Alternative history thread:

What would happen if Bitcoin existed during the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Post-soviet oligarchs would be less powerful and selected through merit, not politics.

Would be a pain in the ass to use with this

interface.

https://cds.cern.ch/images/CERN-HOMEWEB-PHO-2019-004-1

I think this theoretical world would differ so drastically from our timeline, that basically any geopolitical conflict and financial crisis would have turned out differently (or would have been averted or replaced by other issues somehow)

Food for thought 🤔

I don't think anything would have really changed

Not sure if Bitcoin makes gulags great again

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