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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science@mander.xyz · 2 years ago

New data proves almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency. It's actually more like gambling

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New data proves almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency. It's actually more like gambling

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science@mander.xyz · 2 years ago
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Barely 2% of Australians or Americans use Bitcoin for its intended purpose: to buy things. Should we even call it a cryptocurrency?
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    If you’ve ever used (or ever will use) a KYC exchange to transfer to/from your BTC wallet, it’s not anonymous, but hopefully you already know that.

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        2 years ago

        Fair enough, I assume you don’t use normal exchanges then?

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