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Tulip Mania comes to mind... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

• LAMike 9y ago
  Tulip mania lasted 9 months. Bitcoin is 9 years old.
  • ceejayoz 9y ago
    Tulips were sold before the mania, just like Bitcoins were.
  • chrisan 9y ago
    Bitcoin's last 9 months have been pretty insane.
• liquidise 9y ago
  The most obvious difference between cryptocurrencies and tulips is that tulips existed centuries before their rise. These coins are based on an effectively new technology. If you want to compare it to a bubble, compare it to the dotcom boom. How the tulip argument continues to be peddled on HN escapes me.
• jorge-d 9y ago
  A big difference is that anyone could grow Tulips; Bitcoin has a supply limit
• Helloworldboy 9y ago
  Can't go one thread...