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I have the feeling that as more people find out crypto is not a way to get rich quick the interest from mainstream society will dwindle.

Cryptocurrency was and still is being shilled everywhere and FOMO is real.

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It may not be a get rich quick scheme, but it's certainly helpful in countries with oppressive inflation, in spite of its 80%+ crashes.

Venezuela's inflation rate was 1,700,000% in 2018.

It seems equally helpful as USD then.

USD transfers are cumbersome. Bitcoin can be sent to someone with an internet connection. My colleague sends bitcoins to his family living in an OPPRESSED_REGIME with currency controls and high inflation, where the government artifically lowers the official exchange rate of USD.

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