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Generally yes.

As someone who has actually purchased real goods with bitcoin (silkroad) and has dealt with the blowback of the MtGox scandal (still receiving court details to this day...)

Those crypto people are snake oil salesmen. Full fucking stop. They aren't interested in making anything usable, they're interested in wild speculation, gambling, and outright scams.



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