True story: I once sat down with executives of a financial institution to discuss Bitcoin (smart ones). One of them asked me with a straight face: "how much would it cost to mine all the bitcoins that are left?" 
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“What if one person bought all the bitcoins ???”
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“What if there’s no electricity?”
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“What if we all die?”
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Actually. The electricity question. That’s a good one. I have no idea what that answer it. Also, the death one.
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Without electricity=Death to everything we know including but not limited to millions if not billions of lives. At that point who the fuck will care about bitcoin or any currency for that matter?
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Was thinking more along the lines of the powers out for a bit.
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