# Where do bitcoins come from to start?

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**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-bitcoins-come-from-to-start/934057 "2021-03-01T20:10:40Z")\
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The surface-level view I got from observing the Bitcoin/cryptocurrency mania several years ago was that it was useful for buying black market goods anonymously (especially when used with mixers), and for capital flight from authoritarian countries, which differentiates it from beanie babies or tulip bulbs where there are hardly any intrinsic value at all.

Has any major developments happened since then, that challenges this view?

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