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    1. David Marcus‏Verified account @davidmarcus Oct 11
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      Special thanks to @Visa and @Mastercard for sticking it out until the 11th hour. The pressure has been intense (understatement), and I respect their decision to wait until there’s regulatory clarity for @Libra_ to proceed, vs. the invoked threats (by many) on their biz.

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    2. Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Oct 11
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      Replying to @davidmarcus @Visa and

      You might want to ask yourself why the pressure has been so intense. And read some history that Bitcoin pioneers were aware of, for example the failure of e-gold. Your failure to learn from history has caused you to at great cost recapitulate the failures of the past.

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    3. David Marcus‏Verified account @davidmarcus Oct 11
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      Replying to @NickSzabo4 @Visa and

      Don’t get me wrong. Already had a lot of appreciation for bitcoin well before I started on this journey, but appreciation is growing :). Just not a good medium of exchange (yet?).

      56 replies 16 retweets 182 likes
      Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Oct 11
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      Replying to @davidmarcus @Visa and

      Bitcoin works infinitely better as a medium of exchange than de facto banned vaporware.

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        2. David Marcus‏Verified account @davidmarcus Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @Visa and

          Hard to argue against that. Although it’s a tad more than vaporware...

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        3. Ryan Shea‏ @ryaneshea Oct 11
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          Replying to @davidmarcus @NickSzabo4 and

          Don’t threaten governments by pushing a new basket currency Make Libra currency agnostic Make the chain support multiple currencies (💵💶💴) Let users transmit any currency they choose Gov’s will love you as you digitize their money & support instead of compete with them

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        4. Nick Szabo  🔑‏ @NickSzabo4 Oct 11
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          Replying to @ryaneshea @davidmarcus and

          PayPal et. al. already do this.

          2 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
        5. Ryan Shea‏ @ryaneshea Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          Very different. There's no way to transfer a PayPal digital dollar to Square Cash and then to WhatsApp or even an indie wallet. What if you could take the Libra blockchain & replace the Libra basket currency w/ 💵💶💴? Stablecoins for each currency could run on the Libra chain.

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        6. PabloW‏ @pabwass Oct 11
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          Replying to @ryaneshea @NickSzabo4 and

          PayPal could easily put their own "money" into a blockchain database controlled solely by them and share it to be implemented by others. It's the same. The technology itself is nothing if not used well, you have to let it go. It's the 101 of crypto. Decentralize.

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        7. Ryan Shea‏ @ryaneshea Oct 11
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          Replying to @pabwass @NickSzabo4 and

          The point of Libra is it won’t be Facebook’s blockchain but rather one run by a consortium of 100 corporations and eventually one run by many individuals in a PoS system (at least in theory). This is nothing like your scenario.

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        8. PabloW‏ @pabwass Oct 11
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          Replying to @ryaneshea @NickSzabo4 and

          The difference is you have to trust Facebook word on that statement. I just prefer not too. even if true, I prefer not to trust any of the 28 (now even less) companies. As they say, don't trust, verify. We now have the possibility to do it, like we never could in the past.

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        2. Bernardo Quintão‏ @bernardorq Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          Not for the unbanked Nick. Still too costly and UX is horrible. My grandma can't use.

          3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Seb Gouspillou‏ @SebGouspillou Oct 11
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          Replying to @bernardorq @NickSzabo4 and

          My grandma can.

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        1. Alan Schramm ⚡‏ @alan_schramm Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          People seem to have never read your teachings on the blog you write. If the @Libra_ project had read, it would know how to bypass the system by eliminating points of failure. #buybitcoin The good thing the project Libra has left a large open source infrastructure to be explored.

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        1. Rodney O ߷‏ @uwnoDDS Oct 12
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          Bitcoin is the worst medium of exchange. Pick any 2nd gen crypto.. And it'll scale, be cheaper and more efficient than BTC.

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        1. Suplex.Sir.‏ @SuplexSir Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          What happened to the sov meme?

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        1. Wessel van Rensburg‏ @wildebees Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          Yes, crappy medium of exchange beats, non existent medium of exchange any day. And if Bitcoin ever does become a better one, it would be banned, regulated because of the dangers inherent for society.

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        1. C‏ @Cearthone Oct 11
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          Replying to @NickSzabo4 @davidmarcus and

          True. It just needs an hour to settle (if lucky, read if blocks are not jammed up). 😂

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