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eruyesterday at 5:46 AM2 repliesview on HN

For the sake of argument, let's grant that there's some conspiracy that makes them all have the same rules. And conspiracy in a loose sense: perhaps it's the government dictating the rules.

I still don't understand how buying bitcoin lets me route around that.

Even gold coins buried in my garden won't get you access to Fable.


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celdon25yesterday at 7:02 AM

You're making straw man examples, but if you want to understand more, I suggest any paper on Bitcoin.

Personally, I'm not a fan of it. But the thesis is real, and it might have delivered on its promise if the world wasn't actually full of scumbags and scammers (each one accidentally contributing to making Big Banks look like the lesser of the evils).

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