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> "I’m becoming convinced that naysayers are more and more afraid of having been wrong and missing the boat as time goes on." "Bitcoin value has changed 200,00
by jodrellblank 5y ago
> "I’m becoming convinced that naysayers are more and more afraid of having been wrong and missing the boat as time goes on."
"Bitcoin value has changed 200,000x in a decade and just halved in a few weeks."
"You're envious because you didn't get rich quick."
"I thought this wasn't a get rich quick scheme?"
"It isn't, how could you suggest such a thing? It's a currency used to buy groceries in Venezuela."
"Then why do you care about it - do you put your savings into the Mongolian Tugrik because it's a currency used to buy groceries? Do you go round singing its praises on the internet?"
"No, because they won't get me rich quick. It's still a currency, deal with it."
"Doesn't that rapid change in value make it a poor thing to use as currency?"
"It's unquestionably better than a hyperinflationary fiat currency in a collapsing state."
"Almost anything would be."
"You're just dissing it out of envy because you didn't get rich quick. Look at that - over $30,000/coin, nothing that valuable could be nonsense or scammy!"
"Tulips?"
"That's all you ever say, Tulips, Madoff, Ponzi, Pyramid."
"They were all things that had high valuations and were nonsense. At least tulips have some inherent value, unlike Bitcoin, you can't grow or eat Bitcoin."
"Ah! Ah! You can't eat gold!"
"Indeed you can't. If you like that kind of thing, do you hold any gold?"
"No, gold won't get me rich quick."
> "It’s been more than a decade. It’s here to stay."
I guess this is why you're religious - it's been here for a long time, many people believe in it, that's enough to convince you, yes?
- CRConrad 5y agoI deeply regret that HN's system gives me at most one upvote to bestow upon this. (Hey, couldn't it be something like one potential upvote per comment I read, in stead? And then I could give several of those from comments I don't deem worthy of upvoting to those I do.)