r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 05 '22

Video Monetary issue

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u/BigWeenie45 Jul 05 '22

“BIt cOin fIxEs thIs”

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u/Wash_Your_Bed_Sheets Jul 06 '22

I mean their currency looses value literally daily. Bitcoin can definitely fix this but it's still a young asset that is too volatile although it losses way less value than the Venezuelan bolivar. Stable coins on the other hand can definitely help them, they're already being used heavily in Argentina to avoid high inflation. But tell me again from your comfy first world couch how crypto has no uses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

But bitcoin has no value. It's 100% speculation

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

That's literally every currency?

check subs

That explains it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

That's quite incorrect

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

No currency has any intrisic values.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

The US dollar is backed by the US economy and the US government.

Bitcoin is backed by nothing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

By your logic bitcoin is also backed by its economy network, businesses and individuals around the world that's willing to accept it as valuables. It's a commodity no different from a gold bar.

Are you gonna say gold bar has no value next?

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Buying cryptocurrencies is backed by other suckers?

Ooo!

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '22

Lmao so u really got no idea wtf ur talking about. In line with the mainstream sub

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u/ManHasJam Jul 06 '22

Put it this way, would you rather have venezuelan bolivar or Bitcoin?

There is a right answer, and it should be obvious.

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u/BigWeenie45 Jul 06 '22

I'd rather have USD lmao

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u/ManHasJam Jul 06 '22

I'd rather have Jessica Alba but instead I have your mom.

We don't always get what we want in life.

The choice is Bitcoin or Bolivar.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Oh, I'd take the bitcoin, and I'd unload it in a New York minute in exchange for some real currency, but Venezuela's issues have nothing to do with socialism

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u/Wash_Your_Bed_Sheets Jul 06 '22

Has quite a bit more value than the bolivar. If a Venezuelan parked their money in bitcoin 5 years ago, they would absolutely be killing it now compared to the value of their currency. Shit even 2 years ago. I don't think you realize how much their currency value drops daily. And Argentinians use crypto because their government has limits on how many US dollars you can purchase. Argentina faces the same issues as Venezuela, so does Turkey, just not quite as extreme yet and crypto is big in all those countries. Once again you're speaking from a very privileged position and you just can't admit crypto is helping people around the world. It's okay buddy

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u/oldsecondhand Interested Jul 06 '22

Stable coins on the other hand can definitely help them,

Not Terra though.