company will generate. Contrast this with bitcoin which doesn't represent ownership of a business or anything the generates profit. The only way to profit from owning a crypto asset is to sell it someone else for more than what you bought it for. This is a crapshoot of a proposition, and requires everyone to continue to value an inherently valueless asset. In times of global strife, stocks dive because people flee risk for safer assets (cash, treasury bills, etc.). We haven't had a period of global strife since the implementation of crypto assets yet, but my prediction is you would see a bigger pull back than you see in the stock market because crypto represents more risk than even those types of assets.
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I think it strongly depends on the nature of the disaster. And how truly global is. Luckily we did not have many truly global disasters in the mankind history. I n case of such event, bitcoin price would be the least of our worries.
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Global disaster doesnt affect the rate of bitcoin value. Whenever it has a big typhoon, global warning, volcanic erruption and whatsoever, bitcoin value remains on what the value it has. Bitcoin stays on its line and global happenings cannot in by that.
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global disaster mean this is happened to almost all of the countries in the world and i think yes possibly it will decrease the value of cryptocurrency because when global disaster happened most of people only concern how to save their own life without care for their wealth and if it is so then bitcoin will being worthless and lack of interest also the damage effect is there's no internet connections which being the main thing to use bitcoin

When we do talk global disaster then its normal to think off that internet would really be mainly affected and which would really be the main reason where bitcoin cant be transact because we do know if theres no internet then there would be to transactions which would lead up on stable price or would really decline because it would really become worthless.
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global disaster mean this is happened to almost all of the countries in the world and i think yes possibly it will decrease the value of cryptocurrency because when global disaster happened most of people only concern how to save their own life without care for their wealth and if it is so then bitcoin will being worthless and lack of interest also the damage effect is there's no internet connections which being the main thing to use bitcoin
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Hi ! First message here.

If a global disaster would happen on earth ( And I somehow don't wish it ) Would the value increase or decrease ?

I'm not talking about solar flares or EMP. But more like big wars or great natural disaster.

What are your opinions on the subject ?  Cheesy
Well, if we are talking about the effects of big wars or great natural disaster into the Bitcoin market and community I think it will be measured of course on how destructive it is to a specific country. Like for example in the whole country internet has been shutdown and there was an electricity outage, do you think we can still manage to interact with the worldwide Bitcoin market and community? Speaking of big wars we are on close call to that EMP attack anytime by any country who has that kind of weapon system and we already know what are the consequences most especially to electronics if such attack is launched. It's undeniable that EMP attack is more devastating than catching nuclear warheads from above. These catastrophe might happen anytime and anywhere in the world and that could be disastrous to the affected country especially to it's Bitcoin community. The value of Bitcoin might increase due to holdings that are totally lost which affects the scarcity or decreasing supply while there is possible increase in demand.
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It all depends on who's affected and what the extent of the damage would be to said countries.

A big war right now would throw a large portion of the world into shambles for a while, and the longer it goes on the significantly more damaging it will be. As long as the internet is operating, Bitcoin will be able to proliferate, but there are so many individual variables that can affect whether or not Bitcoin would be good that it's next to impossible to determine either way.

I agree to what have you said there sir, so many factors can be considered if at that time bitcoin is good as cash and internet is not affected by the calamity or any form of damage lets say internet is global that time bitcoin price will remain but it will be shaken to the parts of the world who is still relying on fiat
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People tend to think war is the big threat, but war is not the only threat to our planet.  Right now you guys do not even realize the threats that we are facing right now and where bitcoin will be useless from that time, I say Yes.  Bitcoin is great technology given to men, but we are facing a bigger problem then war right now and that is Global warming.  Tell me when the planted raises 4 more degrees higher, our Bitcoin is gonna be worth more then commodity such as food, water, etc.....  Until we can solve Global warming, bitcoin does face a big threat. 
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Hi ! First message here.

If a global disaster would happen on earth ( And I somehow don't wish it ) Would the value increase or decrease ?

I'm not talking about solar flares or EMP. But more like big wars or great natural disaster.

What are your opinions on the subject ?  Cheesy

If there is a great war as you said, surely people will be busy with the safety of each persons rather than thinking about their assets. because safety is the most important thing rather than  assets
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Global disasters would decrease the bitcoin value, because if the disasters happen, the users will stop first to use internet and not connected on internet and they will not focus yet. Because the people will stop first to use bitcoin. Not only the value was affected but the people who are already invest in bitcoin. I think the internet connection was shutdown first and and it can be big impact in value of bitcoin. Because the global disasters really affect to the people and the system of the internet.
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Hi ! First message here.

If a global disaster would happen on earth ( And I somehow don't wish it ) Would the value increase or decrease ?

I'm not talking about solar flares or EMP. But more like big wars or great natural disaster.

What are your opinions on the subject ?  Cheesy

if that happens I personally would not think of bitcoin anymore.
and will try to find my family and relatives who survived the disaster.
I think the bitcoin price will be worthless if it happens right.
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Hmm i think any natural disaster would increase the value of cryptocurrencies, actually i felt that the current tension of US and North Korea also contribute in some of Bitcoin's growth recently (War would be considered as disaster for me). People are always concern about ways to preserve their value, and by converting their values (fiat) into cryptocurrency it's pretty safe as long you have you private keys, natural disaster wouldn't kill internet or blockchain though as long there are computers running in the world, but for banks it could collapse during disastrous event with your fund lost.
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I think the opposite of most people here - a global disaster would increase Bitcoin value. Firstly, there would be countries where the local currency becomes worthless and the population turn to Bitcoin (like Venezuala now). Secondly, lots of people would go on the move - refugees - and the easiest way to move money from one country to another is Bitcoin (you certainly don't want to be carrying gold).
Yes of course the disaster will the increase in the value of bitcoin. Now the falling back of bitcoin is almost impossible due to its very high demand and too much importance. It is used worldwide for online shopping and other high online investments, due to which its importance increases and with it its demand also rise and now it is impossible for it to fall back.
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Global disaster can reduce the Bitcoin value because  a lot of computers will be offline and there is no forum.  It will be a useless currency because people will be busy looking for food and medicine for survival.  How can a bitcoin be of help then?  Even the richest man will just be the same with the poor because even the economy will collapse worldwide.  Remember, that it is a global disaster and everything will be in rubble. The poor house is ruined and so is the billionaire's house too.
The global disaster will definitely bring drastic effect on the digital currencies because the crypto currency needs an internet facility and a healthy and sound mind people who are trading, investing and mining bitcoins and it will become impossible for a person who is suffering from serious problems of social and financial due to the destruction of infrastructure in their concerned areas.
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I answered a topic talking about what will hapen  when a world war starts and the impact of it on bitcoin value. This topic is similar.
Sorry to say that but when such thing happen i believe the price of bitcoin will rise signifately. And i can explain why i am thinking this way: bitcoin is decentralized and no one can take your bitcoins if you keep your private key safe. Your fund will be the same after 100 years. When everything is OK you can just login to your wallet and withdrow your money.
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It matters at what it is if the global disaster will keep people from going outside then more people would use bitcoin because it is a online currency and the they will invest more in it and that will probably make the bitcoin go up in value.
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I think it would sharply increase the value granted the fact the internet stayed in tact of course. The other thing to consider is which nations were effected because if it was the 3rd world countries it would be business as

usual (sad but true) and if it was 1st world countries then perhaps bitcoin would be effected negatively.
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I think that it would decrease the bitcoin value, because when a global disaster happens some people die and maybe some houses will be destroyed. This means that bitcoin users can also die.

Everyone would have panicked and sold their coins in order to survive so i expect that bitcoin would fall very hard down.
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Bitcoin is very much universal and interchangeable so its very desirable if this situation were too arise. If, as everyone has mentioned, the global affected the entire global network then of course the price would fluctuate towards the negative end.
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Global disaster can reduce the Bitcoin value because  a lot of computers will be offline and there is no forum.  It will be a useless currency because people will be busy looking for food and medicine for survival.  How can a bitcoin be of help then?  Even the richest man will just be the same with the poor because even the economy will collapse worldwide.  Remember, that it is a global disaster and everything will be in rubble. The poor house is ruined and so is the billionaire's house too.
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