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People lost like half a million dollars and a talented immoral person got a huge reward signal for basically being a predatory jerk. Although I can see the hum
by whataretensors 9y ago
People lost like half a million dollars and a talented immoral person got a huge reward signal for basically being a predatory jerk. Although I can see the humor, it seems unreasonable to derive joy from such a thing.
- aw3c2 9y agos/People/Gamblers If you cannot afford losing everything you put into cryptocurrencies, don't do it.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoI think there's a whole subreddit dedicated to Bitcoin schaudenfreude. It's fun at first, but then you start reading about the people (presumably with undiagnosed gambling addictions, but hey, I'm not a psychologist) who dump their entire savings, their kids' college funds, etc. into Bitcoin and then lose the whole shebang. That's the kind of decision that will break apart families.
- metroidfan832 9y agoOne Bitcoin is over $2000. How could someone dump everything into Bitcoin and lose the whole shebang?
- detaro 9y agoBy making mistakes: Loosing your wallet, accidentally sending it to the wrong address, having it in the wrong exchange at the wrong time, ...
- pavel_lishin 9y agoSame as the stock market - by investing a lot of money right before a huge downswing.
- koolba 9y agoWhile I won't resort to posting acronyms, I'd be lying if I say I didn't do the same upon seeing the headline. There's an old adage that you can't fool an honest man. People who lose out from incidents like this knew exactly what they were getting into. It's not that I don't have sympathy or even empathy for them, it's that I know deep down they're just gambling and the risk of losing it all due to hacking is just one of many risks they're willing to accept.