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Donald Trump - if elected - will establish a Bitcoin Reserve
X ^ | July 28 | Disclose TV

Posted on 07/28/2024 2:27:34 AM PDT by RandFan

@disclosetv

JUST IN - Trump, if President, pledges to form a Bitcoin Reserve, using 210,000 Bitcoin seized by the Department of Justice, as the core of a new “Strategic National Bitcoin Stockpile.”

(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; btc; currency; finance; trump
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This is interesting. Freepers won't like it as we prefer more fungible assets like Gold or silver. Bitcoin has never got much traction here and is regarded generally as a passing fad.

But it seems to be a huge industry. Trump was addressing their conference (see video) and was made welcome

1 posted on 07/28/2024 2:27:34 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Bitcoin IMO was released to bring the resistant masses along to digital currency, while being able to experiment with and perfect it in a large test environment.

As part of that it needs to be institutionalized and propped up to some degree as a store of value, which is what Wall Street has been doing. The more government is involved in it, however, the farther it moves from the fantasied freedom ideal that it was originally pitched with.


2 posted on 07/28/2024 2:46:07 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan

With bitcoin If / when the power goes out I don’t have any money, right?


3 posted on 07/28/2024 3:11:57 AM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: 9YearLurker
Bitcoin IMO was released to bring the resistant masses along to digital currency

You don't need an opinion. Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin, explains the purpose of Bitcoin in his white paper:

"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution."

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

4 posted on 07/28/2024 3:23:35 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: The Louiswu

Yeah, sort of like your stocks and bonds and your debit card.


5 posted on 07/28/2024 3:23:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: RandFan

Trump’s got it right - cover all the bases...


6 posted on 07/28/2024 3:25:45 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Kamala is the classic “kiss up punch down” boss: -- Freeper cgbg)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

And if you believe that...


7 posted on 07/28/2024 3:26:57 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker
And if you believe that...

There have been over a billion Bitcoin transactions since the crypto currency was invented in 2008. How many transactions are necessary for you to no longer be a skeptic? 10 billion? 100 billion?
8 posted on 07/28/2024 3:33:26 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

It’s use is not at all the issue. The fantasy that it was created by who claimed for the purposes claimed just completely misses what’s going on.

I’m sorry, but I’m sure I can’t help you at this point.


9 posted on 07/28/2024 3:38:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan

With sovereign currencies being destroyed by their own issuers, alternatives will be found. Bitcoin is one alternative, and could wind up as a reserve currency in the future. Its most attractive attribute is that’s its construct puts it beyond the reach of the Central Banks manipulation and corruption. The days of the US$ being the primary reserve currency for international trade are fading, killed off by the abuse of it as a weapon against the US’s perceived enemies.


10 posted on 07/28/2024 3:47:45 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: RandFan

Good. We should maintain a reserve of Gold and other precious metals, Bitcoin and some commodities like Grain and Oil.


11 posted on 07/28/2024 3:48:40 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: RandFan

https://freebitco.in/?r=50581952

FWIW.


12 posted on 07/28/2024 3:50:39 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Rlsau1

That’s it EXACTLY. The beauty of bitcoin is no national government can stop it and no national government/central bank can manipulate it by issuing more. Nobody can control it. Its decentralized.

That is of course, why central bankers hate it.


13 posted on 07/28/2024 3:51:25 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: RandFan

Our government should stay out of bitcoin. It’s inherently speculative. And lefftist entities will seek to destroy our bitcoin reserve by crusading against it.


14 posted on 07/28/2024 3:52:21 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: FLT-bird

I should add....there isn’t even any door to send jackbooted thugs with badges to kick down, nobody to threaten or haul off to prison, nobody’s assets to seize, nobody to intimidate or corrupt. All the authoritarians and control freaks really really hate Bitcoin for the above reasons.


15 posted on 07/28/2024 3:53:23 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: RandFan; All

Interesting


16 posted on 07/28/2024 4:00:48 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan

Bitcoin is too easy to hack...Gold or Silver are safer bets. Wondering if Trump is a wolf in Sheep’s clothing and really driving Fed Coin...which would be very, very bad!


17 posted on 07/28/2024 4:03:54 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Socon-Econ

Too late as the Federals have Fed Coin set to become your new currency.


18 posted on 07/28/2024 4:05:57 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: FLT-bird

I don’t know much about bitcoin. I do like your thinking though. And, President Trump is a speculator, who has made a fortune. I am going to trust his business judgement. Meanwhile, bidet is asking if he can have some as a topping on his ice cream.


19 posted on 07/28/2024 4:07:33 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: FLT-bird

That’s it EXACTLY. The beauty of bitcoin is no national government can stop it and no national government/central bank can manipulate it by issuing more. Nobody can control it. Its decentralized.
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A few problems:

1.Governments can indeed stop bitcoin by criminalizing or taxing its use.

2. And who ultimately controls the supply of bitcoin so that it will expand in proportion to the need for currency for transactions?


20 posted on 07/28/2024 4:17:17 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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