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		motorcycleman9 on Aug 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I'm Putting All My Savings into Bitcoin (2011) Buying drugs online. Sending money to venezuela. Keeping millions of dollars untouched by intermediaries by memorizing a secret phrase and deleting all other records.

fafk on Aug 24, 2020 [–]

Not just Venezuela, it's being utilized for money transfers among some African countries where the banking system doesn't support it well.

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