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Re:Show HN: Ponzi.es – Startup sticker ponzi scheme by Piskvorrr on Friday December 11, 2015 @11:13AM (#10717892)
Not really; while it does use some of its mechanisms, it lacks the crucial one: recursion.
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Re:Show HN: Ponzi.es – Startup sticker ponzi scheme by mikeash on Friday December 11, 2015 @11:44AM (#10718094)
How so? Each new "investor's" sticker goes to "pay off" a previous one, and then they are in turn "paid off" with the stickers from two new "investors."
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Re:Show HN: Ponzi.es – Startup sticker ponzi scheme by pforpineapple on Friday December 11, 2015 @12:52PM (#10718581)
Seems pretty recursive to me.
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