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Why do they need a crypto currency to achieve that? How is it superior to just a number in a database to represents your balance on facebook? Facebook is centralized what advantage does a decentralized currency have for them?

Venmo/Paypal seem to have no problem achieving this without a blockchain.



If you want global adoption, make it open. That's what Android does. That's what Linux does. That's what cryptocurrency achieves. That's what Facebook wants.




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