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morningglow | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Latrica. I was in the middle of cooking a meal and didn't have time to reply in depth. Can I get a feel for how long you have been looking into #bitcoin ? The questions you are asking are great and can be answered but it depends on your knowledge level on how to answer them.
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latrica | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hey. I’m just now replying because this message didn’t show in my notifications.

I’ve known about #Bitcoin since the early days. (2008-2009) My colleague told me about it at work. He was mining some. We both have math degrees and worked in a math related field. Moreover, we’re both knowledgeable in cryptography. I earned my math degree before Bitcoin was even established. So, when my colleague told me about it, I thought it was interesting. I then decided to learn more and stayed abreast about it throughout the years. My knowledge base didn’t start yesterday. 🙃 I’ve known about it before any book was written on it. I read a lot. Daily. With that said, I’m humble enough to say I don’t know everything in the world, which is why I’m always willing to learn. 

Thanks for considering my questions to be great. 🫂 Hopefully more people will chime in. I specifically asked questions related to a *Bitcoin economy.* 

When I hear people say, “Bitcoin fixes this”, I don’t hear real tangible *economic* solutions. I honestly don’t think some people are well-versed in #economics. Especially the global #economy and financial markets. And that’s ok. I don’t expect everyone to be an expert economist. Nor do I expect everyone to know how to solve a massive problem. A problem that is going to result in a Great Depression no one has ever witnessed. 

Sometimes they don’t tie in the historical and current perspectives like the Bretton-Woods agreement, IMF, BIS, etc.

Add in multiple variables such as financed back wars, the military industrial complex, economic sanctions, control of trade routes/resources, devaluation of foreign currency, debt/loans, etc. and you quickly realize the GLOBAL economy is a HUGE tangled mess. So, how does one use Bitcoin to fix a tangled mess that didn’t start yesterday? Furthermore, this mess affects billions of people. With the Great Depression of epic proportions on its way, what are some potential solutions? I want to hear about innovative, creative, and *practical* solutions that can actually be implemented on a global scale.