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> would have been a boon had it been established at that time.

USD and/or EUR depending on the continent would have been used instead in such countries which have failing monetary systems.

Problem is that governments in those countries (like Argentina) often impose capital controls making it hard to acquire foreign currency. Bitcoin is almost always only a solution to that specific problem (i.e. government restrictions not currency instability).






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