Will the United States government establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve before 2026?
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"Strategic" and Bitcoin (Score:2)
"Strategic" and Bitcoin and don't even belong in the same sentence due to the instability of Bitcoin. I'm assuming the poll really is asking about a "Central Bank Digital Currency" (CBDC).
1. The power of user currency is that they can't be controlled by governments. Government's don't control the supply of it.
2. The Fed has already [investopedia.com] discussed pros and cons of a CBDC.
Re: (Score:2)
The real reason it won't be done: Imagine what happens to some really big banks when people have a widely accepted, easy to use digital currency that doesn't hit them for 20% APY if they spend too much, or charge them transaction fees or membership fees, etc.
This doesn't sound like the future administration's definition of "capitalism".
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Indeed. The inability for banks to take their cut with CBDC definitely makes one wonder just how large a factor it it plays with governments opposing digital currency.
Re:"Strategic" and Bitcoin (Score:5, Interesting)
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No, the poll was about Bitcoin
This is why I voted "no" - Musk will stop them wasting time with bitcoin. He'll insist they bet it all on dogecoin instead.
Re:"Strategic" and Bitcoin (Score:5, Interesting)
Voted yes (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Voted yes (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Meet the new Godwin. Same as the old. (Score:5, Informative)
The real TDS is believing he's fit to be anything more than a dump in the carbon cycle.
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Trump has limited power. If he does too many too stupid things, he can be impeached again. This time successfully, because it will be his own side that sees the ship sinking fast.
Re:Voted yes (Score:4, Insightful)
You're so cute when you're optimistic. "Interesting... but delusional."
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Impeachment is an utterly broken remedy. No one will ever be successfully convicted. The Founders done fucked up.
There are other more brutal remedies, but they are unacceptable. The Founders were hoping to avoid them. They failed.
In the age of the Unitary Executive, there is no reasonable remedy but the ballot box. We decided. Don't expect impeachment to rescue us from it.
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Impeachment is an utterly broken remedy. No one will ever be successfully convicted. The Founders done fucked up.
It could've worked as intended (I'm sure it would've for Nixon if he hadn't resigned first), if it weren't for the real fuckups: folks like Mitch "Walking Cadaver" McConnell claiming it "wasn't the right remedy" (it was) and instead deferring to the courts, which the criminal stacked in his favor.
Re:Vot[ing] yes [for impeachment] (Score:2)
Second thought on your comment. Maybe it was even part of the trigger for a fresh multi-step delusion of hope for the future:
(1) Imagine the orange buffoon commits fresh offenses worthy of impeachment. This step is so easy, but I don't want to offer any ideas. "Go ahead, surprise me!"
(2) Enough people notice that there is a big blue wave in 2026. This step seems so unlikely in many ways. The Dems are such experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and I even regard it as likely the election will g
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Is it stupid?
Yes.
Re:Voted yes (Score:4, Informative)
Surely it would be a Dogecoin reserve, given Elon Musk is the new First Lady.
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Ummm, I haven't been keeping count (America's shame, not the RoTW's) but shouldn't that be "Second Stormy", or "fifth Melania", or "New Ivanka mask-wearer" or something?
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Mod parent Funny and too true. Basically my reaction, though I couldn't bring myself to even vote on such a stupid poll. Begging for a Cowboy Neal option, perhaps something like "No need since they can just ask Cowboy Neal to take care of it with his humongous hoard of cryptocurrencies."
Having said that, I wonder why the current poll result is mostly No. Early votes from crypto bros?
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I was tempted to do the same but I think this idea's irrelevance is likely to overpower its stupidity. It's basically just a cryptobro fanfiction idea that no officials have actually raised. I also thought that maybe closer to 2028 could be a more likely timeline since it could be a way to gin up some cryptobro votes, but then I thought the Republicans likely won't be concerned with having to win elections by that point...
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What kind of fake "reserve" would that be? (Score:2)
BTC is a pure fantasy construct, no real value.
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BTC is a pure fantasy construct, no real value.
You know why you can only say that softly?
Because the house of cards full of make-believe value we call a “stock market” might hear you. And fall over.
Again.
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Another one to mod up as Funny for the saddest reasons. But the nasty part is the way the blame game winds will blow afterwards.
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Because the house of cards full of make-believe value we call a “stock market” might hear you. And fall over.
You are comparing the stock market to BTC? How stupid can you be? At least with stock you have a stake in the ownership of the company it is issued by. What "asset" is behind a bitcoin? Absolutely zero. Idjit
Re: What kind of fake "reserve" would that be? (Score:2)
Missing poll option (Score:3)
They already have it (Score:2)
It's just that it's all the seized bitcoin already in their posession.
Will it be stolen before 2026? (Score:2)
All that money is going to attract the thieves, like flies to a fresh turd. The only significant question is whether it'll be one of the public faces of government that will steal it, or some minor functionary - who will be dead and distributed (or worse, distributed and not (entirely) dead yet) before the theft has been realised and the audit systems realise the money has gone.
Why would we want one? (Score:2)
What would be the purpose of having a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve?
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The reserve would need to be stocked, and that presumably allows the big players in BTC (hobbyists need not apply, obviously, because they're just little people) to deposit some (most?) of their pretend money in the reserve in return for a promissary note that can then be quietly withdrawn in something more liquid, like USD. At that point the Fed (read "US taxpayer and owners of US govern
Yes... (Score:2)
This sounds like an Elon idea and I think he'd do it...
Whether or not this is a good idea...I'm not so sure...
Strategic Bacon Reserve (Score:1)
Given the volatility of Bitcoin and the deliciousness of bacon, I think a Strategic Bacon Reserve would be a better policy.
Maybe not BTC (Score:2)
Probably another crypto currency Trump and Musk can buy and then boost by forcing the government to pump, before they dump it again.
Bitcoin was a prototype... (Score:2)
I'm not as negative on cryptocurrencies as most of /. - although I do think they have seen a lot of abuse and misuse. They have a role to play in the world.
However, specifically Bitcoin? It was a great, indeed brilliant prototype. It should never have become *the* cryptocurrency. As with almost any "first" implementation, a lot of lessons have been learned, and subsequent implementations are far better.
As far as the survey goes - a national reserve of Bitcoin (or, indeed, any cryptocurrency) makes littl