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From: Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
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Subject: Re: New facebook cryptocurrency truck system
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On 2019-06-19, Steve555 <Steve555@reallybogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> On 2019-06-19, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> It also looks like people doing online transactions may eventually be
>>> forced into using it, 
>>
>> Ain't gonna happen.
>>
>>
>>
> Maybe you're right.  There is already political opposition, only one
> day after the announcement:-
> https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/mb84a4/
> facebooks-new-cryptocurrency-libra-is-already-under-fire-from-lawmakers 

TPTB dislike cryptocurrencies intensely, since they're hard to track,
tax and inflate.


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