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andrewtbham on April 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin falls from $266

The value of gold, and bitcoins is that their scarcity and inflation serve as an accurate proxy for the real economy of goods and services.

chii on April 11, 2013 [–]

neither gold nor bitcoins are inflationary. In fact, both are deflationary.

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