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wahsd on April 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin Plunges By Nearly $30 As Largest Market Su...

As much as I like the idea of BTC, it lacks fundamental structural features that would allow it to not eventually be revealed as a sham.

illuminate on April 4, 2013 [–]

It doesn't have to be "revealed as a sham", it has to simply not be worthwhile to continue using. I see the speculators as being far more harmful to its long term viability than any nation-state.

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