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		cdiddy2 on June 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender well according to this https://www.statista.com/statistics/1011424/el-salvador-bank... only 30% of adults have a bank account to begin with. Probably a lot easier to setup a bitcoin wallet

NaturalPhallacy on June 6, 2021 [–]

It's absolutely easier. It just requires a computer connected to the internet. There are billions of those.

A bank account requires all kinds of state sanctioned proof which subjects you to authoritarian monitoring, which is by desing.

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