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Maybe it is a decentralised Ponzi scheme
by pedrobtz 5y ago
Maybe it is a decentralised Ponzi scheme
- paulpauper 5y agoa ponzi scheme requires that $ from ealier investors is paid out to later ones. bitcoin pays nothing out.
- sova 5y agoInteresting counterpoint! How would we allay the repartee that buy-in is mining hardware and the payout is coin? It's not exactly cash-to-cash, but cash-to-hardware-to-coin-to-cash where the endpoints are still the same. Or is it arguable worse and more risky than a Ponzi scheme in that regard?
- paulpauper 5y agothat is more analogous to selling mining equipment during the gold rush
- FabHK 5y ago> a ponzi scheme requires that $ from ealier investors is paid out to later ones. (the other way around) A BTC is worth nothing unless you can sell it for something (such as USD). It is the later "investors" who buy BTC for sky high prices that allow earlier "investors" and miners to cash out.
- cbHXBY1D 5y agoBitfinex did this by printing Tethers out of thin air. See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1W_Gyerhug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1W_Gyerhug