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		briatx on May 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's time for us in the tech world to speak out ab... Cryptocurrency is wasting modern technology to recreate the economic system of the 1800s.

bduerst on June 1, 2021 [–]

I would even venture to say the tangibility of precious metal-backed currencies in the 1800's made them still a step above cryptocurrencies currently.

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