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I don’t understand how you can be tech savvy enough to send and (not?) receive Bitcoin but stupid enough to fall for this... EDIT: Thinking about it, it's tech

I don’t understand how you can be tech savvy enough to send and (not?) receive Bitcoin but stupid enough to fall for this... EDIT: Thinking about it, it's technically difficult see the difference between Bitcoin (which will continue to be worth more) and other get rich quick schemes that may not have the same chance of success and directly being conned for money by people.

swiley 6y ago
Hosted wallets make it almost as easy as using email.
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andrewingram 6y ago
I wonder if the meteoric rise if Bitcoin, and similar recent things like what's going on with /r/wallstreetbets, is causing people's defences to lower with regards to what it a realistic return on investment, so these kind of things don't trigger the alarm bells so much.
GFischer 6y ago
Elon is the perfect person to hack, he's always doing bizarre stuff, so if I'd fall for anyone, it would be for this one. And the type that got rich off BitCoin are way bigger risk-takers than average - I was offered to "get in" on BitCoin at 1000 dollars and I thought it too risky, my former coworker who did and got rich is very much an adrenaline junkie (but didn't fall for this scam fortunately).