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[+] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    To be fair there's a lot of crypto currency that was/still is a scam. Also I'd argue that BTC, and crypto in general, still is being treated as a security that's backed by thin air. Ie: it's a speculative asset that doesn't actually have any value.

    There's nothing really stopping BTC from crashing hard. It's so wild to me how people treat it.

    I could have bought bitcoin too when it was worth pennies but there was no way to know which crypto the whales were going to bet on for the pump and dump. It's a missed opportunity but rest assured there's plenty of universes where Bitcoin amounted to nothing.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    And BTC went from approximately zero to approximately $100K over that time. What else are you advising against at this time? To be honest, I had read an article on cryptocurrency somewhere around '09, and thought, "wow, this is where currency is headed!" I asked a friend who was a nerdy computer programmer type, and he said it was like tulip mania in The Netherlands, so I didn't invest. Sigh.

    From Investopedia: (https://www.investopedia.com/what-can-you-buy-with-bitcoin-5179592) - since I don't know everything, and nobody else has said this...

    *Bitcoin launched in 2009, enabling transactions via crypto debit cards linked to Mastercard and Visa

    *Bitcoin can purchase products like electronics, luxury watches, and cars.

    *The SEC approved the first U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024.

    *PayPal lets users buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency in their accounts.

    *Cryptocurrency debit cards offer an easy way to use Bitcoin for purchases.

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