The Bitcoin system is robustly designed to continue past the collapse of the US dollar and the world economy, as the Internet, fast computers and reliable electricity are all expected to be readily available when barbarian hordes are wandering the burnt-out post-apocalyptic remnants of civilisation.
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(via) David Gerard
I normally hate Slashdot comments, but oh god this one put the Bitcoin idiocy in perspective.
On a related note, I wrote a userscript (for Greasemonkey or Chrome) to hide all Bitcoin stories from Hacker News. Get it here.
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