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Lyn Alden · 154w

I just filmed a small thing with a local videographer in Egypt. I asked him how he protects his savings from the recent inflation, and he said gold and real estate. He does local work but tries to a...

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If bitcoin were more widely known in Egypt, do you think most people would heed scholarly judgments whether bitcoin is halal, before deciding to use it?

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Muteness · 154w

Bitcoin is banned in Egypt however there are pockets of P2P just like everywhere

Lyn Alden · 154w

Most people are skeptical of it due to its intangibility and don’t know much about it. Some highly religious people look to scholarly opinions but many people just approach it pragmatically or skeptically. But I do think the work that Saifedean and others are doing to bring more awareness to bitc...