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Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would back the United States Dollar with Bitcoin. Kennedy made his remarks during a Heal-the-Divide PAC event where claimed his uncle, former president John F. Kennedy, “understood” fiat currency along with the “importance of hard currency.” Fiat currency is a currency not backed by a commodity […]

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[–] exohuman@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I understand the sentiment, but not the practice. We don’t want the dollar to be tied to bitcoin. Fiat does not mean bitcoin.

[–] manapropos@exploding-heads.com 1 points 2 years ago

RFK is a fed. Trump or nothing.