• Singletona082@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I … understood part of what you said but for me the question is, ‘why should i care?’ The whole idea of cryptocoin just leaves me going ‘ok but how did anyone decide this was money?’

    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      Before 2009, if you wanted to send somebody money over the internet, you had to ask permission from a third party to do so. And the third party could say no if they wished and you would have no recourse. The internet needed a native money so that you could send value just as simple as sending an email disrupted the postal service.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The whole idea of cryptocoin just leaves me going ‘ok but how did anyone decide this was money?’

      How is this different with Zimbabwe dollar?