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reducesuffering 2 days ago

> I want to buy subversive literature from someone I already trust not to rip me off, or for an amount I'm not worried about losing, without anyone requiring me to give them a government ID. Or I want to sell it to people without requiring them to give anyone an ID. I want to donate money to Wikileaks. I want to commission art or software from someone in South America who doesn't have access to US banks.

So literally 0.1% of the financial needs of the average person. What a revolution

AnthonyMouse 2 days ago | parent [-]

> So literally 0.1% of the financial needs of the average person.

"Thing that solves some problems for some people doesn't solve all problems for all people" is not a very useful criticism.

reducesuffering 2 days ago | parent [-]

It is when people are trying to act like Bitcoin is an enormous source of value to the market like several JP Morgans and not a Hallmark level of value provided

AnthonyMouse 20 hours ago | parent [-]

World GDP is >$100T/year. What percentage of that does something have to be used for before it's worth something?