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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system |
| Date | 19 Jun 2019 09:10:25 GMT |
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On 2019-06-18, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
[snip]
> But it isn't until you get to the end of this:
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/18/what-is-libra-facebook-new-cryptocurrency
> article that you see one of the main (though perhaps unsurprising)
> catches. They will be charging a fee on each transaction.
Just like a bank, then. So, what's the point?
[snip]
> The exciting thing about Bitcoin was that, compared to PayPal, it was
> a true currency rather than a service. You could choose how it was
> processed and what fees were involved, if any (in theory).
The last two words being the important ones.
> It also looks like people doing online transactions may eventually be
> forced into using it,
Ain't gonna happen.
--
Today is Setting Orange, the 24th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3185
Rising above bedlam
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New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-18 16:10 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-18 18:30 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-18 18:40 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-18 18:45 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-06-18 20:36 -0400
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-19 09:10 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-18 23:18 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-19 08:51 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-19 09:10 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-19 09:33 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-06-19 09:50 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-06-19 23:56 +0000
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2019-06-23 17:15 +0200
Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-06-23 20:49 +0100
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