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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:10:36 -0200
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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>
To: Ryan Carboni <ryan.jc.pc@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Monetary Authority for Bitcoin
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Ryan Carboni <ryan.jc.pc@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is not a violation of the trust of those holding the currency. Many
> people bought Bitcoin in the hopes that it's value in the relation of other
> currencies will increase, not because there's a fixed money supply. The
> majority of people using Bitcoin as a currency in exchange for real goods
> are using the exchanges.

Your proposal has been met with widespread laughter.  Were I not ill
with the flu, mockery would ensue as well.

-- 
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc.      https://bitpay.com/