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Bitcoin is a Ponzi Scheme

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  1. tallanvor

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    digital ledger controlled by nobody.
     
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    Bitcoin
    HATES him!
    Ten secrets the Bitcoin industry doesn't want you to know
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  3. Commodore

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    start with first principles

    what is money, and what gives it value?
     
  4. CrazyDave

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    all hail the power of the trapezoid
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  5. RedRedemption

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    Oh my god there's already a bitcoin thread. Why are there two now?
     
  6. body slam

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    So bitcoin is money? What exactly can you buy with it?
     
  7. Commodore

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    What is money?

    Various goods and services.

    But right now it's more of a speculative instrument, or hedge against inflation, or a means of bypassing currency controls in unfriendly countries.
     
  8. Haymitch

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    Bitcoin thread mining
     
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    Bitcoin is a Fonzi scheme.
     
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    If paris hilton is on board then i think this **** is real

     
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    It kind of slipped under the radar somehow? But a dude burned himself alive at Trump's trial to bring attention to BTC ponzi theory. GOOD LUCK
     
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  14. Buck Turgidson

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    WUT?
     
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    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    You didn't hear about that? It was right in the courtroom but the sketch artists really struggled to get the flames and smoke to look convincing, so a lot of media outlets skipped the story.
     
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    Coming up on the deadline for this...
     
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    If he had said 2030 (post 5th halving) he'd almost certainly be right.

    500K by 2027 is probably a coinflip. We're about to hit this epoch's bullrun, but I don't think we make it to 500K.
     
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