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grey-area on Nov 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Virgin Galactic to accept Bitcoin [video]

Actual adoption as a currency requires pricing in that currency, that requires stability.

mrb on Nov 22, 2013 [–]

Then you will miss Bitcoin's success as payment processing, as a remittance (replacing Western Union, MoneyGram...), etc. Bitcoin is used more than just as a currency. Restricting your view to only its use as a currency is not seeing Bitcoin's success in these other areas.

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