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		betterunix on April 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Debate HN: Is Bitcoin a currency or a commodity? If Bitcoin's only utility is its ability to be transferred from one person to another, it is not a commodity.

GaryRowe on April 18, 2013 [–]

But it has built-in scarcity which means it possesses a characteristic of a commodity. Maybe a bitcoin is currmodity?

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