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September 28, 2014, 11:55:52 PM
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https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/why-bitcoin-value-doesnt-matter/

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September 29, 2014, 12:38:51 AM
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Care to write a summary in the original post?

An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.
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September 29, 2014, 12:51:57 AM
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but isn't bitcoin value related to dollar?
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September 29, 2014, 12:59:38 AM
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but isn't bitcoin value related to dollar?
Only in the USA. Here in Mexico I buy Bitcoin with pesos, therefore Bitcoin value here is related to pesos.

An economy based on endless growth is unsustainable.
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September 29, 2014, 11:58:12 AM
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BTC price is great to drive newsflow but a highly flawed proxy for crypto ecosystem progress. To that extent, I agree that tracking btc price vs dollar is foolish and only likely to disappoint in the short term

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September 29, 2014, 12:41:04 PM
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OP is correct. Comparing Bitcoin's value against fiat is like comparing oil's value to steam before the oil age, or comparing ARPANET's value to the telegraph in 1985. A premature comparison of infant tech to dinosaur tech.

These fiat <-> crypto comparisons are going to look extremely silly in five years, downright hilarious in ten, and fully absurd in twenty.

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