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December 31, 2013, 01:15:19 PM
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Well on a basic level it would make the 'hardness' of BTC and the 'softness' of the USD the only principle difference between the two and we would get to see these two economic paradigms battle it out on a more level playing field. 

Some people focus on the 'instant', 'digital', 'cryptographic' nature of BTC, if that is your primary focus then you would not expect BTC to be competitive once government co-ops thouse features.  If you focus on 'limited supply', 'deflation', 'lack of central banking' then BTC would retain it's core advantages compared to a governmental crypto currency managed according to current practices.

That's exactly the point!
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December 31, 2013, 01:52:55 PM
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The advantage of a government crypto over fiat would mainly be allowing merchants to accept payments with zero transaction fees as opposed to credit cards. 

That and lowering the costs involved with printing, guarding, and moving money.

The government would not relinquish their ability to print money, etc.

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December 31, 2013, 02:22:13 PM
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GovCoin = just the same as Euro or Dollar, except they have to put little more effort into creating them out of thin air. Not too much though, as they'll be the only ones allowed to mining them.

So, no thanks, I'll skip the centralized crap and stick with Bitcoin Smiley



The likes of you and I and most on this forum would prefer Bitcoin. However, the great unwashed would prefer bankster/gov backed fraudcoins. There is just no stopping people being stupid.

No kidding!  JPMorgan is still the biggest most powerful bank and why?  Why do people do business with them?  Are these customers all doing international business transactions?  No.  Then why?  All I can figure is that people love excessive fees, penalties, poor customer service, and just generally being treated like worthless garbage.

That people love to be defecated on by the wealthy and powerful is the only plausible theory I can come up with.  So far I haven't been able to convince even family members to start using credit unions instead of major banks.  It's stupid. 

There is a Credit Union here called America First which is HUGE.  They have branches all over the region.  It seems like there's one on every street corner.  They even have one in the busiest Walmart in the state.  Why the heck would you not do business with them?  There customer service is gold, they have minimal fees, you get a voting stake in the orginization by depositing a small sum of money, they have a 20% reserve instead of the banks 10%, they are insured in much the same way, and they treat their members like gold.

Most of the people I know that bank with major banks have college degrees and they hardly travel let alone do any interstate or international transfers.  It's so stupid and pathetic but they wont listen.  Why do people hate themselves so much?

Maybe the biggest weakness of bitcoin is human self-hatred properly exploited!  Embarrassed

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December 31, 2013, 02:37:31 PM
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Fun fact for you, a few people I know thought the interest payments on savings accounts were payments TO THE BANK

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December 31, 2013, 02:47:18 PM
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For one thing a government sponsored cryptocurrency would be scalable.

No government would ever issue a currency able to sustain only seven transactions per second.
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December 31, 2013, 07:15:50 PM
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Did I mention that Credit Unions pay interest? And so does MCXNOW.  I should have just bought MCXFees and left them there.  When I first bought one it was 0.196 BTC now they're like 0.28 per... sh*t!  Ya'll are going to buy them as soon as you can and drive the price up past what I can afford aren't you?
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