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RE: The dollar's time is coming...

in #bitcoin5 years ago

There's the short answer and the longer answer

Short answer: because the Federal Reserve wouldn't allow it.

Longer answer:
These are just a few reasons that I think. Not trying to detract from how amazing Bitcoin is btw. I own Bitcoin, followed it since inception.

Policy reasons: Bitcoin is decentralized. The Fed and world banks will only accept a centralized crypto currency. They want control in a similar way the existing fiat currencies have some controls in place.

Financial reasons: Bitcoin is also a fiat currency, meaning it's not backed up by anything. I don't think backing a fiat with a fiat would ensure value.

Technical reasons: The Bitcoin network doesn't scale to global scale in terms of numbers of transactions. It's fairly limited in it's ability to process transactions.

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Right now everything is on the dollar standard, IE global trade is overwhelmingly priced in dollars. Every country outside of the United States would like to see that changed. I would not be surprised if in the not too distant future we were on a bitcoin standard where fiat currencies where simply backed by satoshis.

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