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		Growing number of Venezuelans trade bolivars for Bitcoins to buy necessities (theguardian.com)
		14 points by DamienSF on Dec 17, 2016 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

michaelangerman on Dec 17, 2016 | [–]

One of the most important reason's why the future of electronic currency is so interesting.

davidgerard on Dec 19, 2016 | [–]

tl;dr negligible number of Venezuelans trade bolivars for Bitcoins to buy necessities

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