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The problem with bitcoin is that no one is using it for its intended purpose - to buy things. People are using it as an investment or are speculating on it, which is not the purpose of a currency.

What you end up with is the anemic system that exists right now, where no one is advancing the actual bitcoin cause, everyone is just setting up exchanges to make money from transactions.



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