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10. Bitcoin is open source - you can see for yourself if you trust it or not. Many do and there you have it.

Fri May 23, 2025, 12:11 PM

16 hrs ago

They are willing to entrust real money into it.

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How stupid do you have to be to buy into thin air for currency.. nothing backs it up [View all] Peacetrain 17 hrs ago OP

It's amusing to consider all those gold spot ads on RW talk radio. no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #2

hahha.......All Losers! vapor2 17 hrs ago #3

It's an easy way to launder money? n/t susanr516 17 hrs ago #4

I've asked that same question many times. sop 17 hrs ago #5

"Inscrutable: impossible to understand or interpret." sop 16 hrs ago #12

It's not "hidden," "obfuscated" or "secret," it's just inscrutable. sop 16 hrs ago #14

It's nothing for me, but then again I have a degree in comp sci! Blues Heron 16 hrs ago #15

Any currency is only as good as the government backing it. Uncle Joe 17 hrs ago #7

Letters from an American dweller 17 hrs ago #8

Just as stupid as online gambling bif 17 hrs ago #9

Some Bitcoin is supposedly pegged to the dollar... haele 15 hrs ago #18