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Sergio | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Selling fiat
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brightmindsco | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Exchanging a worthless piece of paper for real money.
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Brian | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Clearly not worthless to everyone if they're willing to part with real money for it
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brightmindsco | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Unfortunately there is some government coercion involved, that makes people feel like they have to have it. Additionally, many don’t know that Bitcoin solved the technical problem that led to gold backed dollars in the first place. They’ll come around.