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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugalia
Local time: 00:23
Członek ProZ.com
od 2007
angielski > portugalski
+ ...
No Feb 15, 2020

Why? The bank system works fine for me!

Barbara Cerar
Kevin Fulton
Hanna Momkus
Josephine Cassar
Alexandra Speirs
Robin LEPLUMEY
 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraina
angielski > rosyjski
+ ...
No: beads, looking glasses, and funny money Feb 15, 2020

Unlike digital currencies, so-called self-issued no-tender "cryptocurrencies"--without real value, specific regulation, and legal status--are but bartering for hyper-volatile bubbles.

As far as most "freelancers" can't understand their cashflow, negotiate terms, or substantiate the price (even for themselves), diving into virtually counterfeit money numbers would hardly make them any... See more
Unlike digital currencies, so-called self-issued no-tender "cryptocurrencies"--without real value, specific regulation, and legal status--are but bartering for hyper-volatile bubbles.

As far as most "freelancers" can't understand their cashflow, negotiate terms, or substantiate the price (even for themselves), diving into virtually counterfeit money numbers would hardly make them any richer or happier, let alone wiser. ▲ Collapse
 
Mario Freitas
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Brazylia
Local time: 20:23
Członek ProZ.com
od 2014
angielski > portugalski
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No Feb 15, 2020

The use of virtual currencies should not be considered for any purpose at all. It's an instrument for speculation, and nothing else. And, like all such instruments, it will collapse one day. People who insist in these currencies will eventually undergo a big loss, unless they quit soon.

[Edited at 2020-02-15 21:45 GMT]

Kaspars Melkis
Josephine Cassar
Gibril Koroma
 
Philip Lees
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Grecja
Local time: 02:23
grecki > angielski
Other Feb 16, 2020

Aren't all currencies virtual nowadays?
 


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