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No, most people probably value it for the same reasons any other silly tulip-mania arises: They see the market value rise and rise, other people seem to value i
by CRConrad 5y ago
No, most people probably value it for the same reasons any other silly tulip-mania arises: They see the market value rise and rise, other people seem to value it, it's "the hot new thing", and "it's so cool tech, very advanced".
But the ones who got the ball rolling -- a (rather weird IMO) intersection between tech nerds and "currency skeptics" / "anti-fiaters" certainly saw (or convinced themselves that they saw) that as its UVP.
Sad, really: If only they'd latched on to South Pacific seashells or something, anything else, instead... Heck, what's wrong with leaves, eh? Crypto-"currencies" are a typical Golgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B scheme.
- maxerickson 5y agoI think a huge portion of the people that 'got the ball rolling' were in on the grift. They didn't do it for the proof of work. They did it for the money!
- ineedasername 5y agoGolgafrincham Ark Fleet Ship B scheme Careful there, those Ship B folks were our ancestors.