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Americans will have to get smarter but by not participating we are handing complete control to the 'enemies'. The majority of Americans do not have to participate but those who want to, should be able to, and the government needs to be smart enough through participating to understand where and how to regulate and control aspects of it for those who do participate.

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Our enemies can have their money stolen by hackers. Our enemies can have inefficient transactions. That would be fantastic. Instead, our enemies have basically outlawed cryptocurrencies among their citizens to prevent them from getting scammed and then steal them from gullible Americans to fund their anti-American schemes. Now the US taxpayer is propping up these governments.

> by not participating we are handing complete control to the 'enemies'.

That's fine. Our enemies are in search of a legitimate currency, Americans are not. Spending government money on these endeavors will exacerbate debt and facilitate the very criminal enterprises America opposes, like human trafficking, child exploitation and narcotics production.

America doesn't need more avenues for fraud. We need stronger consumer protections.

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