The fatal weakness of the old model was its reliance on rapid credit growth.

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Fourth, the decoupling of the stateless bitcoin from the obligation of monetary sovereigns is considered a fatal weakness.

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He must compensate for that potentially fatal weakness if he is to have any chance of winning in a year when banks are failing and the mortgage market evaporating.

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