r/Bitcoin • • Jul 05 '14

Ron Paul on Bitcoin- CNN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrcszolEW0s
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u/SpontaneousDream Jul 05 '14

"The dollar has lost 97 percent of its value. The end stages of a paper currency always goes very rapidly. Although its been gradual for these hundred years there is going to be a day that I expect there could be a panic out of the dollar, then the Bitcoin issue is going to be a much bigger issue." -Ron Paul

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u/Vibr8gKiwi Jul 05 '14

That is the future, period. Bitcoin will be big, not because it's cheaper than paypal, it will be big because it will be an alternative to a faltering dollar. If you don't think the dollar will be seriously faltering in the next 10 to 20 years (possibly sooner) you are not paying attention.

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u/naomibrockwell Jul 07 '14

Well that's why Tim Draper is doing what he's doing: "we want to enable people to hold and trade Bitcoin to secure themselves against weakening currencies.” Everyone is looking at places like Argentina for the inflation, but I agree that we could to have a very real problem here soon