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Thursday 30 November 2017 at 06:05
Quoted from pezpunk:
agreed ... but so what? why is it important that it be a widely-used direct currency? (honest question)
Because if its not... it's purely a speculative investment whose only driving force is trading between speculators and without a future for the product, you kill the outlook...
Source: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/somebody-explain-bitcoin-to-me/page/10#post-4099254