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criddell 27 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B

Who argued that? In 2008 Bitcoin was proposed as a peer-to-peer digital cash system. The comparison to gold didn't really take off until years later.

lokar 27 days ago [–]

I mean the original thing I replied to. The idea that it was a stable or anti-cyclical store of value emerged after it became clear the payments stuff was not working.

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