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Comment by xyzzy123

You're describing one trip through "the loop". Remember, the state will react to crypto growth too.

There's a transitivity aspect to it. Ultimately taxes need to be paid in fiat, and large organisations will eventually get stomped on for accepting crypto if it subverts government control.

On the second trip through the loop, you have crypto which can be used for small (in a sense, black market) transactions and fiat which can be used to pay things like utility bills or buy stuff from companies which must accept fiat. Individuals will provide exchange services (buy iphones with crypto!) at their own risk, basically by subverting KYC with small transactions. [We are already here].

What's the nth trip through the loop? I'm personally not sure, but interested in your views.

parent xyzzy123 11 years ago

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