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The next steps will be:
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- selling oil directly for Bitcoin and Namecoin
Oh gawd, I hope not. At least not yet.
Saddaam Hussein announced he'd accept currencies other than USD for his oil. Days later, the bombs started falling.
Moammar Quaddafi announced he'd accept currencies other than USD for his oil. Days later, the bombs started dropping.
Some day, perhaps. But crypto needs to become way more mainstream before invoking the real wrath of TPTB.