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absherwin
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US financial regulator: We could regulate Bitcoin ...
A chattel is moveable property (i.e. not land). So a chattel currency is any currency that involves transferring property such as gold, flour, etc.
Re: Slavery use. Slaves were called chattel because they were property; that was the disgrace.
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Re: Slavery use. Slaves were called chattel because they were property; that was the disgrace.