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El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment (ticotimes.net)

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[–] Psythik 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why isn't this being discussed on any of the crypto subreddits? This is all I could find. Somebody's not telling the truth:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1ihd9ek/el_salvador_buys_11_more_bitcoin_boosting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1iflbk5/the_satoshi_statue_has_arrived_in_el_salvador_en/

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Mods are probably preemptively blacklisting this article and similar articles to avoid inconvenient information reaching the cryptobros. From a cursory glance, both of those subs seem pretty overwhelmingly biased towards being pro-crypto.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It would hurt their feefees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

the buttcoin sub is decent