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Old 08-08-2011, 12:55 PM  
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Originally Posted by facialfreak View Post
the main problem with bitcoin ... is that it's based on NOTHING!

people have backed currencies with GOLD and SILVER for thousands of years ... but a currency backed by absolutely NOTHING has no ability to instill trust in people to take it as a viable alternative to physical currencies.

1,000,000% increase of NOTHING .... is still NOTHING.
Very few, if any countries, back their currency with gold or silver.

The United States most CERTAINLY do not back the Dollar with any gold, what so ever.
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