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The same benefit of using a reserve currency, such as USD. That being that it can't be inflated by the government.



Good old stable-valued bitcoin.


Compared to the inflation rate of Zimbabwe?

I'll take crypto currency any day, over a guaranteed 40% loss every year. At least crypto has the chance of going up.


Crypto is a lot more volatile than the USD (or a basket of currencies). That's why Coinbase created Stablecoin.


But it is still a lot less volatile than the Zimbabwe dollar.

This is not about replacing money in the US. It is about replacing money in countries where there is already a huge inflation rate.


Stable coin would solve that.


But then if you are using Stablecoin as your currency, what's the benefit over the dollar?


Not if you run out of electricity


It also can't be used for commerce because crypto networks can't scale.




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