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    "a weapon" — Paul Krugman, 2013. Bitcoin prediction poster (BTC $728 at the time).
    “a weapon” — Paul Krugman, 2013. Poster by Buttcoiners.

    “BitCoin looks like it was designed as a weapon intended to damage central banking and money issuing banks, with a Libertarian political agenda in mind—to damage states ability to collect tax and monitor their citizens financial transactions.”

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    Nobel Prize Economist & Substack Columnist

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