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They are certainly trying... however, Iran-Dubai-Turkey triangle consists of gold.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-23/how-iran-evades-wes...

And it lets Iran sell its oil to others pretty easily.

Gold trade has features that are similarly key to bitcoin trade: immune to inflation, anonymous, and untraceable. Could BTC supplant Gold as a currency in that regard?

Gold functions without electricity, so, I doubt it.

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